Issue - meetings

To note and support the requirement to meet the enhanced Biodiversity Duty reporting requirements introduced by the Environment Act 2021. To approve the council’s first statutory Biodiversity Duty report for submission to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

RESOLVED:

1.  That the requirement to meet the enhanced Biodiversity Duty reporting requirements introduced by the Environment Act 2021 be noted and supported.

2.  That the report and Appendix 1 of the report be approved as our first statutory Biodiversity Duty report for submission to the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).