Agenda item

To receive the updated Management Plan from the Biodiversity & Green Spaces Officer.

The Committee received the updated Management plan of the Biodiversity & Green Spaces Officer (B&GSO) detailing the plans for the short, medium and long term.

Members were pleased to see the advances made already after just one year of the plan and thanked all council staff that had helped implement this. They also acknowledged the award of grant funding that the B&GSO had instigated.

The B&GSO advised that the plan was now very close to finalisation and would be openly available to the public via the website and  as a paper master copy at the Town Hall. The plan would be regularly updated and presented to the Committee.

A Member raised a question as to whether the publication of the plan put wildlife at risk, the B&GSO responded to explain that some details would be held back in any communication, such as the specific detail of nesting sites, however it was felt strongly that the Council should promote its advances in Biodiversity as much as possible.

Resolved:

1.      That, the report and verbal update be noted.

2.      That, the Management Plan and its appendix be added to the Council website.