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To: All Members of the Exmoor National Park Authority

A meeting of the Exmoor National Park Authority will be held in the Committee Room, Exmoor House, Dulverton, on Tuesday 7 September 2004 at 2 pm.

The meeting will be open to the press and public subject to the passing of any resolution under s.100(A)(4) of the Local Government Act 1972.

Dr Nigel Stone

National Park Officer

AGENDA

  1. Apologies for Absence
  2. Declarations of Interest:
    Members are asked to declare any interests they may have in relation to items on the agenda for this meeting.
    (NB. When verbally declaring interests, members are also asked to complete the Disclosure of Interests at Meetings form – copy attached for members only).
  3. Chairman’s Announcements
  4. Minutes:
    1. To approve as a correct record the Minutes of the Authority’s meeting held on 20 July 2004 (copy attached)
    2. To consider any Matters Arising.
  5. Public Question Time: The Chairman will allow members of the public to ask questions, make statements or present a petition on any matter on the Agenda for this meeting.
  6. Membership:
    1. The National Park Officer to update members on recent Authority membership changes.
    2. To consider whether to make comments to Defra’s consultation on reducing the number of members on the Authority (copy letter from the Minister for Rural Affairs and Local Environmental Quality and Defra’s consultation paper attached – Paper A (PDF, 489KB))
  7. ANPA Conference 2004 – ‘Rising to the Challenge’- 22-24 September: Members not attending the Conference are asked to indicate whether they would like to join the Exmoor tours on 23 September – details attached – Paper B (PDF, 193KB) (NB. It is likely that any members wishing to attend will need to use their own transport).
  8. Resources Committee: To receive the Minutes of the meeting of the Resources Committee held on 20 July 2004 - Paper C (PDF, 97KB).
  9. Exmoor Consultative Forum: To receive the Minutes of the meeting of the Exmoor Consultative Forum held on 16 June 2004 - Paper D (PDF, 613KB).
  10. National Park Grant: The National Park Officer to give a presentation and provide feedback on the Authority’s bid for additional National Park Grant funding.
  11. Members’ Reports: To receive any updates and reports on meetings and events attended by Members as representatives of the Authority.
  12. Any Other Business of Urgency

Full Report (PDF, 1.6MB)

Further information on any of the reports can be obtained by contacting the National Park Authority at the address and telephone numbers at the top of  the agenda.

Details of the decisions taken at this meeting will be circulated in the formal Minutes which the Authority will be asked to approve as a correct record at its next meeting. In the meantime, details of the decisions can be obtained from Martin Palmer, The Member Services Officer, at Exmoor House.