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South Ayrshire Council

… infrastructure to adapt to and mitigate the impacts of climate change. Activity Meet our biodiversity duty by managing the council estate to enhance and protect biodiversity. Activity Seek to ensure high standards of air quality, water quality, animal health in South Ayrshire. Relevant Strategies/Plans Local Development Plan Open Space Strategy Ayrshire Green Network Partnership Ayrshire…

… environment for wellbeing and quality of life is well understood, and people know how they can contribute to that. Relevant Strategies/Plans Local Development Plan Open Space Strategy Ayrshire Green Network Partnership 5. Sustainable Communities 5.1 Background Sustainable communities have a good quality of life, supported by a healthy environment and thriving economy for current and future…

… carbon heat, and investing in resilience to climate impacts. 5.2 Policy Drivers Table 8: Relevant policy drivers on sustainable communities and how applied to South Ayrshire Council service delivery Policy Local application UN Sustainable Development Goals and National Performance Framework  Integrate climate change mitigation and adaptation into local development planning.  Help…

… and communities to ensure infrastructure is resilient to impacts of climate change. Activity - adaptation Embed a proactive approach to climate change adaptation in relevant council strategies and partnerships. Relevant strategies Open Space Strategy Local Development Plan Local Housing Strategy Local Transport Strategy Area Waste plan Ayrshire Local Plan District Flood Risk Management Strategy…

… seasonality and more heavy downpours. These changes are projected to continue and intensify over the coming decades. We can expect future changes in climate to be far greater than anything we have seen in the past5. Figure 1: SEPA Potentially Vulnerable Areas (PVAs) (indicated in brown) in the Firth of Clyde; Ayrshire Local Plan District: Local Flood Risk Management Plan 2016…