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Greenspace participatory budgeting
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Project vote results
Thank you to everyone who took the time to vote in our Greenspace participatory budgeting exercise. We were really pleased and amazed to see that 1449 residents voted.
Here are the results from the voting, showing the percentage votes cast for each project idea.
Section 5 listed North Lanarkshire-wide projects, suggested by several applicants. The vote indicated that 50% of the votes cast wanted to see more wildflower meadows. We will identify council land suitable for planting and hopefully create beautiful wildflower meadows across North Lanarkshire.
![PB Section 1 Response](/sites/default/files/styles/800x600_scale/public/2022-10/Section%201%20responses_1.png?itok=3-NVA1hH)
Section 1 - project ideas
No. of votes | % of vote | |
Community Grass Area - Moodiesburn - application 17 | 284 | 19.60% |
Rewilding Craighalbert roundabout to Craigmarloch / Burnhead Road and Cowan Road - application 22 | 234 | 16.15% |
Bird & bat boxes - Gartcosh Nature Reserve - application 29 | 526 | 36.30% |
Nature Corridor - Stonylee Road / Craigieburn Road - application 36 | 405 | 27.95% |
![PB Section 2 Response](/sites/default/files/styles/800x600_scale/public/2022-10/Section%202%20responses_2.png?itok=k8ACtc_f)
Section 2 - project ideas
No. of votes | % of vote | |
Rewilding - Glenmavis - application 14 | 382 | 26.36% |
Rewilding & pond restoration - Greengairs - application 23 | 480 | 33.13% |
Rewilding - Allanton & Shotts - application 25 | 353 | 24.36% |
Habitat improvement - Vics Park - application 32 | 234 | 16.15% |
![PB Section 3 Response](/sites/default/files/styles/800x600_scale/public/2022-10/Section%203%20responses_0.png?itok=22lp9TZd)
Section 3 - project ideas
No. of votes | % of vote | |
Shrub & bog garden - George Street Park - application 13 | 393 | 27.12% |
Woodland walk improvements & signage - Dalzell Community Area - application 19 | 765 | 52.80% |
Habitat improvements & signage - Shields Glen - application 21 | 291 | 20.08% |
![PB Section 4 Response](/sites/default/files/styles/800x600_scale/public/2022-10/Section%204%20responses_0.png?itok=l1MfPEFK)
Section 4 - project ideas
No. of votes | % of vote | |
Bird & bat boxes & signage - Greenhead Local Nature Reserve - application 6 | 381 | 26.29% |
Pond remediation & habitat improvements - Craigneuk - application 33 | 384 | 26.50% |
Habitat improvements - Holytown - application 38 | 200 | 13.80% |
Woodland walk, improvement to pond and signage - Newarthill - application 10 | 484 | 33.40% |
![PB Section 5 Response](/sites/default/files/styles/800x600_scale/public/2022-10/Section%205%20responses_0.png?itok=pAKKV-3N)
Section 5 - project ideas
No. of votes | % of vote | |
Planting wildflower meadows across North Lanarkshire (applications 8, 12, 16, 31 & 34) | 722 | 49.83% |
Installing bird & bat boxes across North Lanarkshire (applications 16 & 26) | 285 | 19.67% |
Planting trees across North Lanarkshire (application 16 & 37) | 442 | 30.50% |
Next stage
Following site inspections and further appraisal of the project ideas, we will deliver the successful projects over the winter months. We will work together with the successful applicants to ensure that their ideas, suggestions, and vision are achieved or as far as possible, given the budget, available resources, and timescales.
Once again thank you to everyone who sent in project ideas and we encourage you to apply again next year. All the suggestions were brilliant, satisfied our criteria and could very well have been delivered. Unfortunately, with limited resources we can only deliver the projects with the highest number of votes, as voted for by the public.
Participatory Budgeting (PB) was introduced to encourage more community participation and to help communities have a say in how public money is spent. All local authorities in Scotland have agreed that at least 1% of their budgets will be subject to PB.
Our Nature Recovery PB exercise was the first one organised by Community Greenspace. Our aim was to allocate money on practical projects in our greenspaces. These projects will improve, enhance, restore, and increase our wildlife habitats and help our local environments to become more resilient to climate change while creating sustainable areas.
We think it has been a success and would like to hear what you think. We want your feedback and comments on the process. We want to know what we did well, what we could have done differently and how we can improve in the future. Our lessons-learned survey will be created soon. Please look out for further details here and on social media.