Agenda item

Report of the Director of Environment.

The Committee considered a report of the Executive Director Environment regarding the application to Natural England for recognition as a National Nature Reserve.

The Committee observed that it was important that the concerns of the Epping Forest Consultative Group (previously Committee) are noted and that a further report which detailed the possible impacts of the National Nature Reserve recognition was required to make a fully informed decision on the matter.

RESOLVED- The completion an Expression of Interest to Natural England for the designation of the majority of Epping Forest and its associated Buffer land as a National Nature Reserve be approved.