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News Release from: Land Restoration Trust | Subject: Managing new nature reserve
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 20 February 2007
Agreement for managing public open space
Land Restoration Trust and Cannock Chase Council have entered into a ground breaking agreement to manage a new nature reserve on the site of a former brickworks.
The Land Restoration Trust and Cannock Chase Council have entered into a ground breaking agreement to manage a new nature reserve on the site of a former brickworks Cannock Chase Council are now responsible for the management of the green space at the former Hednesford Brickworks site after agreeing to become the managing partner for the Land Restoration Trust (LRT)
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 25 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Euan Hall, Chief Executive of the LRT, comments "Our partnership with Cannock Chase Council is ground breaking, as it's the first time the LRT has worked in partnership with a local authority to manage open space".
"There is a misconception in many quarters that open space management is a choice between the LRT and the Local Authority".
"This is not the case, by working in partnership everyone benefits; we get a managing partner with expertise at a local level, the local authority receives a secure source of funding and no liabilities".
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"However the most important thing is that the local community have a useable, well managed open space that is protected for future generations".
Cannock Chase Council's Chief Executive Stephen Brown, said: "This agreement is an important one as it will safeguard the Hednesford Brickworks site for future generations".
"Our open spaces are vital assets to our district and so we need to ensure they are managed and maintained properly".
"We are keen to involve local residents, businesses and other organisations and we know we can count on their support".
The 22 hectare area is a former mine, brickworks and spoil tip site which has been redeveloped into a successful business park over the last seven years by Advantage West Midlands and English Partnerships as part of the National Coalfields Programme.
Physical restoration was completed in 1999 and the site was planted with trees and shrubs.
It is now classified as a Site of Biological Interest as it is inhabited by a range of amphibian species including the protected Great Crested Newt.
The role of the Council will be to manage the site on a day-to-day basis and coordinate the roles of supporting partners and liaising with local users of the site.
The Trust is the only national organisation that provides long-term funding for the management of open space.
Uniquely the LRT takes on an endowment for a piece of land, usually as part of the restoration cost.
The future management cost can be covered by the interest earned from this money, in perpetuity Euan Hall concludes "We are sure that this agreement will demonstrate that this is the best way to fund the management of open space and pave the way for agreements with other local authorities.".
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