The Food Growing and Development Planning advice note gives detailed information on what to consider – from formal allotments and roof gardens to informal ‘edible landscaping’ and orchards – and builds on the policy requirements in the city’s local plan.
There is also encouragement for food growing in the Urban Design Framework Supplementary Planning document which points out how incorporating food growing can achieve multiple benefits, such as encouraging biodiversity and outdoor activity.
As part of the council’s Sustainability Checklist and Health Impact Assessment Guidance, wider food issues such as access to food shops selling fresh food and proximity to hot-food takeaways need to be considered, as well as food growing.
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Communal Composting Space:
We would love to see developers providing communal composting space that can link into our network of community composting schemes – especially in areas with flats. Our community composting bins are built by Tim’s Bins, who has kindly shared his technical information to help developers and architects plan for community composting scheme. Tim can install the bins for you, but there are also other installers available if Tim cannot. Find out more about the benefits of community composting.
Read more about our food and planning project in our blogs:
Building Plans for Growing Food
Food Growing and the Rise of the Urban Orchard
