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 February 2006 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

A G E N D A

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 – 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 15 November 2005 (Item 4 attached, PDF 26KB).
   
   
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. ANPA Workshop - 26 to 28 April 2006 - Cheltenham
   
   To nominate members to attend this year's workshop.
   
   
7. Council for National Parks Planning Seminar - 27 February 2006 - Birmingham
   
   To consider whether to nominate any members to attend this seminar, in addition to Mrs Amory who is already invited as a CNP Council member. The seminar will include presentations on "the regional and local planning systems, soundness (the new concept against which development plans will be tested) and the main planning challenges for National Park Authorities and Societies".
   
   
8. Exmoor Consultative and Parish Forum
   
   To receive the Minutes of the meeting of the Exmoor Consultative and Parish Forum held on 4 November 2006 (Item 8 attached, PDF 794KB).
   
   
9. Scheme of Members' Allowances
   
   To consider the report of the Head of Business Management (Item 9 attached, PDF 48KB).
   
   
10. Standards of Conduct in English Local Government: The Future - Consultation Paper by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
    
    To consider the report of the Chairman of the Standards Committee (Item 10 attached, PDF 2.29MB).
    
    
11. National Park Authority Priorities 2006/07
    
    To consider the report of the National Park Officer (Item 11 attached, PDF 75KB).
    
    
12. National Park Authority Performance Assessment and Improvement Plan
    
    To consider the report of the National Park Officer (Item 12 attached, PDF 27KB).
    
    
13. Exmoor Moorland Initiative Update
    
    To consider the report of the Head of Conservation and Land Management (Item 13 attached, PDF 34KB).
    
    
14. Review of Exmoor Natioanl Park Authority Design Guide
    
    To consider the report of the Head of Planning and Community (Item 14 attached, PDF 14KB).
    
    
15. Involvement in the Visit Exmoor Partnership
    
    To consider the joint report of the National Park Officer and the Head of Recreation and Tourism (Item 15 attached,PDF 8KB).
    
    
16. Changes in the Association of the National Park Authorities (ANPA)
    
    To consider the report of the National Park Officer (Item 16 attached, PDF 27KB).
    
    
17. Treasury Management Statement and Annual Investment Strategy
    
    To consider the report of the Chief Finance Officer (Item 17 attached, PDF 39KB).
    
    
18. Members' Reports
    
    To receive any updates and reports on meetings and events attended by Members as representatives of the Authority(Item 18 attached, PDF 8KB).
    
    
19. Any Other Business of Urgency
    
    
20. Confidential Business
    
    To consider passing a resolution pursuant to Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972 that the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting on the grounds that publicity would be prejudicial to the public interest by reason of the confidential nature of the business arising and that the following information will be considered which is exempt information as presented in Schedule 12A of the Act: -
    
    7 - Information relating to the financial or business affairs of any particular person (other than the authority) (re. Items 21 and 22).
    
    8 - The amount of any expenditure proposed to be incurred by the authority under any particular contract for the acquisition of property or the supply of goods or services (re. Item 21).
    
    9 - Any terms proposed or to be proposed by or to the authority in the course of negotiations for a contract for the acquisition or disposal of property or the supply of goods or services (re. Item 21).
    
    
21. Lynmouth Pavilion
    
    To consider the confidential joint report of the National Park Officer and the Head of Education and Interpretation (Item 21 attached for members and appropriate officers only).
    
    
22. Management Agreements on Porlock Marsh
    
    To consider the confidential report of the Head of Conservation and Land Management (Item 22 attached for members and approriate officers only).

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 w hich 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, Members Services Officer, at Exmoor House.