Agenda item

To agree the public minutes of the meeting held on 18 November 2015.

RESOLVED – That the public minutes of the meeting held on 18 November 2015 be approved as an accurate record subject to the following amendment:

Item 5 “contractors would carry out spraying operations at the Wood in 2016” to be “contractors would carry out spraying operations at Hampstead Heath in 2016”

Matters Arising

Park Champions

Two members (Tree Trust for Haringey, London Borough of Haringey) volunteered for the Park Champions Scheme.

Conservation Management Plan

• Officers reported that the level of detail and the prohibitive cost of a LIDAR survey would not make procuring it beneficial to the Wood.
• It was felt that a detailed ground survey should first be carried out and a member (Highgate Society) agreed to make contact with Historic England to progress this.
• A member (London Borough of Haringey) also agreed to investigate the use of a 3D mapping system recently acquired by the Local Authority.
• The use of drones to survey the Wood was also discussed.

Water House Development

It was confirmed that the London Borough of Camden had rejected a planning application for the site. It was noted that an appeal was likely.