Residents are being asked to help shape new management plans to protect and enhance the council’s larger parks.
The plans will focus on encouraging more people to use the parks, protecting and enhancing biodiversity and identifying opportunities for future investment and development.
Each park will have its own management plan focusing on the maintenance of existing facilities and identifying opportunities for further facilities, whilst addressing any issues raised through public consultation.
The strategy will focus on:
- Blaenavon Park
- Cwmbran recreation areas (Boating Lake, Northfields and Southfields)
- Cwmbran Park
- Fishpond Park, Griffithstown
- Glansychan Park, Abersychan
- Pontnewydd Park
- Pontypool Park
Residents have until midnight on Monday 30 September to complete a survey about how they use the parks and what is important to them.
Get involved in the Park Management Plans survey
Councillor Mandy Owen, executive member for the environment, said: “We need to make sure we manage all aspects of our parks in the most sustainable way.
“However, without knowing how our residents use our parks and what they find important we can’t plan for their future.
“The responses from the survey will help us create a series of management plans to support external grant applications to fund their delivery, ensuring our parks continue to be fit for purpose.”
Preparation of the management plans has been possible through £49,120 of grant funding from the UK Government’s Shared Prosperity Fund.