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Local Nature Partnership Meeting Minutes 27/04/18

Issued by: Rosy Carter Authorisation (as appropriate) Chair Initiator TW

Lowland Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire Subject: Local Nature Partnership Board Meeting Meeting 25th November Meeting From: 13:00 Location: Toyota, Derby Date: 2014 Time To: 15:00

ATTENDEES: ( attended, X not attended, A apologies) Support staff Tony Walker (Chair) Toyota UK  Rosy Carter (RCarter) (LNP)  Mike Ashworth Derbyshire County Council  Adam Lathbury (DCC)  Chris Brookes Centre Parcs A John Malpas (Toyota)  Mike Burke Natural England  Geoff Richards (Defra) A Sophie Churchill National Forest Company  Heather Stokes (NCC)  Andrew Critchlow National Farmers Union  Rob Crowder (RC) Rural Community Action x Nottinghamshire John Everitt Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust  Tim Farr Regional Flood and Coastal  Committee Tony Hams National Trust  Paul Hopkins Lafarge A Chris Hughes Derby University  Frank Lucas RSPB  Helen Ross Nottingham City Council A Jo Smith Derbyshire Wildlife Trust  Martin Suthers Nottinghamshire Health and  Wellbeing Board Justin Szopa David Wilson Homes  Anne Western Derbyshire County Council A

Next meeting: 2pm 27th January 2015

Acronyms used in the minutes DtC Duty to Cooperate DWT Derbyshire Wildlife Trust ESIF European Structural Investment Funds HLF Heritage Lottery Fund LDN Lowland Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire LEED Local Environment and Economic Development NC Natural Capital NCA National Character Area NE Natural England NELMS New Environmental Land Management Schemes NWT Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust RFCC Regional Flood and Coastal Committee

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Item Minutes and Actions Who? When?

1. Welcome and introductions TW welcomed Jo Smith, the new Chief Executive of DWT.

2. Minutes of the last meeting No changes were requested.

3. Matters arising not dealt with elsewhere.

a) Planning workshop update – the core group had a constructive meeting with Rob Murfin, Head of Planning Services at DCC and Sally Gill, Group Manager (Planning) at NCC. Both Rob and Sally proposed that they (CCs) act as the agent to implement the LNPs strategy and objectives into local plans. They advised that we hold a planning workshop after we have identified a clear set of objectives, targets and spatial implementation for the CCs with LPAs to implement into local plans.

b) Selection of Vice Chair - Tony Hams was approved as Vice- Chair.

4. Meetings with external organisations

a) D2N2 LEP – Meetings have been arranged/planned to discuss -potential joint projects with Peak LNP and sustainability criteria for LEP funded projects.

b) NCC Environment and Sustainability Committee – the presentation was well received. There were questions about how the LNP will operate with no government funding/resources. Members of the Economy committee were invited but unfortunately none could attend.

c) Defra – meeting of LEP chairs and LNP chairs. TW attended. Few examples could be provided for how environmental improvements could also give economic benefits. He suggested that Defra could allocate some of the 2,000 NE staff to work for LNPs in lieu of any funding.

5. NELMS (MB)

NELMS is now called ‘Countryside Stewardship’. Of the funding allocated (c. £430 million p.a.) around 60-70% is tied up in existing land management agreements. The higher tier is directed at landowners of SSSIs/LNRs etc. NE are hoping that land owners applying for middle tier funding may get together to deliver landscape scale improvements.

No more major tasks are planned for LNPs prior to delivery. MB asked the board to consider how they want to be involved with NELMS ongoingly. He feels local delivery could be influenced by the LNP. The LNP needs to identify its strategy with regard to ‘Food from sustainable farming’ and Sustainable natural capital and services’. The current LNP strategy timeline aligns closely in

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Q1 2014 with Natural Englands 2016 sites “pipeline”. AC said that getting landowners to join together to deliver environment improvements is difficult because their current funding will end at different times.

JM asked how much CS money is allocated to Lowland Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. MB said there was no allocation as yet.

Action - To find out how much money is allocated to MB 27/1/15 Lowland Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire currently (i.e. through the Environmental Stewardship Scheme).

Action - Send the targeting statements for the four NCAs RCarter 3/12/14 covered by Lowland Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire to board members for information.

