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Declaration of Grove Park Nature Reserve LNR

Meeting: 16/09/2020 - Mayor and Cabinet (Item 360)

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Decision:

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Environment & Transport, Councillor Sophie McGeevor, the

Mayor and Cabinet agreed that:

 

(1) the contents of this report and the formal response from Natural England’s

Local Team that consultation is complete be noted; and

 

(2) Grove Park be declared a Local Nature Reserve and the Director of Legal,

Governance and HR be authorised to proceed with the making of the

necessary declaration and the insertion of a public notice in appropriate local

press and on the Council’s website.

Minutes:

Councillor Liam Curran spoke in favour of the proposals and spoke further

about the tabled document referred to in the minutes above.

 

Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet

Member for Environment & Transport, Councillor Sophie McGeevor, the

Mayor and Cabinet, for the reasons set out in the report, by a vote of 8-0:

 

RESOLVED that

 

(1) the contents of this report and the formal response from Natural England’s

Local Team that consultation is complete be noted; and

 

(2) Grove Park be declared a Local Nature Reserve and the Director of Legal,

Governance and HR be authorised to proceed with the making of the

necessary declaration and the insertion of a public notice in appropriate local

press and on the Council’s website.