Agenda item

Report of the Director of Open Spaces.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Open Spaces on the Examination in Public of the Epping Forest District Council Local Plan. The Director of Open Spaces provided members with an update on the progress of the Epping Forest District Council Local Plan and the issues which Officers within the Epping Forest management team had raised with the District Council.

RESOLVED- That: -

     I.        The representations, as summarised in this report, and set out in full in Appendices 1 and 2 to this report be approved; and

    II.        That the delegation to the Town Clerk, in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, to continue to work with the District Council and other local authorities to create a full and effective Mitigation Strategy, including consideration of off-site measures on the Buffer Lands and other sites be maintained; and

  III.        That the required for Epping Forest and Commons Committee to receive a report on the outcome of the Examination-in-Public and the Inspector’s findings and main modifications; and

  IV.        That Members agreed that the Epping Forest and Commons Committee receives a report on the proposed full Mitigation Strategy for your approval.