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(Report of
Director of Street Scene, Leisure and Technical
Services)
 
The
report brought forward comments received as part of the public
consultation exercise on the draft Taddington Valley Woodland Management
Plan.  The draft Plan was intended to
provide guidance and direction for all aspects of the management of
the woodland and be used to inform future maintenance and
development of the site. 
 
Members of the Communities and Environment Scrutiny Select
Committee were invited to consider the responses and any proposed
amendments to enable the Plan to be submitted to the Forestry
Commission for approval.
 
Particular reference was made to the core part of the Plan which
was the nature recovery by regeneration of the woodland using
coppicing and pollarding of trees where appropriate, however the
Plan also covered many aspects of the site’s management
including community engagement. 
 
Following consideration by the Communities and Environment
Scrutiny Select Committee, the Cabinet Member for Community
Services resolved that:
 

(1)     the
draft Taddington Valley Woodland
Management Plan, attached at Annex 1, be submitted to the Forestry
Commission for formal adoption, subject to the incorporation of the
proposed amendments listed at Annex 3 to the report.