Greening the gateway

This is a pan-north Kent approach to providing a strategic framework for green spaces, sustainable access and wildlife corridors throughout the north Kent Thames Gateway.

The idea is to provide a 'green print' for the area and beyond; developing green spaces and access routes that provide a multi-functional landscape, providing opportunities for recreation, links from urban areas to the countryside and river estuaries, plus improvements to biodiversity, and providing areas for flood mitigation. This approach will provide an environmental uplift and improve the area's image, providing a legacy.

We developed the initiative in partnership with all the north Kent local authorities and regeneration boards and other public and voluntary sector organisations.

Benefits

• Provides the high level vision and framework for a host of other projects that are working to improve the environment and image of north Kent.
• Provides the bigger picture for identifying key initiatives that smaller more local projects cannot tackle.
• Crosses the political boundaries, thinking creatively, bringing people together to tackle local projects and big issues, adding real value.