Agenda item

Report of the Superintendent of The Commons.

The Committee received a report of the Director of Open Spaces which provided a general update on issues across the nine sites within ‘The Commons’ division.

The Committee’s Deputy Chairman and the Chairman of the Open Spaces & City Gardens Committee highlighted the contribution of car parking charges to funding the management of the open spaces noting the importance of this in the period of increased pressures on the management budgets. The Chairman commented that there would be a further discussion of ideas for increasing revenue later in the meeting. The Director of Open Spaces explained that proposals for car parking charges in Epping Forest would be considered at the November meeting of the Epping Forrest and Commons Committee.

RESOLVED- That the report be noted.