(a)               Cabinet accepts the findings and recommendations of the Environment Scrutiny Committee review and agrees to adopt the revised Code of Practice:

(I)         with the addition of:

no return to the land which has been covered within two years

(ii)        deletion of:

                  any reference to Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in the Code

(b)       the Code of Practice to be reviewed every two years or earlier if the legal position dictates

(c)        an update position to be reported to Cabinet and Environment Scrutiny Committee annually.

Note:  the final version of the Code is now attached at Appendix 1