Decisions for issue Downland Estate Update

That the Environment & Sustainability Committee agrees to:

1.         Endorse the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) set out in Annex 1;

2.         Encourage the Strategic Director Place to explore funding opportunities to support economic diversification within the Downland area including measures to boost eco tourism and promote access by the city’s local communities to the countryside;

3.         Establish a City Downland Estate Advisory Board with the terms of reference to be negotiated by the Strategic Director of Place and brought back to be ratified by the Environment & Sustainability Committee.