Green Way Signage Design Guide - Implementation

Foundations/Anchors of Signage and Panels

4.1 All signage and panels will be required to be appropriately secured to the ground or existing street furniture/signposts. Where foundations into the ground are required, careful consideration must be given to ensuring that the foundations are designed and constructed to maximise their longevity and minimise long term harm to the environment.

Management/Maintenance

4.2 Land management plans for the spaces and routes will need to incorporate provision for keeping signs clean and legible. Structures and features should be designed and implemented with longevity in mind but as with all parts of the ANRG and Green Way projects, a program and provision for repair and replacement will need to be included within land management plans.

Phasing

4.3 Many Green Way projects will link to others or are proposed for delivery as a part of a larger project. Rather than await the delivery of all parts of a scheme (which, on occasion, may take a considerable period of time), it is expected that signage and interpretation will be delivered for each stage as it is opened to the public and that allowance is made for regular review (every five years).

4.4 This will enable interpretation panels within lecterns and noticeboards to be replaced with updated maps and information after each phase and additional waymarkers be added or adapted at the time when a new connection becomes available. For example, phase 1 of a housing development should deliver ANRG space at the time that dwellings are occupied, but later phases of development delivering further ANRG and connecting to that original ANRG, will trigger the need for an updated interpretation board covering the new wider ANRG network within its map and the scope of its text.

Submission and Approval Process

4.5 For Green Way projects provided on-site as part of residential-led developments, the signage strategy will need to be approved as part of the planning approval for the development. This will usually be secured as part of a site wide condition covering hard and soft landscape included in the planning approval decision notice.

4.6 Projects delivered by the Council itself will be required to be accompanied by a signage strategy, prepared in accordance with this guidance document.