13 March 2023 National Park Authority Board Meeting

Agenda

Session 1: 10:00am – 12:00pm

1. Welcome and Apologies

2. Declarations of Interest

3. Minutes of Special Meeting held on 30 January 2023

4. Matters Arising from meetings held on 12 December 2022 and 30 January 2023

Decision Papers

5. National Park Partnership Plan 2024-2029 Draft (Gordon Watson / Heather Reid / Sarah Drummond / Chris Spray)

• Appendix 1 Draft National Park Partnership Plan
• Appendix 2 Hierarchy of Plans

Comfort Break 1200-1215

Session 2: 12:15pm – 1:15pm

6. 2023/24 Budget and Annual Operating Plan (Pete Wightman / Eilidh McKerry / Samantha Stubbs

• Appendix 1 Draft Annual Operation Plan
• Appendix 2 Budget 2023/24 Summary

7. Board Schedule 2024 and 2025 (Pete Wightman / Douglas Smith)

• Appendix 1 2024 Provisional Meeting Schedule
• Appendix 2 2025 Provisional Meeting Schedule

Update Papers

8. 2022/23 Annual Operational Plan Progress Report (Pete Wightman / Samantha Stubbs)

• Annual Operational 2022/23 Progress to February (Pete Wightman / Samantha Stubbs)

9. Finance Update (Pete Wightman / Eilidh McKerry)

• Appendix 1 Management Accounts 31 December 2022

Lunch 1315-1400

Session 3: 2:00pm – 4:00pm

10. Convener’s Report (Heather Reid)

11. CEO Report (Gordon Watson)

• Appendix 1 2023 Joint Response Visitor Management Plan
• Appendix 2 Draft table of Actions

12. Annual Health and Safety Update (Pete Wightman / Elaine Wade / Stuart Goudie)

13. Future Nature Update (Simon Jones / Dom Hall / Chris Spray)

• Appendix 1 Future Nature Route Map

Updates

14. Committee and Group Highlights – Verbal updates (Claire Chapman [Planning and Access] / Sarah Drummond [Futures Group] / Chris Spray [Audit and Risk and Countryside Trust] / Zain Sehgal [Local Access Forum] / Aiden Cronin [Youth Committee])

15. Any Other Business

16. Date of Next Meeting – Monday 12 June 2023

Close: 4:00pm

Please note that the published session times are approximate, the Board meeting may progress faster or slower than expected