Agenda item

Report of the Executive Director of Environment.

The Committee received the report of the Executive Director, Environment and noted the statutory requirements and provisions placed on Public Authorities in relation to the Biodiversity Duty, as per the 2006 Act as amended by the 2021 Act and noted the reporting requirements of the Biodiversity Duty as set out in paragraphs 11 and 12 of the report. The Committee noted the report as part of the City Corporation’s statutory First Consideration of the Biodiversity Duty. 

In response to a question on whether the requirements were to extend to the foreshore, the Committee noted that the requirement did extend to the foreshore which would invoke the biodiversity duty – noting also the cost implications, and noting that the duty will be taken into account in future.