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(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.

The Committee had before it a report by the Executive Director of City Regeneration and Environment which sought approval for the draft Aberdeen Open Space Audit Reports 2024, under the requirements of The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 which required planning authorities to carry out an audit of existing open space provision in their local authority area.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee -

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

(b)      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;

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

(d)      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

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

The Committee resolved:-

(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; and

(iv)      to approve the recommendations.