Decision details

Approve the consultation report and instruct officers to draft a new Management Plan for the Common.

Matter for Decision

A consultation on creating a management plan for Coldham's Common was completed between August & September 2014. The consultation built on a previous independent consultation undertaken in Spring 2014. The initial consultation was used to gauge the views of all stakeholders and users of the Common and to shape the current issues and options consultation. 

The Executive Councillor was asked to instruct officers to draft a Management Plan for Coldham’s Common in discussion with key stakeholder groups.

Decision of Executive Councillor for City Centre and Public Places

The Executive Councillor resolved:

     I.        To note the outcomes of the recent consultation reports; and

   II.        Instruct officers to draft a Management Plan for Coldham’s, which will return to Community Services Scrutiny Committee, along with analysis of the responses to the consultation, Common in discussion with key stakeholder groups.

Reason for the Decision

As set out in the Officer’s report.

Any Alternative Options Considered and Rejected

Not applicable.

Scrutiny Considerations

The Committee received a report from the Asset Manager regarding the outcomes of the consultation on the Management Plan for Coldham’s Common.

In response to Members’ questions the Asset Manager stated that the initial consultation had received a higher response rate than the second. However, this was because the initial consultation was quantitative. This had generated the options presented in the second consultation. Future recommendations would draw on both sets of comments.

Councillor Reid proposed the following amendment to recomentation B, additional wording underlined and in italic:

b) Instruct officers to draft a Management Plan for Coldham’s Common, which will return to Community Services Scrutiny Committee, along with analysis of the responses to the consultation, in discussion with key stakeholder groups.

The Executive Councillor for City Centre and Public Places stated that the intention had always been to bring this back to Committee and that she was happy for this to be included in the recommendation. She agreed that the Common had a diverse range of stakeholders whose views would be taken into account in the Council led Management Plan.

The Committee resolved unanimously to endorse the amended recommendation.

The Executive Councillor approved the recommendations.