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Stakeholder Engagement Plan

 

 

Meeting: 01/12/2022 - Cabinet (Item 80)

80 STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT PLAN pdf icon PDF 79 KB

This report provides Cabinet with an update addressing an area of concern originally raised on the 1st September 2022, when agreeing the Odiham Common Management Plan.

 

This report aims to set out a positive plan for engagement with parish councils, to be discussed and agreed at Cabinet.

RECOMMENDATION

 

That Cabinet approves the Stakeholder Engagement Plan.

 

Additional documents:

Minutes:

Cabinet was reminded that this item was an update addressing an area of concern raised when originally agreeing the Odiham Common Management Plan.  However, the Stakeholder Engagement Plan was only a generic framework approach for all sites, not just Odiham Common. It would need to be tailored in discussion with the Parish Council’s for individual sites.

 

Cabinet noted:

 

  • The aim of the Plan was to positively and proactively engage with those Parish Councils whom had Council owned or administered green space in their area
  • Each Parish would require a different approach with discussions tailored to each Parish Council dependant upon the type(s) of green space(s) they have in their Parish
  • There was concern from some of the Parish Councils that there had been no consultation with them when the Plan had been developed
  • There was also concern from the Parishes that they would become a buffer between residents and Hart but that they had no resources or authority to take any action
  • That the proposed Plan related to land already managed by the Council

 

Cabinet discussed:

 

  • Whether anyone could be appointed as the “representative” of a Parish Council
  • Whether the Plan would apply to all Parishes who had green space
  • That the Plan was a framework for discussions to take place individually with Parishes to agree a mutually beneficial way forward
  • Who should be included in the list of Stakeholders
  • Whether there would be channels for stakeholder engagement
  • The question from Winchfield Parish regarding which wards certain locations fell into (AG to clarify and provide a written answer)

DECISON

 

Cabinet:

approved the Stakeholder Engagement Plan.