This is where Board meeting minutes will be stored for the year of 2019. Along with expected meeting dates so any agenda points can be raised by partners in advance of the meetings.

Here is a place to share any updates from our statutory authorities, such as Natural England licencing updates, updated documentation and guidance, etc.

Hi All, please see below links to the e-news letters that I issue out - particularly useful if you are one of those organisations that struggles to receive mailchimp communications - which is the platform we use to send out our newsletters. The full archive list is here: https://us19.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=dc1f38319dd80179fb4090b49&id=354b4492e4

I will be sharing below the links for any MailChimp mailers that go out to the membership. I understand some of your organisations block mailers so hopefully this will be a useful avenue for you to ensure you are kept up to date.

I'll share the links below to the partnership meeting minutes which are originally shared to the group via MailChimp.

Defra have seeking views on proposals to make biodiversity net gain necessary for developments when granting planning permission. Biodiversity net gain is an approach which aims to leave the natural environment in a measurably better state than beforehand. In particular, they’re interested in hearing views on: - standardising the approach so that it’s simpler and clearer for developers - whether they should add this requirement - how they could implement the net gain approach - how they should measure and monitor the net gain approach They’re also seeking evidence on how they could also include other environmental improvements. Please visit their page here to complete the questionnaire. https://consult.defra.gov.uk/land-use/net-gain/

In spring 2019, Highways England will announce its preferred route for the A417 ‘missing link’ which will aim to improve the road at Brockworth and Cowley. This will have an impact on sites managed by the National Trust and Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust and the Cotswold Conservation Board and they are working hard to ensure the A417 scheme is landscape-led and delivers gains for wildlife. If you have any questions or concerns for Highways England, you can join their project team for a monthly web chat from 12:30pm until 1:30pm on the last Wednesday of every month. Just log on at the foot of the page linked below on the day of the web chat and submit your questions. Here are the dates and times for sessions over the next few months: Wednesday 31 October 2018, 12:30-1:30pm Wednesday 28 November 2018, 12:30-1:30pm Wednesday 30 January 2019, 12:30-1:30pm Wednesday 27 February 2019, 12:30-1:30pm https://highwaysengland.co.uk/projects/a417-missing-link/ If you would like to share any information with partners relating to the A417 please do comment below and share links, however, whilst we have a vested interest to ensure the very best decisions are made for our natural environment, the LNP themselves are no longer actively engaged in this matter and is being led by the partners mentioned above.

Please share here any updates on consultations or calls for evidence for everyone to be aware of - such as Local Plans, Strategies, Government-led or Local Authority and more. Thank you

The date to review the conservation priorities that were drafted back in April 2018 is on Friday 30th November. If you are interested in attending this meeting, please contact us and I can look to send you all the information you need. The agenda is as follows: 1. Welcome & Apologies 2. Overview of LNP Integrated Environmental Plan/ Nature Recovery Network (NRN) plans 3. NRN target audience/routes for delivery 4. NRN aims and integration with previous conservation priorities work 5. Existing relevant spatial data 6. Priority landscapes to begin mapping

The health agenda is a considerable part of many members' remits. As the GLNP, we have been engaging with the Gloucestershire Clinical Commissioning Group and have made some very positive progress on the topic of social prescribing through nature-based interventions. They are keen to look further into activities that focus on supporting those with long-term health issues, with the focus being on: Enabling self-management, self-care and prevention as the approach The environment and horticulture as the trojan horse to address health issues One key health area being cardiovascular and pulmonary issues Broadening offer within range of clinical pathways, with the offer being an intervention rather than activity e.g. getting people walking in nature. As a result of our conversations, I would like to make a call for any one who has any grey evidence around environmental/horticulture interventions on health and well-being, with a focus on cardio-vascular and pulmonary conditions. If you have any information you are happy to share we would be very grateful. It doesn't need to be local, but can be national or even international.