Agenda item

2019 Countryside Stewardship Grant application

Report of the Director of Open Spaces.

Minutes:

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Open Spaces on the 2019 Countryside Stewardship Grant application.

 

A Member raised the issue of air quality within Epping Forest and questioned if there is was consideration of the effect traffic within the Forest. The Director of Opens Spaces highlighted the impact air pollution had on trees and confirmed that the issue of air quality would be raised by City of London Officers at the upcoming public hearing on the Epping Forest District Local Plan.

 

RESOLVED- That: -

     I.        The grant application timetable be noted; and

    II.        That the proposed engagement and approval process with Epping Forest & Commons Committee be approved; and

  III.        That Members agreed to making two separate applications for funding for the Forest in 2019 and 2020 and a third application for the Buffer Lands in 2020; and

  IV.        That the range of operations and Forest locations that are proposed to be funded through this grant be approved.

 

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