The Parks Trust ask residents to support Milton Keynes’ inspirational landscapes

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    In a brand new document, ‘Milton Keynes’ Inspirational Landscapes: Now and Forever’, The Parks Trust has set out their vision for green infrastructure across MK.

    The Parks Trust has been working closely with Milton Keynes Council and various housing developers across the city on the design, development and delivery of new green infrastructure and its adoption by the trust.

    This infrastructure includes parklands, spaces for recreation and play, areas for biodiversity, habitats and wildlife corridors, and surface water attenuation and drainage features.

    The Parks Trust say it is through this work that it became apparent, they decided they should be setting out their own vision for the future development of an extended green space network for the city.

    As Milton Keynes expands, The Parks Trust wants to ensure all new areas of the city benefit from the same extent and quality of green space as is found in the established areas.

    Their aim is to ensure that the expanded city will continue to:

    • provide the space and opportunity for people to enjoy outdoor recreation
    • provide a home for wildlife, protecting habitats and increasing biodiversity
    • conserve and enhance heritage assets
    • manage flood risk and prevent flooding

    This brand new document has been created to support Milton Keynes Council’s MK2050 strategy and to add a crucial layer to it.

    It is also intended to support the existing policies of Plan:MK and help shape the policies of the next plan for Milton Keynes.

    The document is also for developers, to provide sound principles to guide and shape their plans and to assist in the Trust’s discussions and conversations with them.

    The document is also accessible to the public.

    The Parks Trust hope that it is thought-provoking and appealing, and is something the public can all get behind and champion.

    The document itself is a proposition for the future development of Milton Keynes’ landscapes based upon five key principles:

    1. The need for a new green infrastructure strategy for Milton Keynes: The designation, design and delivery of landscape and green infrastructure should be led by and in accordance with a city-wide strategy.
    2. Landscape-led planning: Landscape is at the heart of shaping new and great places.
    3. Joining up open spaces: As Milton Keynes grows, we must ensure the green spaces and water bodies continue as a single, interconnected strategic network across the city.
    4. Learn from the past: The green infrastructure network in Milton Keynes was planned and designed according to sound principles that have proven to be effective as the city has matured.
    5. Ensuring future stewardship: Our parklands, open spaces, green infrastructure and water bodies must be cared for and maintained in perpetuity.

    The Parks Trust want to promote this document and the principles it contains and have people use this tool to aid and support their role in the growth of Milton Keynes and its landscapes.

    A copy can be downloaded from the website or a printed version is available upon request from info@theparkstrust.com.

    Download a copy: Milton Keynes’ inspirational Landscapes: now and forever.

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