Agenda
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Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership Board
Wednesday 7 December 2022 at 10.00 am Willow Room, Cornerstone Arts Centre, 25 Station Road, Didcot, OX11 7NE
Contact: Matt Whitney, Local Nature Partnership Manager E-mail: localnaturepartnershipoxfordshire@southandvale.gov.uk Telephone: 07511 046 747 Website: https://www.wildoxfordshire.org.uk/biodiversity/oxfordshire-nature-partnership/
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Members:
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Richard Benwell |
Chair |
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Dr Prue Addison |
Environmental NGO representative |
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Giles Brockbank |
Business representative |
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David Knight |
Environmental NGO representative |
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Michelle Leek |
DEFRA family of organisations |
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Professor David Macdonald CBE |
University representative |
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James Price |
Farming representative |
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Councillor David Rouane |
Local Authority representative |
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Dr Rosie Rowe |
Health representative |
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Simon Smith |
National landscape body representative |
In attendance:
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Matt Whitney |
Local Nature Partnership Manager |
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Becky Chesshyre |
Strategic Partnership Communications Officer |
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Susan Harbour |
Strategic Partnerships Manager |
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Ian Boll |
Corporate Director, Cherwell District Council |
AGENDA
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1 |
Apologies, conflicts of interest and Chair's announcements
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10:00 |
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Notes of the previous meeting (Pages 4 - 7)
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10:05 |
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To consider the notes of the previous meeting held on 22 September 2022.
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Oxfordshire's current affairs updates (Verbal Report)
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10:10 |
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Members of the Board to update one another on key matters of importance arsing since the previous meeting.
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Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership approach to influencing policy (Pages 8 - 9)
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10:20 |
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At the September meeting, the Board agreed that the LNP would “influence planning to ensure better outcomes for people and nature”. The Board is to discuss what methods OLNP will utilise to influence Local and Strategic Plans in Oxfordshire.
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Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership Forum review (Pages 10 - 14)
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10:50 |
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On 12th October 2022 OLNP held its first Forum event. The Board is asked to consider the review of the first Forum event, and the proposals for future Forum activity.
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Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership membership changes (Pages 15 - 18)
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11:10 |
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This item considers a proposed change to the OLNP Board’s Terms of Reference, to ensure the Local Authorities are adequately represented. Further, two personnel changes to the Board are discussed – the need to recruit a new Landowner representative, and the replacement of the Chair of Wild Oxfordshire (one of two eNGO reps) with the Chief Executive of Wild Oxfordshire.
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Oxfordshire Local Nature Partnership Sub-groups update (Pages 19 - 26)
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11:30 |
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This paper provides an update on the work of the LNP subgroups, with a focus on the objectives of those groups. It also seeks the Board’s input on some questions of importance.
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Communications update
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11:50 |
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The Board is invited to discuss the draft Communications Plan created by Becky Chesshyre, Communications Coordinator for the Oxfordshire Partnerships.
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Any other business
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11:55 |
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Cotswolds Dark Skies survey
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Dates of future meetings
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12:00 |
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To note the dates of future meetings set out below:
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