Green roofs offer many advantages for building developers, owners and their users. They benefit the wider environment through their positive impact on sustainability, biodiversity and the attenuation of storm water. They create visual enhancement of the landscape and fully exploit the spatial opportunities for visual and recreational benefit with the possibility of planning gain.
A Green Roof is created when a planting scheme is established on a roof structure. The roof can be located anywhere from ground level, usually with an underground car park beneath, to a residential or commercial roof many storeys high.