Purpose

To ask Cabinet to agree the Greater Manchester
Local Nature Recovery Strategy prior to adoption by the GM
Mayor

Content

The Cabinet considered
a report of the Director of Economy and Place, which sought
approval of the publication of the Greater Manchester Local Nature
Recovery Strategy by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (on
behalf of the Mayor of Greater Manchester Combined Authority).
 
The Principal Planning
Officer (Climate Resilience) was in
attendance to present the report and to address the
questions and the comments of the Cabinet Members.
 
The Officers informed
that under the Environment Act 2021, the Mayor of Greater
Manchester Combined Authority was required to prepare and adopt a
Local Nature Recovery Strategy for the City Region, and seek
agreement from each of the ten districts.
 
Resolved that the
publication of the Greater Manchester Local Nature Recovery
Strategy by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority (on behalf of
the Mayor of Greater Manchester Combined Authority) be agreed.
 
Reason for
decision:
Officers had been
closely involved in the development of this strategy; it reflected
Council’s priorities as set out in the existing Green Network
policy of the Core Strategy. It was an evidence-led strategy for
land management; it was not a land-use planning document, although
it would inform future Local Plan policy. It did not commit
Rochdale Council to undertake any specified action, however, the Council would be required to
have regard to the strategy when it was adopted. It did not create
any new areas of protection or designation.
 
Alternatives
considered and rejected:
None. The production
of the Strategy was a statutory requirement and it was the
responsibility of the Mayor of Greater Manchester Combined
Authority.