That:

a) The council accepts the funding offers from DEFRA for a total of £895,163 as detailed below, and to deliver the projects as set out in this report across Herefordshire and the rest of the AONB;

a. Wye Valley AONB core funding allocation of £455,565 for the period 2022-2025

b. Farming in Protected Landscape (FiPL) allocation of £439,598 for the period 2022-

2024

b) The council accepts the funding offers from Welsh Government for a total of £1.025m as

detailed below, and to deliver the projects as set out in this report across Herefordshire

and the rest of the AONB;

a. Wye Valley AONB Revenue funding allocation of £210,000 for the period 2022-2025

b. Sustainable Development Fund (SDF) allocation of £240,000 for the period 2022- 2025 and this amount is added to the capital programme

c. Wye Valley AONB Sustainable Landscapes Sustainable Places (SLSP) for £575,000 for the period 2022-2025 and that this amount is added to the capital programme

c) The council accepts the funding offers from Natural Resources Wales for a total of

£114,106 as detailed below, and to deliver the projects as set out in this report across

Herefordshire and the rest of the AONB;

a. Strategic Allocated Funding (SAF) for core Wye Valley AONB of £98,000 for the  period 2022-24

b. National Peatland Action Programme Grant – Wye Valley AONB of £16,106 for the period 2022/23 and this amount is added to the capital programme

d) The council creates and appoints a fixed term AONB Planning Officer jointly funded by the Wye Valley AONB and Malvern Hills AONB Partnerships to match the three year funding period fully funded through the core grant provisions and matched funded by Malvern Hills AONB, and;

e) The Service Director Highways, Environment and Waste is authorised to take all

operational decisions necessary to implement the schemes.