Issue - meetings

Three sites in Bracknell Forest had been awarded Green Flag status:

• Lily Hill Park was visited by the Green Flag judges in May.
• Pope’s Meadow and Shepherd Meadows & Sandhurst Memorial Park may have been visited by a mystery shopper.
• The South Hill Park Steering Group would decide whether to enter the park for an award next year or to wait until 2013.

There had been photographs in the press regarding the awards.

The Parks and Countryside Team had undertaken a leaflet review. Leaflets on Discover Volunteering, Gardening for Wildlife, Discover Biodiversity and Parks and Countryside events had all been reprinted and distributed to libraries and the Look Out Discovery Centre. A new leaflet had been produced on Planning and Biodiversity Guidance which would provide useful information at an early stage of the planning application process. This would help to protect wildlife and prevent delays and associated costs to the applicant. The leaflet was available at Time Square and Easthampstead House receptions and would be uploaded to the Bracknell Forest Council public website.

(Action: Rose Wicks)