Issue - meetings

The minutes of the last meeting of the Forum held on 12 February 2019 were approved save for the following amendment:

Horizon Scanning (page 9): the words in bold to be added to the following sentence:

Hugh Fitzwilliams advised that there had been a vast rush of large-scale speculative development applications in Warfield.

The following updates on action points were noted:

• Graham Pockett to provide the Chair with a contact name at TRL so that arrangements could be made for a summer evening visit to the TRL site.

(Action: Graham Pockett)

• Work would continue to map gates and stiles and a further update on this task would be provided at the next LCAF meeting on 15 October 2019.

(Action: Rose Wicks, Rob Solomon and Volunteer Path Inspectors)

• Rose Wicks provided members with printed copies of the PRoW map and advised she could provide additional copies if more were required.

• It was noted that it would be beneficial to facilitate the setting up of independent groups formed from LCAF members and other rights of way users who could help update the BFC online route guides and maps.

• The meeting between Colin Bird, Graham Pockett, Rose Wicks and Ian Crump – Biodiversity Officer at Thames Water – to discuss the proposal to seek a permissive path between Cabbage Hill and Hazelwood Lane had not yet taken place.

• The action for Rose Wicks to distribute to members a spreadsheet for suggestions to be made for the creation of new routes and recreational links to be carried forward, as was the action to add to the spreadsheet examples of securing links presented by Graham Pockett which had been provided by BFC Planning.  Richard Mosses had made a suggestion for a new route which he will circulate to members via e-mail).

(Action: Rose Wicks and Richard Mosses)

• Rose Wicks to work with key P&C team members to carry out greater publicity about when new SANGS open to the public. To use social media and news item on the BFC website as a means of achieving this. Rose had also brought to this meeting SANGS leaflet packs for distribution to members.

(Action: Rose Wicks)

• David Warren to liaise with Rob Solomon about the schedule of works regarding TRF assisting with clearing overgrown byways and resurfacing works.

(Action: Dave Warren and Rob Solomon)

• David Warren to follow up with Jenny Yung who had offered to put David in touch with the British Horse Society.

(Action: David Warren)

• Graham Pockett was continuing to research the reason why the Horseshoe Lake bridleway was not showing on the Definitive Map and Statement.

(Action: Graham Pockett)