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Agenda and draft minutes

Venue: Bridgnorth Room, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY2 6ND. View directions

Contact: Tim Ward  Committee Officer

Items
No. Item

28.

Welcome, introductions and apologies for absence

Minutes:

28.1    Apologies for absence were received from Deb Hughes, Mark Weston & Andrew Wood

29.

Public Question Time

To receive any questions from members of the public, notice of which has been given in accordance with Shropshire Council Procedure rule 14.  The deadline for this meeting is 10.00am on Friday 16 March 2018.

 

Minutes:

29.1    There were no questions from the public

30.

Declarations of Pecuniary Interest

Members are reminded that they must not participate in the discussion or voting on any matter in which they have a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest and should leave the room prior to the commencement of the debate.

 

Minutes:

30.1    There were no declarations made

31.

Minutes of the Last meeting pdf icon PDF 97 KB

The minutes of the meeting held on 30 January 2018 are attached for confirmation.

Minutes:

31.1    The minutes of the meeting held on 30 January 2018 had been circulated.

 

31.2    RESOLVED:

 

That the minutes of the Shropshire Great Outdoors Strategy Board held on 30 January 2018 be approved as a true record and signed by the Chairman.

32.

Farming Future Consultation

The Shropshire’s Great Outdoors Strategy Board needs to make a formal response on the Farming Future consultation, which can be found here:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684003/future-farming-environment-consult-document.pdf

 

There will be a series of five minute verbal presentations from different viewpoints regarding the proposals put forward, as follows:

 

Ø  Sarah Faulkner- NFU

Ø  Jack Tavenor- other farm business perspectives

Ø  Peter Carr- Ramblers

Ø  Dan Wrench- Marches Nature Partnership

Ø  Cecilia Motley- Rural Services Network

Ø  Tim Jenkins- visitor economy/ culture

Ø  Ron Repath- Shropshire Hills AONB

Ø  Shona Butter- Rights of Way

Ø  Clare Fildes- Greenspace

(Please note that the British Horse Society perspective was presented at the previous meeting.)

 

Following the presentations members of the Strategy Board are asked to discuss and agree the key points to be reflected in the formal response. A draft response will be prepared and circulated for approval following the meeting.

 

Minutes:

32.1    The Outdoor Partnership Enterprise Manager reminded Members that the Board needed to make a formal response on the Farming Future consultation.

 

32.2    Several Members gave short presentations on various aspects of the consultation and amongst point raised were: -

 

·         Direct payments being removed but no information as to how this being done

·         Proposals will affect the upland farmers most (This is the biggest farming sector in Shropshire)

·         Low priority on public access

·         No joined up thinking

·         Lack of detail throughout the document

 

32.3    The Outdoor Partnership Enterprise Manager thanked Members for their contributions and advised that she would draw up a response which would be circulated to Members for comment.

33.

Updates from Members

To receive short updates from members on key activities/ priorities/ issues

 

Minutes:

33.1    The Outdoor Partnership Enterprise Manager advised the meeting that she was currently updating a number of policies and that they would be brought to a future meeting of the Board for consideration.

 

33.2    Mr Carr advised that at the forthcoming AGM of the Ramblers Association, Kate Ashbrook would become the new Chair.

34.

Agenda Items for Future Meetings

Members are asked to identify key priorities and agenda items for future meetings

Minutes:

34.1    The Chairman asked Members to let the Outdoor Partnership Enterprise Manager know of any items that they would like included on future agendas.

35.

Other Items

Minutes:

35.1    The Outdoor Partnerships Enterprise Manager informed the meeting that she had received a letter from All Terrain UK.  It was agreed that representatives of the organisation be invited to the next meeting of the Board.

 

35.2    Mr Carr informed the meeting that a technical document had been produced which considered proposals for shared use of footpaths by cyclists.  It was agreed that this would be circulated to Members.

 

35.3    Mr Carr raised concerns that under the 1984 Cycleway Act, where a footpath was converted to a cycleway it was deleted from the definitive map.

36.

Date of Next Meeting

Members are reminded that the next meeting of the Shropshire Great Outdoors Strategy Board will be held on Monday 11 June 2018 at 10.00am

Minutes:

36.1    Members were reminded that the next meeting of the Shropshire great Outdoors Strategy Board would be held on Monday 11 June 2018 at 10.00am

 

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