Issue - meetings

Rose Wicks reported that restoration works had been completed at Queen Anne Gulley to restore the footpath banks using timber locally sourced from the Crown Estate. Forum Members were shown before and after photographs of the gulley. Funding had been secured from Natural England to restore the historic site and four new interpretation panels had been installed.

Richard Walton reported that an interpretation panel which had been missing from Caesar’s Camp for between two and three months had been returned by a member of the public who had found it in the Crown Estate. The panel was still in good condition and had been re-installed at the site.

The remedial works at Priory Field had been completed. The site was up and running and had already had two to three weeks of football there. The grass was looking good and initial feedback of the site was good.

Graham Pockett reported that there was a new hoggin path to improve links between Lily Hill Park and Longhill Park. Fingerposts would be erected with a bigger font size to make them easier to read from a greater distance. The posts would be made of European oak and the letters would be engraved into them.

A consultation process would be undertaken on the Footpath 15 diversion which would run across open grassland. There were green spaces and wildlife corridors surrounding the site. The big open space could be a future SANG. The Footpath could be linked up with Footpath 18 but there were concerns over the longer route. The preferable route would be more scenic rather than being embedded in road. The consultation would be circulated later in the week and would be published in the newspaper.

There would be a possible new footpath dedication in Sunninghill in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, involving a short length of footpath opposite Ascot Gate into the Great Park. The length of footpath would be back from the road to improve the pedestrian link for new occupiers in the area. A range of different options were being explored for the dedication.