Meetings

P-05-759 Re-open the Cwmcarn Forest Drive at Easter 2018

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Meeting: 02/04/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 4)

4 P-05-759 Re-open the Cwmcarn Forest Drive at Easter 2018

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The Committee considered further correspondence from Natural Resources Wales and the petitioners and agreed to close the petition in light of NRW’s intention to reopen the Forest Drive in spring 2020.


Meeting: 17/04/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-759 Re-open the Cwmcarn Forest Drive at Easter 2018

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The Committee considered correspondence from Natural Resources Wales (NRW) together with further comments from the petitioner and agreed to maintain a watching brief on developments and request an update from the petitioners and NRW in six months’ time.


Meeting: 09/01/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-759 Re-open the Cwmcarn Forest Drive at Easter 2018

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David Rowlands declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A:

 

He attended a previous meeting between Natural Resources Wales and the petitioners and will be attending a future meeting planned for the Spring.

 

Members considered correspondence from Natural Resources Wales together with further comments from the petitioners and agreed to request an update from NRW following the public meeting planned for spring 2018, especially in relation to progress made in discussions with the Welsh Government over possible funding options and the planned feasibility study with Caerphilly Council.


Meeting: 03/10/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-759 Re-open the Cwmcarn Forest Drive at Easter 2018

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The Committee considered correspondence from Natural Resources Wales and the petitioner and agreed to write back to Natural Resources Wales to share the latest comments from the petitioners and accept their offer to update the Committee by early November, on progress towards commissioning the feasibility study into the options for Cwmcarn Forest Drive.


Meeting: 11/07/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

3 P-05-759 Re-open the Cwmcarn Forest Drive at Easter 2018

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David Rowlands declared the following relevant interest under Standing Order 17.24A:

 

He has previously attended meetings for the campaign to re-open Cwmcarn Forest Drive and indicated his support for the attempts to re-open the Drive.

 

The Committee considered correspondence from the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs along with further comments from the petitioner and agreed to write to Natural Resources Wales to ask for more details of the timeframe for the study into the commercial feasibility and management of the Drive and seeking their views on the petitioner’s comments relating to funding for other facilities for mountain bike users.

 


Meeting: 13/06/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

2 P-05-759 Re-open the Cwmcarn Forest Drive at Easter 2018

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The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs to ask if the Welsh Government has considered providing funding to NRW to support the reopening of the Forest Drive to vehicles, and to highlight the petitioner’s concerns about the timescales for the proposed study.