To receive apologies for absence and to note any substitutes.

To receive the notes of the meeting held on 16 July 2025.

Further to a question received at the previous meeting, to note any updates received from local planning authorities on the handling of cumulative impacts from intensive livestock farming developments across the catchment.

The deadline for the submission of questions for this meeting is 5.00 pm on Thursday 16 October 2025.

Questions must be submitted to nutrientmanagementboard@herefordshire.gov.uk

Accepted questions and any responses received will be published in a supplement to the agenda papers.

To receive any written questions from members of the public.

To receive the update report from the Statutory Officers’ Group (SOG).

[Statutory bodies]

To receive an update on the DWPP; the Environment Agency has indicated that it will not be possible to provide a copy of the DWPP for this meeting.

[Martin Quine, Environment Agency]

To receive an update on the Welsh evidence base; the draft report has been shared with external peer-reviewers for comments and feedback which are due for submission by 27 October 2025.

[Gemma Dando, Herefordshire Council]

To consider the method to produce and deliver the updated NMP.

[Chairperson, Councillor Elissa Swinglehurst]

To receive an update on Project TARA (Testing Approaches to Regulation of Agriculture); the Environment Agency has indicated that it is reviewing its findings, with further information likely to be several months away.

[Martin Quine, Environment Agency]

To receive an update on the legacy P study.

[Martin Quine, Environment Agency]

To receive an update on the Welsh and UK Government joint research initiative to tackle water quality issues in the River Wye.

[Garreth Dunstall, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs]

As referenced in the update from the River Wye SOG, to note the publication of the 'River Wye Land Use Modelling Project using Farmscoper - Version 2' (link) by Natural England on 17 July 2025.

[Claire Minett, Natural England]

To note ongoing correspondence with water companies.

[Chairperson, Councillor Elissa Swinglehurst]

To receive updates on activity from members of the Wye Catchment Nutrient Management Board.

[Voting board members and other participants]

·             Dr Louise Bodnar, Voice of the River, has asked that board members’ attention is drawn to the film ‘A story of one British River – The River Wye’ by documentary filmmaker Mykyta Osadchyi, made available on the ‘This is the River Wye’ YouTube channel (link below):

https://youtu.be/i45B-NfPr-4?si=Foq9BgmgoxshxaVw

Next scheduled meeting: Wednesday 21 January 2026, 2.00 pm