Agenda item

A) Open Spaces Awards

Report of the Chairman of the Open Spaces and City Gardens Committee.

“I am delighted to announce that the City Corporation’s Open Spaces and Gardens have again received several prestigious Green Flag and London in Bloom Awards.

The Green Flag Award is the national standard for parks and green spaces and aims to recognise and reward the best green spaces in the country. All sites must be freely accessible to the public and perform well against eight criteria, including safety and security, cleanliness, management and sustainability. This year the following Open Spaces retained the Award; Ashtead Common, Bunhill Fields, Burnham Beeches, Coulsdon Common, Epping Forest, Farthing Downs and New Hill, Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood, Kenley Common, Queen's Park, Riddlesdown, Spring Park, West Ham Park, West Wickham Common and the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium.

Green Heritage Site accreditation, which is sponsored by English Heritage, is awarded in recognition of achieving the required standard in the management and interpretation of a site with local or national historic importance. The following Open Spaces retained their Green Heritage Site accreditation this year to acknowledge the heritage value of the Ashtead Common, Kenley Common, Bunhill Fields, Burnham Beeches, Epping Forest, Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood, West Ham Park and of the Cemetery and Crematorium.

The City Corporation now holds 15 Green Flag and 9 Green Heritage Awards.  

The achievement of these Awards is a great tribute to the dedication and hard work of all the staff in the Open Spaces Department and the large teams of local volunteers who help to maintain the high quality of our Open Spaces. 

I commend these achievements to the Court.”

B) Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation (CIHT)

Report of the Chairman of the Planning and Transportation Committee.

“I am delighted to announce that the City Corporation’s Built Environment Department has received the ‘CIHT/Enterprise Mouchel Streets’ Award for the Cheapside scheme.  The judges had considered the scheme to be outstanding and addressed the balance between movement and place as well as by the use of high quality materials.”

A) Open Spaces Awards

Report of the Chairman of the Open Spaces and City Gardens Committee.

“I am delighted to announce that the City Corporation’s Open Spaces and Gardens have again received several prestigious Green Flag and London in Bloom Awards.

The Green Flag Award is the national standard for parks and green spaces and aims to recognise and reward the best green spaces in the country. All sites must be freely accessible to the public and perform well against eight criteria, including safety and security, cleanliness, management and sustainability. This year the following Open Spaces retained the Award; Ashtead Common, Bunhill Fields, Burnham Beeches, Coulsdon Common, Epping Forest, Farthing Downs and New Hill, Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood, Kenley Common, Queen's Park, Riddlesdown, Spring Park, West Ham Park, West Wickham Common and the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium.

Green Heritage Site accreditation, which is sponsored by English Heritage, is awarded in recognition of achieving the required standard in the management and interpretation of a site with local or national historic importance. The following Open Spaces retained their Green Heritage Site accreditation this year to acknowledge the heritage value of the Ashtead Common, Kenley Common, Bunhill Fields, Burnham Beeches, Epping Forest, Hampstead Heath, Highgate Wood, West Ham Park and of the Cemetery and Crematorium.

The City Corporation now holds 15 Green Flag and 9 Green Heritage Awards.  

The achievement of these Awards is a great tribute to the dedication and hard work of all the staff in the Open Spaces Department and the large teams of local volunteers who help to maintain the high quality of our Open Spaces. 

I commend these achievements to the Court.”

B) Chartered Institute of Highways and Transportation (CIHT)

Report of the Chairman of the Planning and Transportation Committee.

“I am delighted to announce that the City Corporation’s Built Environment Department has received the ‘CIHT/Enterprise Mouchel Streets’ Award for the Cheapside scheme.  The judges had considered the scheme to be outstanding and addressed the balance between movement and place as well as by the use of high quality materials.”