Action - Update the Board on the Countryside Stewardship MB 27/1/15 schedule and LNP involvement after National Scheme approval.

6. Potential ESIF projects

Sherwood The Landscape Partnership Scheme has received HLF funding of c. £3.7 million. This puts it in a strong position to also get ESIF funding. JE suggested that RCarter could act as a link between the Sherwood Forest Regional Park and the LEP in relation to this. JE will step down as Chair of the RPB board when he moves to the National Forest. He suggested that the new Chair should become a member of the LNP board for a time limited period. HS asked if this is necessary as she and FL already represent the various Sherwood schemes at board meetings. FL said he is happy with JE’s proposal. It was agreed to wait until the new Chair is elected and ask them if they want to be on LNP board.

Action - Agree the Board relationship and LNP supporting 27/1/15 role (Rosy Carter) with Sherwood Forest Regional Park. JE + HS Feed back on status at next meeting.

Trent Valley/Magnesian Limestone CH offered to look into the possibility of Derby University becoming involved with the Centre of Excellence. SC said that the National Forest also plans to develop as a centre of excellence and there may be joint opportunities. MB said we need to make sure there isn’t already a Centre of Excellence for gathering natural capital data.

Action - CH to discuss the Centre of Excellence idea with CH 27/1/15 relevant staff at Derby University to identify opportunities for partnership development and working.

The minerals industry has not yet been consulted on how the valley could be developed to benefit the environment as well as providing jobs and extraction opportunities. FL said Paul Hopkins could be part of a group to look into this. The RSPB would also be keen to be involved.

Magnesian Limestone – MA encouraged the board to work on Page 3 of 5 Local Nature Partnership Meeting Minutes 27/04/18

identifying potential projects that could be derived from the vision.

Action – AL and RCarter to meet and identify whether there AL and 27/1/14 are any potential projects in the Trent Valley/Mag RCarter Limestone area for which ESIF funding could be obtained.

The board confirmed their support for all three project areas.

7. Strategy development update

a) Board leads All present agreed with their allocation to lead roles. RCarter asked people to confirm their attendance at the strategy meetings by accepting the Outlook invitations. MA asked for clarification of the process and Board Lead role to ensure effective preparation and meetings.

Action - R Carter to issue information on the board lead RC 3/12/14 role and process to each Board Lead.

b) Planning consultation responses

The board agreed with the approach proposed for responding to local planning consultations and Nationally Significant Infrastructure Projects.

Local planning MA suggested that the letter be sent to Rob Murfin and Sally Gill in the first instance to check whether it fulfils the Duty to Cooperate.

MB suggested a sentence related to statutory duty re. developments is added. He’ll send text to RCarter

JE suggested adding a general strategic statement and SC suggested adding ‘and core strategy approval’ after ‘your strategic planning process’.

Action – R Carter to make the changes and send the letter RC 26/11/14 to Rob Murfin and Sally Gill in the first instance.

NSIPs TW stated that he has a conflict of interest regarding the East Midlands Intermodal Park. Any response we give to this consultation will therefore be co-ordinated by TH.

MB said we need to decide how the board should approach responding to planning issues. For example, do we need to reach consensus among all members?

c) Natural Capital Group There are 69 components that define the LNPs natural capital. On the whole the data sets are good and sufficient to establish a baseline. The second evaluation meeting will be held in January. JM thanked the group for their contribution.

TH commented that other LNPs are doing similar work but may be using different measures. Page 4 of 5 Local Nature Partnership Meeting Minutes 27/04/18

d) A healthy population and workforce Data on obesity in adults and children in each of our districts in comparison to England has been graphed.

e) An enjoyable place to live and work Issues have been identified. Next step is to identify sources of evidence to back these up and collate the evidence. 10/12/14 Action - RCarter to identify timescales for collection of evidence and report back to the board.

RC 8. Work plan The work plan was agreed.

9. Any other business

a) Board membership – National Forest CEO It was agreed that JE should remain on the board when he becomes CEO of the National Forest and that the new CEO of NWT (not yet appointed) should be invited to join the LNP board.

TW thanked SC for her contribution to the board and wished her all the best for the future.

b) Recent Defra requests TW said that if any board members felt they could help with particular Defra requests that help would be welcomed.