Agenda item

Report of the Superintendent of Hampstead Heath (copy attached).

The Superintendent of Hampstead Heath introduced a report on Hampstead Heath’s hedges and their management, noting the survey work undertaken on the Heath during 2012 and the subsequent production of a ten-year management plan to protect and promote the biodiversity and landscape importance of the Heath’s hedges.

Members welcomed the report, with one noting the fundamental importance of management plans in guaranteeing the character of the Heath. He recorded his appreciation therefore of what he described as outstanding efforts of the Hampstead Heath Ecologist.

The Chairman concurred and expressed thanks on behalf of the whole Committee for the work undertaken by the Hampstead Heath Ecologist.

RESOLVED, that:

·         Members note the report and approve the overall management programme, subject to the views of the Hampstead Heath Consultative Committee being received.