Reports from Members round the table
Minutes:
- Michael Abbott
queried whether any funds from the sale of council properties in
the area could be used towards access schemes. It was reported that
this money had already been used for affordable housing in the
borough, amongst other schemes.
- Innes McEwen
reported that he had been offered HLS funding for educational
access enhancement to the farm. Mr McEwen received over thirty
school visits to the farm per year at present and was working with
the charity LEAF. It was hoped to make the Jealotts Hill Bird Race an annual event. Keen bird
watchers would spend time at the farm and report what they had
seen, which was useful information for the farm. The neighbouring
farm would possibly be opened one day a year with a focus on the
livestock.
- Steve Searle
reported that there was an open day in July at the Crown Estate.
Measurements were being taken at present in order to make
improvements to disabled access. Felling and thinning had been
undertaken in the area going up to the Fernhill roundabout on the A332; with felling on
the east side of the road and thinning on the west side of the
road.
- Peter Radband reported that cows had been too close
to the gate over the bridge and dog walkers had been unable to get
through the gate. There was a need for interpretation aimed at
informing walkers (particularly dog walkers) about how to behave at
sites where there were cattle grazing. It was reported that a first
draft of an information sheet had been produced, which could be
adopted at other sites.