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Local Nature Reserves - Byelaws
Meeting: 03/02/2020 - Cabinet (Item 234)
234 Local Nature Reserves - Byelaws PDF 121 KB
Additional documents:
- Enc. 1 for Local Nature Reserves - Byelaws, item 234 PDF 2 MB
- LNR Byelaw Review - NR1 to NR7, item 234 PDF 8 MB
Decision:
1. To recommend to Full Council that the following byelaws are made , Filsham
Reedbeds Nature Reserve, Marline Valley Nature Reserve, Hastings Country
Park Nature Reserve, St Helens Wood Nature Reserve, Church Wood and
Robsack Local Nature Reserve, Summerfields Nature Reserve and Old Road
Gill Nature Reserve
2. Following Cabinet and Full Council approval to make the byelaws, delegate to
the Chief Legal Officer responsibility for following due legal process as
outlined by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for
confirmation of the byelaws for Local Nature Reserves.
Minutes:
The Assistant Director, Environment and Place submitted a report to Cabinet to outline the procedure for approval of byelaws for Local Nature Reserves in the Borough of Hastings.
Byelaws are a way of safeguarding nature reserves from damage. The proposed byelaws aim to bring all our nature reserves under one set of consistent byelaws together with their current boundaries.
There are eight Local Nature Reserves (LNRs) in the borough; Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve, Pondswood Nature Reserve, Churchwood and Robsack Wood Nature Reserve, Summerfields Wood, Marline Valley Nature Reserve, Filsham Reedbeds Nature Reserve, Old Roar Gill and Coronation Wood Nature Reserve and St. Helens Woods Nature Reserve. Seven of the reserves are owned by Hastings Borough Council. St Helens Woods are owned by the St Helens Park Preservation Society.
Four Local Nature Reserves currently have byelaws; Filsham Reedbeds which were made by Hastings Borough Council on 25th July 1983; Hastings Country Park, made on 28th June 1974; Marline Woods, made on 12th February 1993 and St Helens Wood on 31st March 1994. These will be revoked and replaced by the new draft set of byelaws.
Under rule 13.3 the recommendations of the report were agreed without being called for discussion.
RESOLVED (Unanimously)
1. To recommend to Full Council that the following byelaws are made, Filsham Reedbeds Nature Reserve, Marline Valley Nature Reserve, Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve, St Helens Wood Nature Reserve, Church Wood and Robsack Local Nature Reserve, Summerfields Nature Reserve and Old Road Gill Nature Reserve
2. Following Cabinet and Full Council approval to make the byelaws, delegate to the Chief Legal Officer responsibility for following due legal process as outlined by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for confirmation of the byelaws for Local Nature Reserves.
Reasons for Recommendations
Local Authorities can create Local Nature Reserve byelaws to help stop people damaging the reserve and harming its wildlife. Adopting byelaws will help the council safeguard the reserves from damage.
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