Agenda

Meeting:

North Yorkshire Local Access Forum

Members:

Will Scarlett (Chair), Patricia Coulson (Vice-Chair), Stephen Clark, Rachel Connolly, Mark Cunliffe-Lister, Naomi Guthrie, Roma Haigh, Samantha Perks, Martin Reynolds, Belinda Ryan, John Toogood, Robert Heseltine and David Jeffels.

Date:

Wednesday, 25th September, 2024

Time:

10.00 am

Venue:

Project Room B, Ground Floor, County Hall, Northallerton, DL7 8AD

 

This meeting is being held as an in-person meeting. Members of the public are entitled to attend this meeting as observers for all those items taken in open session. Please contact the Democratic Services Officer whose contact details are below if you would like to find out more.

 

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Business

 

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1.  

Apologies for Absence

 

 

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2.  

Minutes of the Meeting held on 22 May 2024

 

(Pages 5 - 14)

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3.  

Declarations of Interest

 

 

All Members are invited to declare at this point any interests they have in items appearing on this agenda, including the nature of those interests.

 

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4.  

Public Participation

 

 

Members of the public may ask questions or make statements at this meeting if they have given notice to Dawn Drury of Democratic Services and supplied the text (contact details below) by midday on Friday 20 September 2024, three working days before the day of the meeting.  Each speaker should limit themselves to 3 minutes on any item.  Members of the public who have given notice will be invited to speak:-

·            at this point in the meeting if their questions/statements relate to matters which are not otherwise on the Agenda (subject to an overall time limit of 30 minutes);

·            when the relevant Agenda item is being considered if they wish to speak on a matter which is on the Agenda for this meeting.

If you are exercising your right to speak at this meeting, but do not wish to be recorded, please inform the Chairman who will instruct anyone who may be taking a recording to cease while you speak.

 

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5.  

Secretary's Update Report

(Pages 15 - 18)

 

Purpose: To update LAF members on developments since the last meeting.

 

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6.  

LAF Sub-Group and Individual Updates

(Pages 19 - 22)

 

Purpose: An opportunity for LAF members to update the Forum on LAF representative project activity since the last meeting.

 

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7.  

NY Local Access Forum - Draft Revised Terms of Reference

(Pages 23 - 32)

 

To consider, agree and adopt the revised Terms of Reference put forward by the LAF Terms of Reference Sub-Group.  (Document shown with track changes for ease of reading)

 

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8.  

Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for North Yorkshire and York

(Pages 33 - 34)

 

A presentation to provide members with an overview of the background, context and objectives of the Local Nature Recovery Strategy (LNRS) for North Yorkshire and York.

 

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9.  

Coast to Coast Path National Trail

 

 

The Senior Officer, People, Landscapes, Access and Nature to attend, to provide a verbal update to Members.

 

Members to consider and appoint a replacement representative for future stakeholder group meetings following the resignation of David Lepper.

 

 

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10.  

Yorkshire Water Woodland Management Plan

(Pages 35 - 40)

 

Members are asked to consider and agree a response to Fountains Forestry UK Ltd.

 

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11.  

Update on the re-structure of the Planning Teams following Local Government Review

 

 

To receive a verbal update on the re-structure of the Planning department.

 

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12.  

Any Other Items

 

 

Any other items which the Chair agrees should be considered as a matter of urgency because of special circumstances

 

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13.  

Forward Plan

(Pages 41 - 42)

 

To note the current Forward Plan and consider any additions or amendments.

 

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Contact Details

 

Enquiries relating to this agenda please contact Dawn Drury Tel: 01757 292065 or e-mail: dawn.drury@northyorks.gov.uk

Website: www.northyorks.gov.uk

 

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Barry Khan

Assistance Chief Executive

(Legal and Democratic Services)

County Hall

Northallerton

 

17 September 2024

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