Parks and Green Spaces Renewal Strategy

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Parks and Green Spaces Renewal Strategy

Overview

The variety of parks and green spaces in Croydon is one of its greatest treasures. We know that many people enjoy visiting parks on a daily basis, now more so than ever.

We have created a medium-term strategy to provide a vision for how these spaces will be managed and maintained during our renewal period, and for the benefit of local people and nature.

You can download the strategy at the bottom of the page. It was presented, discussed, and adopted at the Cabinet meeting on 7 February 2022.

Sustainable Croydon

Our green and blue spaces are an important part of our ambition to be a ‘sustainable Croydon’. Quality green infrastructure for people and for nature can deliver for our economic, social, and environmental targets set out in current and future strategies, policies, and targets on climate action.

Vision

During the next three years, the new parks and green spaces team will adapt to deliver and enable a core service that ensures Croydon’s green and blue spaces are clean, safe, and biodiverse places for all residents to enjoy.

Priorities

Clean, safe, and accessible green spaces for all
A collaborative service to enrich and empower Croydon’s green and blue network
Support an environmentally sustainable Croydon
A service working towards financial sustainability through commercialisation, innovation, and partnership

The Path Ahead

This renewal strategy document has been developed to align with organisational renewal plans. It sets out proposals to respond to the challenges in the context of – and provide strategic direction for – parks and green spaces. The longer-term ambition is to review and reset the strategic direction of how we manage, protect, and enhance green and blue infrastructure in the latter part of the renewal period.

Following this strategy will be a delivery plan. This will provide more detail on the actions needed to achieve the vision and priorities. We won’t be looking to do this alone though. We will be calling on the ongoing effort of the borough’s existing green network, as well as the many residents who are ready to support their local parks.