Issue - meetings

Biodiversity Strategy

Meeting: 12/11/2019 - Communities, Housing and Environment Committee (Item 45)

45 Draft Biodiversity Strategy pdf icon PDF 78 KB

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Minutes:

The Parks and Open Spaces Manager gave an introduction to the Committee on the Draft Bio-diversity Strategy.

 

The Committee noted that previously the Council had adopted its Local Biodiversity Action Plan in 2011 which covered the period 2009-2014.  This was jointly produced by the Council’s Parks and Leisure Team and Medway Valley Countryside Partnership.

 

Due to a number of significant changes to the approach to conservation management and the political environment the Committee in 2018 agreed to fund a refresh of the Biodiversity Action Plan.  Medway Valley Countryside Partnership was tasked with preparing this as a new Biodiversity Strategy which has now been completed.

 

The Committee felt that the document was considerably long and there was a depth of detail within the Strategy and to enable it to be given their full attention, a Workshop should be held in the new year where all Members of the Council could attend to enable that understanding to be had.  Then the Committee could receive a report after that time for consideration.

 

RESOLVED:  That the report related to the draft Biodiversity Strategy be deferred to enable a Workshop to take place in January 2020 where all Members would be invited.