RESOLVED that the Cabinet –
(a) approves the Essex Coastal Recreational disturbance Avoidance and Mitigation Strategy; the associated Supplementary Planning Document and the revised Partnership Agreement, as submitted; and
(b) agrees that the two recommendations submitted by the Planning Policy and Local Plan Committee in relation to the Warden service and Essex Coastal Path signage (as repeated below) be explored further by Officers through the RAMS Steering Group:
(1) the Warden service being proposed as part of the RAMS strategy should be used to augment the Council’s existing wardens services - utilising funding from this Council’s contributions into the RAMS central funding pot; and
(2) the bodies responsible for the provision and maintenance of signage for the Essex Coastal Path being permitted to apply for funding for such works from the RAMS central funding pot.