Issue - meetings

RESOLVED:                1)          That the Community Orchard at Wisbech Road/ Harding’s Way be approved and progressed as detailed in the report

2)          That the Council agrees to enter into a form of agreement with the Harding’s Pits Association which continues the current operational arrangements for the Harding’s Pits Door Step Green.  Authority to be delegated to the Assistant Director Property & Projects in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Property and Corporate Services to agree appropriate terms and length of agreement

3)             That the proposed Beuys's Acorns Project be supported potentially as part of the proposal for the Harding’s Pits Door Step Green, with this area being extended to accommodate the Beuys’s Project. 

RECOMMENDED:

That the land identified in the plan attached with the report (the red shaded area to the west of Hardings Way) be designated as a Village Green.

Reason for Decision

To progress projects which enhance the environment and protect and increase green space for the benefit of the local community.

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Councillor de Whalley presented the report which brought forward a proposal for designation of a Village Green on land to the west of Hardings Way, South Lynn on land owned by the Borough Council.

The report also detailed proposals for the establishment of a community orchard which would form part of the Village Green and the Beuys’s project on land to the north of the proposed Village Green. 

Under standing order 34 Councillor Kemp addressed Cabinet in support of the proposal and urged the inclusion of the additional areas of land which were not currently included because they were allocated  within the Local Plan as sites proposed for residential development.  It was confirmed that it was not lawful to include those sites.

Councillor Beales confirmed he was happy with the footprint contained within the report.   

Councillor Squires encouraged the purchase of trees for the site which were certified as healthy, to which it was confirmed she would be consulted when it came to it.

Councillor Rust commended Councillor Kemp for her support for the community and for suggesting the community orchard.  She  commented that it was hoped that community led housing on the site may be provided on the site.

In summing up Councillor Parish commented after the community waiting a long time for this, it was finally getting approved.

The Environment and Community Panel supported the recommendations in the report.

RESOLVED:            1)         That the Community Orchard at Wisbech Road/ Harding’s Way be approved and progressed as detailed in the report

2)         That the Council agrees to enter into a form of agreement with the Harding’s Pits Association which continues the current operational arrangements for the Harding’s Pits Door Step Green.  Authority to be delegated to the Assistant Director Property & Projects in consultation with the Portfolio Holder for Property and Corporate Services to agree appropriate terms and length of agreement

3)            That the proposed Beuys's Acorns Project be supported potentially as part of the proposal for the Harding’s Pits Door Step Green, with this area being extended to accommodate the Beuys’s Project. 

RECOMMENDED:

That the land identified in the plan attached with the report (the red shaded area to the west of Hardings Way) be designated as a Village Green.

Reason for Decision

To progress projects which enhance the environment and protect and increase green space for the benefit of the local community.