Agenda item

Minutes/Climate Change

Mike Rhodes had circulated the minutes of the National Park Management Advisory Group meeting held on the 23 January 2020, which the Chair and Jon Stewart attended, so the LAF Members knew the context of  what was discussed  and considered, in particular on climate change.

The Chair reported that the Chief Executive, Sarah Fowler had put forward a report on climate change which was supported, which encouraged her to take that work forward in future to work in partnership with others, within resources available, and this is still ongoing. There was a summit meeting at Derbyshire County Council last week to which she attended.

Steve Martin informed Members that he had also  attended the Derbyshire County Council event to which between 100-200 people attended, which largely mainly focussed on the business community, but that it was felt that the over-riding message from the Leader of the Council Cllr Barry Lewis was that working  in partnership with the National Park and others, was a key objective, but this wasn’t explained on how it was going to work in practice, but perhaps the Forum could look at this and perhaps offer some suggestions.

The National Park have established a Climate Change Working Group, which is being led by Professor Janet Haddock-Fraser, but the  Forum hadn’t seen the terms of reference, nor how it would link in with the LAF, so clarity was asked for.

Derbyshire County Council have committed £4 million pounds to climate change, but this was mainly for the electrification of vehicles.

Agreed:

That the Chair would obtain more information regarding the Climate Change Working Group and the Terms of Reference.

Events

Bob Berzins reported that the system was now up and running, giving advice and best practice.   There is  an online calendar, which gives an idea on the number of  events and the spread of events throughout  the National Park.  There is a review planned in September to measure the success of the system, but as yet nothing has come through as a problem around an event, but things could change substantially in light of the Coronavirus, and organisers try to arrange their events in what will be a shorter season. 

Sarah Wilks is working with Parishes through the Parish Forum, over their concerns regarding events that are unplanned so nobody knows about them, which ends up with the Parishes having to clear up after the event, and dealing with the parking issues that these events brings,   so by speaking to the organisers  they are  pushing sustainable transport, encouraging event organisers to hold their events where there are public transport  routes, and encouraging car sharing.  If any Parish Council is aware of an event, then she is happy to speak to the organiser if the Parish can get the contact details.