Agenda Item 4, Appendix A
Headline CMS Activity in Dacorum
Programme
Parish Paths
Partnership
Health Walks
Programme
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Activity
Negotiate and support delivery
and implementation of annual
action plans to secure improved
Rights of Way and enjoyment
meeting local priorities.
Leading development and
delivery of volunteer led health
walks activity.
Scale
An average of 10
parishes producing
annual action plans
and implementing
these through a
dedicated budget of
£1k each per
annum.
Options
1. Withdraw from
activity
2. Sustain in Chilterns
AONB only
3. Maintain full service
Implications/Comments
1. Parishes do not have
opportunity to address
community identified
priorities.
2. Action plans in AONB
could be funded (part)
through small projects fund
3. Parishes local priorities
responded to (possibly
rebadged as Herts Local?)
Currently in excess 1. Withdraw from
1. Some activity would
44 trained volunteer activity
persist informally but would
leaders, over 500
be difficult to restore to
walks per annum,
2. Maintain current
current levels in the future
circa 7000
scheme and continue with the loss of trust /
attendances
to develop additional
goodwill. Possible loss of
Programme runs 6 provision where meets funding from external
days per week.
HCC objectives.
partners.
Walks from all the
major settlements.
3. Work to AONB
2. Decision to badge as
delivery Plan
Herts Local may have
implications with other
sponsors across the county
Agenda Item 4, Appendix A
Example for further
development – Children’s
Centres in Dacorum
interested in developing
their own schemes.
Land
Management
Advisory
Services
Management advice and where
appropriate assistance with
gaining grant aid
2 Farm Grant
Schemes
4 management
plans
12 informal plans /
advice
1. Withdraw from
activity
2. Sustain in AONB
and on HCC rural
estate and other
property
3. Maintain full service
3. Provision targeted at
AONB objectives would
result in support for
programmes in Apsley and
Kings Langley being
dropped
1.May not gain as much
benefit to biodiversity and
landscape from schemes
developed without CMS
input. Harder to achieve
Wildlife Sites management
improvements in respect of
NI 197.
2.Best quality landscape
and areas most likely to
receive high level agri
environment grant have
access to service. Service
to HCC and tenants
maintained
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Agenda Item 4, Appendix A
Sites/greenspace Support and development of
Borough owned sites including
Greenflag.
Green
Infrastructure
Provision
Promotion of
access to the
Countryside
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Plans developed for
7 sites with a
further 3 being
supported.
1.Withdraw from
activity
2.Minimal support to
borough owned
Wildlife sites that
contribute to NI 197
targets
Will be defined in soon to be
published Green Infrastructure
Prospectus. Includes developing
strategic corridors such as Nicky
Line and Grand Union Canal as
well as totally new provision
linked to new development as
identified in E of E plan.
Proposals for CMS
to carry out urban
fringe analysis
around north and
east of Hemel
Hempstead and as
required in
response to
development
proposals.
1. Withdraw from
activity.
2. Confine activity to
HCC identified
strategic objectives.
3. Contract to DBC
on full cost recovery
basis
Walking and cycling routes
promoted through leaflets and
supported with signs and
waymarks. Routes monitored by
volunteers and CMS co-ordinate
any action required to maintain
route quality.
11 Walking and
cycling routes in
AONB and 6
outside – majority
of routes monitored
by volunteers
1. Withdraw from
activity
2. Sustain in AONB
only
3. Maintain full service
1. LAA Greenflag
commitment on target for
‘final’ judging in spring
2009, but retention and
increased numbers
threatened.
2. Harder to secure Wildlife
Sites management
improvements in respect of
NI 197.
1. Opportunities linked to
development and funding
such as GAF could be lost.
2. Strategic infrastructure
would still be resourced.
3. Would allow CMS to
positively influence plans
preparation and support
delivery.
1. Routes may fall into
disrepair and cause
difficulties for users
2. As above but on fewer
routes.
Agenda Item 4, Appendix A
Events – predominately
promoted through “Walks and
More” programme.
Biodiversity –
Biodiversity
Action Plan Habitat Action
Plans and
Species Action
Plans also NI 197
CMS are lead on Farmland HAP.
BAP is a consideration when
planning and prioritising in area
work programme.
National Indicator 197 will guide
activity directed towards County
Wildlife Sites
9 – 10 events per
year approx half in
AONB
Some BAP targets
relating to specific
sites –
consideration is
amount of effort
and resource
directed to projects.
Approximately 250
wildlife sites in
Dacorum
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1. Withdraw from
activity
2. Sustain in AONB
only
3. Maintain full service
1. Withdraw from
activity
2. Sustain in AONB
only
3. Maintain full service
3. Some routes branded
through AONB most of
others could be Herts local
as HCC responsible for
Rights of Way
1. All Hertfordshire
residents denied
opportunities in Dacorum
2. Continue to support
promotion of “Chilterns
Country Walks and
programmes such as Chalk
Streams and Commons
3. Could be badged as a
Herts Local programme.
1. Would have implications
for performance against NI
197.
2. As above with (although
to a lesser extent)
Agenda Item 4, Appendix A
Parish
Environmnetal
Action Projects
and Community
Projects
Volunteers
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Work at a community level to
develop parish wide plans and
also supporting community
groups and parish councils to
manage sites / projects.
Borough wide pond
survey.
Extensive project in
Aylesbury Vale
5 other community
projects currently
being supported.
1. Withdraw from
activity
2. Sustain in AONB
only
3. Maintain full service
Tree Wardens schemes
established in Dacorum and St
Albans DC in partnership with
Tree Council – CMS bringing
cross district co-operation allows
schemes to benefit from
economies of scale.
35 volunteers
1. Withdraw from
activity
2. Maintain in AONB
3. Maintain full service
Support development of Friends
Groups – community groups
5 Friends Groups
linked to DBC sites
1. Withdraw from
activity
1. Tail off in ability to
support plans already
developed. Momentum lost,
and difficult for CMS to pick
up projects again in the
future.
2. Would lessen impact of
above – but in a limited way
as much of the current
activity is outside the
AONB.
1. Strongly linked to DBC
although does have wider
benefit for stimulating
environmental improvement
in communities
2. Relatively low number of
tree wardens as mainly
linked to larger settlements
– would support AONB
Special Trees Project
3. Makes contribution to
opportunities for
volunteering.
1. Local groups unable to
or limited access to support.
Agenda Item 4, Appendix A
Strategic
support and
development
linked with local green spaces.
proposed
2. Sustain in AONB
only
3. Maintain full service
Midweek Group – peripatetic
group of volunteers working on
small scale improvement
projects.
50 events per year
across area 4
districts / boroughs
1. Withdraw from
activity
2. Sustain in AONB
only
3. Maintain full service
CMS Area Manager is a member
of the Dacorum Environmental
Forum (DEF) and currently
represents this group on the
Dacorum Local Strategic
Partnership.
4 meetings per year 1. Withdraw from
for each
activity
2. Sustain in AONB
only
3. Maintain full service
CMS provide secretariat for DEF
Water Group
CMS Area Manager attends
Chilterns AONB Environment
Forum and Recreation and
Access Group.
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10 meetings per
year
2. Contributes to AONB
objectives.
3. Makes contribution to
opportunities for
volunteering.
1. Has implications for
quality of programme
offered to volunteers (who
are recruited throughout
area).
2. Supports AONB
objectives.
3. Some work carried out on
DBC sites
1. CMS would lose some
networking and influence.
2. AONB groups also have
a bearing on CMS activity in
Three Rivers and North
Herts.
3. Networks maintained