Issue - meetings

To inform the Executive committee that following feedback and comment from the Services Overview & Scrutiny Committee the Biodiversity Policy and Action Plan has been further revised.

The Biodiversity Policy and Action Plan is now ready to be adopted by the council.

Recommendation

That the Executive committee adopts the Biodiversity Policy  ...  view the full agenda text for item 50

RESOLVED

That the Biodiversity Policy and Action Plan be adopted as council policy.

Reason

Public, Government and industry awareness of Climate change and the fragile state of our environments, local, national, and international have never been higher or the importance of action so urgent.  As a responsible leading local Authority,  ...  view the full decision text for item 50

Councillor Liz Townsend, Portfolio Holder for Planning and Economic Development presented the report which set out a draft Biodiversity Policy and Action Plan, created following considerable research by officers working with the Surrey Wildlife Trust.  This would ensure that the Council’s open spaces were managed in a way to maximise  ...  view the full minutes text for item 50