Agenda and minutes

(NB: In accordance with the Council’s Constitution the Chair and Vice-Chair of this Committee must be a County Councillor.  County Councillors only may vote).

RESOLVED that Councillors Sellis and Ball be elected Chair and Vice-Chair respectively for the ensuring year.

Minutes of the meeting held on 6 November 2017, attached

RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting held on 6 November 2017 be signed as a correct record.

Items which in the opinion of the Chairman should be considered at the meeting as  matters of urgency.

There was no item raised as a matter of urgency.

Report of the Head of Planning, Transportation and Environment (PTE/18/30), attached

The Chair welcomed Corinna Woodall from the Tamar Valley AONB.

The Committee considered the Report of the Head of Planning, Transportation and Environment (PTE/18/30) outlining the process for the review of the Management Plan for the Tamar Valley AONB and seeking the Committee’s approval to the preparation of and public consultation on a new draft Management Plan.

The draft Management Plan would be published on the Tamar Valley AONB website and widely promoted.  

It was MOVED by Councillor Sellis, SECONDED by Councillor Ball and

RESOLVED

(a)   that the process and timetable for undertaking the review of the existing Tamar Valley AONB Management Plan be noted;

(b)   that the approach to the preparation of and consultation on the draft AONB Management Plan for 2019 – 2024 be endorsed, in principle;

(c)   that agreement to the detailed content and any outstanding issues for the Consultation Draft be delegated to the Head of Planning, Transportation and Environment; and

(d)   that the final version of the new Management Plan to be adopted through the Cabinet Member decision process in Spring 2019.