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Making Space for Nature is excited to announce that their public consultation for the Kent and Medway Local Nature Recovery Strategy began on the 16^th Jan. 

 

The Strategy highlights the ambitions of helping habitats such as chalk grasslands, ancient woodland and coastal grazing marsh and mudflats. It also identifies priority species that need assistance, like the Shrill Carder Bee, Barn Owl, Duke of Burgundy butterfly and Green-winged Orchid.  The draft strategy sets out the priorities for the recovery of nature in the county, and the recommended actions to deliver this. It also proposes areas where the creation or improvement of habitats could take place, highlighting where the greatest benefits will be for nature. The Strategy’s principles start with improving and safeguarding what we already have and aim towards connectivity between these areas, giving nature more resilience.

Please follow the link below to take part in the consultation

 

http://www.makingspacefornaturekent.org.uk/

 

The Parish Office will be closed today from 10.40 to 12 noon, while staff attend a site visit. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience.

The government is seeking views on proposals to introduce measures to strengthen the standards and conduct regime for local authorities in England. The proposals being consulted upon include:

• The introduction of a mandatory minimum code of conduct for local authorities in England
• A requirement that all principal authorities convene formal standards committees to make decisions on code of conduct breaches, and publish the outcomes of all formal investigations
• The introduction of the power for all local authorities (including combined authorities) to suspend councillors or mayors found in serious breach of their code of conduct and, as appropriate, interim suspension for the most serious and complex cases that may involve police investigations
• A new category of disqualification for gross misconduct and those subject to a sanction of suspension more than once in a 5-year period
• A role for a national body to deal with appeals

Click HERE to read about the consultation

Click HERE to access the consultation