greeninverness

The aim of the greeninverness partnership is to improve, develop and sustain attractive, safe and accessible open space and amenity for the city of Inverness for the health and future benefit of its communities. To take this into the future, the options for establishing a Community Trust for the city will be explored.

The area covered by greeninverness includes the urban city area and extends out from Inverness, with current boundaries being Dalcross to the east, Daviot and Lochend to the south and The Aird to the west. The partnership also takes and interest in areas beyond this geography; for example, where destinations such as forest walks are well accessed by individuals coming out from Inverness.  To view a map of the city with all audited sites identified please click here.

The range of benefits identified for greenspaces are entirely dependant upon the way that the resource is planned, designed and managed. Therefore the identification of current and future requirements, identified in partnership with local communities and stakeholders, all contrbuited to the Greenspace Strategy.  The Strategy seeks to ensure that all open space within the city of Inverness boundary is managed to optimise the future benefits for local communities, that best value is secured and a prioritised framework for investment, maintenance and management are provided.

Inverness is one of the fastest growing cities in Scotland, with enormous development pressure on the edge of the urban fringe.  Further expansion will impact considerably on existing open spaces, many of which will continue to offer value within the future setting of the city. There is an important requirement to link these areas both inward towards the city centre and outward towards the surrounding countryside through established pathways, green corridors, and existing landscaping. This will maintain the biodiversity interests and provide natural and landscape greenspace to complement the publicly accessible greenspace.