Written question WQ83665

The introduction of green infrastructure and improved public realm in town centres is central to successful place making and is therefore a fundamental part of projects supported under our Transforming Towns programme. We have actively encouraged local authorities to initiate Green Infrastructure audits of their town centres to ensure they look for ways to incorporate the greening of our town and city centres into all of their projects.

Our published Building Better Places document focuses on key areas of Planning Policy Wales, including the importance of green spaces, encouraging the creation of new spaces, and improving people’s access to green space.

A range of green space interventions are taking place cross-government, for example, the Transforming Towns programme is supporting the creation of green walls and roofs, rain gardens and pocket parks in town centres. These interventions support the wider vision for transforming our towns to strengthen their social, cultural and service usage to create sustainable places. The creation of more green space and better public realm will make town centres more attractive places to be. A breakdown of the interventions supported since May under Transforming Towns are provided in the table below:

Project

Local Authority Area

Sunnyside Redevelopment, Bridgend

Bridgend

Commercial Street Tree Planting, Maesteg

Bridgend

Green roof and biodiverse landscaping as part of a new Social Housing development at the former Police Station and Magistrate Courts, Caerphilly

Caerphilly

Greening Tudor Street, Cardiff, to include tree planting, rain gardens, and green roofs.

Cardiff

Carregamman Car Park Enhancements, Ammanford

Carmarthenshire

Llanelli Library Green Wall

Carmarthenshire

Lampeter Green Infrastructure

Ceredigion

Greening Rhyl

Denbighshire

Buckley Repair and Reuse – Café Cyfle and Community Gardens

Flintshire

Flint Green Infrastructure, Chester Street

Flintshire

Shotton Green Infrastructure & Biodiversity

Flintshire

Bangor Green Infrastructure

Gwynedd

Caldicot Town Centre Green Connections

Monmouthshire

Green Wall in Chepstow Town Centre

Monmouthshire

Delivery of Green Infrastructure Action Plan projects in Abergavenny, Chepstow and Monmouth town centres

Monmouthshire

Plaza, Port Talbot

Neath Port Talbot

The Burgage Gardens, Haverfordwest Castle

Pembrokeshire

Haverfordwest Our Green Town

Pembrokeshire

Growing Newtown

Powys

Dragon Hotel

Swansea

Green Roof Bin Shelters

Swansea

Potters Wheel Green Wall

Swansea

Urban Village Green Roof

Swansea

Gateway improvement, surfacing, seating areas, planters, tree planting and rain gardens, in Barry, Cowbridge, Llantwit Major and Penarth town centres

Vale of Glamorgan