Agenda item

·         Update on Right to Roam debate and Lords National Parks Bill reading

·         Update on introduction of car parking charges

PDNPA TRANSPORT SYMPOSIUM

It was agreed at this event that a new post of a Sustainable Transport Officer would be created.  The person appointed would be invited to the next LAF meeting.

ENVIRONMENT LAND MANAGEMENT SCHEMES (ELMS) UPDATE

Charlotte Gilbert gave an update to Members to the effect that the government had reviewed the payments to upland farmers, which had previously been proposed to be set at a lower rate to lowland farmers.  Upland and lowland farmers will now receive payments at the same rate.

ACCESS TO WATER

Ben Seal to update the Forum later in the meeting.

NATIONAL PARK MANAGEMENT PLAN (NPMP)

Chief Executive, Phil Mulligan, has sent a confirmation letter that the NPMP is now into the delivery stage.  Charlotte Gilbert has sat on the NPMP review board for a while, but would now aim to pass that work on, and asked for any LAF member that might be interested in picking this up to come forward.

CAR PARKING CHARGES

After Authority Members agreed the increase to car parking charges on 3 February 2023, the scheme is now with Derbyshire County Council.  The increased rates and introduction of new Pay and Display machines is set for the end of summer 2023.

LANDSCAPE RECOVERY  ROUND 2

Louise thought it would be useful to be kept up to date with any Landscape Recovery funded schemes that Forum members were involved in. Craig Best advised that a plan would be submitted imminently for the whole of the High Peak National Trust estate.

Martin Bennett referred to the NPMP Aim 2 regarding nature depletion, with the recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report stating that there is a likelihood of 1.5 ^oC increase in global temperatures.