Agenda item

The Chair provided the following verbal update to Members regarding his attendance at various events in addition to the weekly briefing meetings with the Chief Executive and Deputy Chair, as well as attendance at 3 Planning Committee meetings with associated site visits and one Resources Committee meeting: -

·       5 Local Plan Steering Group meetings

·       A meeting of the Governance Working Group

·       Chairs and Vice Chairs meeting

·       In December there was an extraordinary meeting of National Parks England regarding the recruitment of the new National Park England Director

·       NPUK meeting also in December

·       9 Dec the Chair met with CEO and Andrew McCloy to establish some content for 75^th document and an opportunity to share perspectives on the Peak District National Park

·       11 Dec – NPE Board Meeting

·       15 Dec – Participated with CEO in a progress meeting with EMCA Mayor over progress with the Buxton Rail Initiative

·       6 Jan – Was part of the interview panel for the Executive Director of NPE in London 

·       9 Jan – met with Sue Albion - the new Chair of National Parks Partnership (NPP)

·       Jan – met with directors of NPE and new Chair – Vanessa Roland

·       15 Jan – CEO, Chair and Deputy Chair were interviewed as part of the DEFRA consultancy initiative about governance of protected landscapes

·       19 Jan -  Participated on the National Parks England Governance Working Group

·       28 Jan – along with the CEO and Officers the Chair met with new Chief Executive and some of the Directors of EMCA to try to establish relationships with EMCA and inform on the role of the National Park.

10:10am          N Adams attended the meeting.