For Cabinet to consider the recommendations made by the Environment Scrutiny Committee in relation to the call in of the Key Decision on the preservation of the Rotherwas Ribbon and completion of the Rotherwas Access Road.

THAT

(A)            Cabinet noted that the decision of Cabinet of 6th September 2007 was endorsed by the Environment Scrutiny Committee on 24th September 2007; and

(B)       the recommendations of the Environment Scrutiny Committee considering the options for the preservation of the Ribbon and completion of the Rotherwas Access Road be adopted.

Following the call-in of the decision made by Cabinet at it’s meeting on 6th September 2007 the Environment Scrutiny Committee made the following recommendations:

RESOLVED: That

1) the decision taken by Cabinet on 6th September 2007 with regard to proceeding with option F for the completion of the Rotherwas Access Road be endorsed;

2) While endorsing this decision the Committee notes that there might have been instances when information flow within the Council fell short of that normally expected.  Cabinet is recommended to set in place work to address this for the future during the pre-election period and immediately following elections.

3) the County Archaeologist be congratulated on the universally acknowledged standards and quality of his work on the ribbon thus far.  We sincerely hope he will be able to lead further researches either side of the present find in due course.

4) We urge Cabinet to continue to seek funding for further research into the ribbon including a tourism scoping report when appropriate.

Cabinet could choose not to adopt any of the Scrutiny Committee’s recommendations.