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Motion 1 – Green
Spaces
 
This Council believes that every North Northants resident
should have access to green spaces and recognises the importance of
public access to these spaces for community well-being. This
Council strives to achieve and advocate for "everyone to have
access to green space or water within a 15-minute walk from their
home as set out in the National Environmental Improvement Plan.
This Council further acknowledges the benefits of green spaces for
physical and mental health.
 
This Council resolves:
 

1.   
To ensure all North Northants residents have easy access to
quality green spaces;
 

2.   
That it will take steps to protect and enhance our green
infrastructure;
 

3.   
To explore integration of access to green spaces as part of
the development of the Urban Green Space Strategy; and
 

4.   
That the relevant Executive Advisory Panel is made aware of
the opportunity to apply to be a new national forest, and consider
if this aligns with our strategy for green spaces.
 
 
Motion 2 - Fostering
 
This Council welcomes the improvements achieved by
Northamptonshire Children’s Trust Fostering Agency to being
rated as “Good” following Ofsted’s January 2024
inspection.
 
As corporate parents it is reassuring that our friends and
colleagues at the Trust are succeeding in protecting and enriching
the lives of children and recognising the amazing role of Foster
carers.
 
This Council calls on the Leader of the Council to write
to the Chief Executive of the Northamptonshire Children’s
Trust to reinforce the Councils commitment to supporting it in
continuing to move forward positively.