Issue - meetings

To consider a report by the Head of Legal and Estates and the Countryside Services Manager regarding a proposal to extend Paxton Pits Nature Reserve.

Plans showing the layout of the existing pits are attached to the agenda separately.

Authorised the Director of Central Services, after consultation with the Executive Councillor for Resources and Policy, to approve detailed terms for leases of land, adjacent to the Little Paxton Nature Reserve, by the District Council.

By way of a joint report by the Head of Legal and Estates and the Countryside Services Manager (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) the Cabinet considered a proposal to extend Little Paxton Nature Reserve from 240 to 700 acres by way of the acceptance by the District Council of leases of land adjacent to the existing reserve following the completion of gravel extraction operations.

Having considered proposed terms and conditions for the leases, and the sources of funding identified to finance key elements of the extended nature reserves, the Cabinet

RESOLVED

  that the Director of Central Services, after consultation with the Executive Councillor for Resources and Policy, be authorised to approve detailed terms for leases of land, adjacent to the Little Paxton Nature Reserve, by the District Council.