Agenda item

Report of the Director of Open Spaces.

The Committee considered a report of the Director of Open Spaces on the Statement of Common Ground for London Borough of Waltham Forest Local Plan.

Following a question from a committee member the Director of Open Spaces explained that a report on the governance of local authority representative group could be considered by the Epping Forest and Commons Committee as early as November.

RESOLVED- That: -

1. The Statement of Common Ground (SoCG) with London Borough of Waltham Forest in relation to its Local Plan as set out in Appendix 1 of this report be approved; and
2. That authority be delegated to the Town Clerk, in consultation with the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, to make and agree minor changes to the SoCG to ensure it evolves and is kept up-to-date as a working document, while any major alterations to the SoCG as a result of substantive Local Plan Policy rewording may be reserved for further Committee approval.