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a) protecting, enhancing and promoting green infrastructure, including making the borough's parks,
open spaces, waterways and recreational facilities an integral part of encouraging healthy lifestyles.

Its justification (4.3.7) reads: The Council is committed to the provision of diverse leisure
opportunities and to the enhancement of, and access to, Bexley's open spaces and waterways,
including through the implementation of the above documents....

Policy CS17 Green infrastructure (page 85)

Bexley's green infrastructure...will be protected, enhanced and promoted as valuable resources. In
particular, this will be achieved by:

a) protecting metropolitan green belt and metropolitan open land from inappropriate development

c) resisting harmful backland development.

Its justification reads:

4.8.4 The Core Strategy seeks to contain development to previously developed land (Map 4.7)
....and to ensure that Bexley remains a 'green' borough...and providing attractive relief to the built
form.

/4.8.5
4.8.5 The areas designated as metropolitan green belt and metropolitan open land play a variety of
important functions in Bexley. Inappropriate development, as defined by central government
guidance, will be resisted...

4.8.10 ...Back land areas in the borough include gardens and incidental open space. They should
normally be excluded from development where developments result in harm to amenity and
biodiversity...

Policy CS19 Heritage and archaeology (page 94)

The Council will manage its heritage and archaeological assets...This will enhance the local sense of
place...including promoting the visitor economy. This will be achieved by:

b) reviewing the status of existing and identifying new heritage and archaeological assets;

c) conserving and enhancing the significance of heritage assets, their setting and the wider historic
environment, including...locally listed buildings of architectural or historic interest, conservation
areas...and archaeological sites.

d) protecting heritage assets from development that is likely to adversely impact on the significance,
integrity, character or appearance of an asset or its setting.

DP saved policies: these include:-

Policy ENV4

This seeks to resist development which does not comply with its requirements. These relate to the
character, appearance and function of the Green Belt.