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The Leader of the Council:
 

1.   
Approved the changes in the governance model of the Basingstoke
Canal Authority (BCA) as detailed in the report.
 

2.   
Approved the removal of the BCA’s Joint management Committee
from Surrey County Council’s constitution.
 

3.   
Delegated authority to the Executive Director of Environment,
Infrastructure and Growth, in consultation with the Cabinet Member
for Environment and the Head of Legal Services, to agree and enter
into the necessary Memorandums of Understanding, Memorandums of
Agreement, Agreements and arrangements with partners to deliver the
updated governance.
 

4.   
Delegated authority, subject to the usual limits on officer
decision making authority, to the Executive Director of
Environment, Infrastructure and Growth in consultation with the
Cabinet Member for Environment to exercise all functions in
relation to the management and maintenance of the Basingstoke Canal
as an environmental navigational asset and the balancing of the
interests of all users of the Basingstoke Canal and the
conservation of the natural environment
 
This decision is made in the context of Surrey
County Council’s role as one of two landowning authorities
for the Basingstoke Canal  (alongside
Hampshire County Council) and following the approval of a parallel
decision by the Executive Member of Hampshire County Council these
changes shall come into effect from 1st April 2024.