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Agenda: 29 July 2024

Published 21 May 2026

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Forestry Commission board of commissioners 937th meeting, Monday 29 July 2024, 14:00–16:30 in person at Bristol and via MS Teams.

1. Attendees

Sir William Worsley (Chair)
Hilary Allison
Jo Bradwell
Julia Grant
Peter Latham
Ross Murray
Jennie Price
Richard Stanford
Sandy Storrie

Anna Brown
Rosie Cafferkey
Julian Evans
Jill Halford (item 13)
PK Khaira-Creswell (item 13)
John Lockhart
James Pendlebury
Derrick Osgood
Rebecca Rhodes
Mike Seddon
Julian Smith (item 13)
Andrew Stirling
Vicky Watts (item 13)
Amanda Grist (item 13 observer)
Carol Hawkey (item 13 observer)
Rachel Mackintosh (item 13 observer)
Laetitia Ransley (item 13 observer)
Sarah Clancy (minute secretary)

Apologies: Richard Barker, Matt Perkins, Gurch Randhawa, Chris Simpson

2. Agenda

  1. Introductions and apologies – Sir William Worsley.
  2. Declarations of interest – Sir William Worsley.
  3. Minutes of the commissioners board, 15 April 2024 and matters arising – Sir William Worsley. (5 mins)
  4. Chair’s update (5 mins) – Sir William Worsley.
  5. Gravetye update (5 mins) – Julia Grant.
  6. Forestry Commission finances update (10 mins) – Derrick Osgood.
  7. Future forest product import issues (15 mins) – James Pendlebury.
  8. Balancing net zero timber and habitat restoration (20 mins) – Anna Brown.

Comfort break

15:00 (5 mins)

9. Setting conditions for success in the future (15 mins) – Derrick Osgood, Richard Stanford.
10. Role of the board and terms of reference review (15 mins) – Sir William Worsley.
11. Corporate plan discussion (15 mins) – Derrick Osgood
12. Forestry Commission, Natural England and Environment Agency visit (10 mins) – Richard Stanford.
13. Establishing a charity (25 mins) – PK Khaira-Creswell, Mike Seddon.
14. Any other business (5 mins).

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