Agenda item

Report of the Director of Open Spaces.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Open Spaces on the Epping Forest Buffer Lands – Annual Agricultural Holdings review for 2018 and proposals for 2019. The report provided a summary of the main agricultural land management activities completed in 2018/19  and previewed proposed management and wildlife conservation operation.

RESOLVED- That: -

1. The procurement of land agency advice as required for negotiations with tenants be approved; and
2. That the procurement of contract services for the carrying out of agricultural management, including fencing and weed control, as required, following City Procurement procedures be approved; and
3. That general management proposals be approved; and
4. That the Town Clerk, in association with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, be delegated the responsibility to settle a tenancy dispute regarding boundaries and alleged damage by deer browsing.