Local Nature Reserves' Management Plans

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Dear Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council,

Please provide a copy of the Management Plans for each of the Local Nature Reserves within the Borough.

Yours faithfully,

Susie Mulholland

FOI Requests, Stockton on Tees Council

Dear Susie Mulholland

Freedom of Information Act 2000 / Environmental Information Regulations 2004 – Ref: 0486/1516

Thank you for your correspondence received on 18 August 2015.

Your request is being considered under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (whichever is most appropriate). You will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale of 20 working days.

However, please note the Acts define a number of exemptions that may prevent release of the requested information. There will therefore be an assessment of your request to determine if any exemptions apply to the information requested. If the information cannot be released, or only released in part you will be informed of the reasons why, together with any rights of appeal.

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Yours sincerely,
Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Municipal Buildings, Church Road, Stockton-on-Tees, TS18 1LD
(01642) 528554
[Stockton on Tees Council request email]
www.stockton.gov.uk

 

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FOI Requests, Stockton on Tees Council

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Dear Susie Mulholland,

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE –
0486/1516

 

Thank you for your email that we received on 18 August 2015, requesting
information relating to Nature Reserves.

 

In response to your request I can now provide the following information. 

 

Q) Please provide a copy of the Management Plans for each of the Local
Nature Reserves within the Borough.

 

A) Stockton Borough Council owns 12 Local Nature Reserves. They are:

 

o Billingham Beck Valley Country Park – Please see attached
o Charltons Pond  - Please see attached – Please see attached
o Cowpen Bewley Woodland Park – Please see attached
o Wynyard Woodland Park (Thorpe Wood section only) – Please see attached
o Stillington Forest Park – Please see attached
o Norton Grange Marsh – Please see attached
o Greenvale – Please see attached
o Hardwick Dene and Elm Tree Woods (leased to Tees Valley Wildlife
Trust)
o Barwick Pond – Please see attached
o Bassleton Wood / The Holmes (Management Plan TBC)
o Black Bobbies Field (Management Plan TBC)
o Quarry Wood – Please see attached

 

In order to be able to provide this document to you electronically, the
management plans have been combined into one document.

 

Please note that we are currently in the process of ‘management planning’
all of our public open space by habitat by collating our grassland
management activities, wetland conservation, woodland etc. This strategy
has been presented to our Environment Select Committee who will be updated
in March 2016.

 

If you would like to discuss your request or have any queries, we would
encourage you to contact Mr Dave Askey, Head Ranger, on 01642 527751 or
[1][email address]

 

If you are unhappy with the way your request for information has been
handled, you can submit a complaint by writing to:

 

DANS Complaints, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council, Municipal Buildings,
Church Road, Stockton on Tees, TS18 1LD

Or via email at [2][email address]

 

If, after your complaint has been determined, you remain dissatisfied with
the handling of your request or complaint, you have a right to appeal to
the Information Commissioner at:

 

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF.  Telephone: 0303 123 1113  Website:
[3]www.ico.gov.uk. 

The ICO does not make a charge for an appeal.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Raechel George
Business Support Assistant

Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council

Direct Line 01642 527312
Email [4][Stockton on Tees Council request email]
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Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council
Municipal Buildings
Church Road
Stockton-on-Tees
TS18 1LD
Main switchboard 01642 393939
[5]www.stockton.gov.uk
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