Issue - meetings

ES20355

This report was presented by the Assistant Director for Environment (Carbon Management and Greenspace) to provide an update on the delivery of the Open Space Strategy in the second year since its adoption in November 2021.

A Member raised the issue of concessions for ice cream vans. As many of these ice cream vans were emitters of diesel fumes, she wondered how this would fit in with the Council's air quality strategy. The Assistant Director responded and said that the tender process would favour those that were lower emitters. A Member referred to an appendix which noted various objectives and progress made against those objectives. Some of the objectives had been Rag Rated as ‘Red’ and the Member stated that some of them should not really be ‘red’ if there was mitigation in place, or if no further action was going to be taken. Reference had been made to governance arrangements for stakeholders and clarification was required concerning this. The Assistant Director responded and said that the plan was to increase the number of stakeholders and the range of stakeholders and also to make the best use of everybody's time. It was anticipated that the government arrangements would be finalised this year.

RESOLVED that the Open Space Strategy Year 2 Update Report be noted.