Agenda item

Report of the Superintendent of Epping Forest.

Members noted a summary of the Epping Forest Division’s activities across April to May 2017. Of particular note was the impact of the General Election on the passage of the Open Spaces Bill through the House of Commons; a further decline in figures for the number of fly tips; five successful prosecutions for fly tipping with fines totalling £6,464; the discovery of the wildflower Milkwort on previously grazed land at Big View; the discovery of Oak Processionary Moth caterpillars at Leyton Flats near Hollow Ponds; Harmful Algal Blooms at Perch Pond and the impact of Epping Forest’s Special Area of Conservation designation in consideration of Local Plans for Redbridge; Broxbourne and by the four Local Planning Authority signatories to the Memorandum of Understanding on the impacts of growth.

In response to a query, Officers agreed to provide Members with a breakdown of expenditure relating to fly tipping, OPM, plant diseases and costs associated with travellers on forest land.

Resolved – that the update be received.