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Decision details

Open Space Audit Report - CR&E/24/162

Decision status: For Determination

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

(i)       to note that officers would circulate information to Members outwith the meeting on the number of public toilets in Aberdeen and their location;

(ii)       to note that Kingswells had been omitted from the tree equity index and canopy cover and that officers had contacted the company that had undertaken the data collection to ascertain why that was;

(iii)      also in relation to the above, to note that officers would ascertain whether the inclusion of Kingswells would improve the figure of 8% in the Kingswells, Sheddocksley and Summerhill ward;

(iv)      to approve the content of the draft Aberdeen Open Space Audit 2024: Main and Public Survey Reports;

(v)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to finalise the reports (including minor corrections, formatting and inclusion of remaining Ward and Theme information following the examples shown on pages 34 and 50 in the main report), circulate these finalised reports via a service update to Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee Members and publish them on the Council’s website;

(vi)      to instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning following consultation with Chief Officer Data Insights HDRCA to publish the Open Space Audit geographic information system (GIS) mapping on the Council’s website;

(vii)     to instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to explore options for the development of an ArcGIS StoryMap version of the findings of the Aberdeen Open Space Audit reports; and

(viii)    to instruct the Chief Officer – Strategic Place Planning to proactively promote the reports and findings with relevant stakeholders, including our communities.

Publication date: 14/06/2024

Date of decision: 11/06/2024

Decided at meeting: 11/06/2024 - Net Zero, Environment and Transport Committee

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