Issue - meetings

To formally appointment the Executive Councillor with responsibility for the Countryside Service to the recently established Management Group for the Ouse Valley Way.

That the Executive Councillor with responsibility for the Countryside Service be appointed to the recently established Management Group for the Ouse Valley Way.

The Cabinet considered a report (a copy of which is appended in the Minute Book) to appoint the Executive Councillor with responsibility for the Countryside Service to the recently established Management Group for the Ouse Valley Way.

The Ouse Valley Way long distance footpath was established approximately 26 years ago in Huntingdonshire by Huntingdonshire District Council working in co-operation with Cambridgeshire County Council and landowners. The Ouse Valley Way formed part of a 150-mile footpath from Syresham in Northamptonshire, through Huntingdonshire to the sea at King’s Lynn.

As there was no formal documentation when the section was established in Huntingdonshire that confirmed roles and responsibilities between the District Council, Cambridgeshire County Council and landowners, on an informal basis the District Council had managed the Huntingdonshire part of the route by mowing the vegetation and maintaining landowners’ hedges to provide safe and comfortable access for the public.

However, these arrangements were not sustainable for the Council and following a review, future roles and responsibilities for the Ouse Valley Way had been agreed and were listed within paragraph 2.5 of the submitted report.

An Annual Management Plan to structure the work of the partners against the redefined roles and responsibilities had been developed and to oversee the delivery of the Plan a Management Group involving the District Council, Cambridgeshire County Council and six Parish Council representatives had been established, the Terms of Reference for the Management Group were appended to the submitted report.  Whereupon the Cabinet,

RESOLVED

that the Executive Councillor with responsibility for the Countryside Service be appointed to the recently established Management Group for the Ouse Valley Way.