Decision details

The Transport, Environment & Climate Change Select Committee agreed to set up a Rapid Review of Pollution in Buckinghamshire’s Rivers and Chalk Streams at its meeting on 22 January 2022. The Review Group was chaired by Cllr Robert Carington and comprised of Cllrs Bill Chapple OBE, Peter Brazier, Mick Caffrey, David King and Adam Poland-Goodyer.

Between March - June 2022, the Review Group collected evidence through meetings both in person and on Teams. The Review Group then met in June to discuss and agree its key findings and recommendations, which were presented in the report found at Appendix 1.  The report was presented to the Transport, Environment & Climate Change Select Committee on 3 November 2022.

Cabinet was asked to consider the recommendations of the Select Committee Review of Pollution in Buckinghamshire’s Rivers and Chalk Streams.

RESOLVED

1)      That the Select Committee and Review Group, as well as the supporting officers, be thanked for their work and subsequent recommendations.

2)      That Cabinet’s responses to the review and recommendations, as set out and circulated to Members, be AGREED.

Note: a complete breakdown of the scrutiny recommendations and Cabinet’s responses can be found here.