Next Epping Forest & Commons Committee Meeting: Thursday, 17th July 2025, 10am
The agenda and papers for the EF&CC can be viewed on the City of London Corporation website here.
Epping Forest & Commons Committee (EF&CC) Meeting: Thursday, 29th May 2025, 1.45 pm
The agenda and papers for the EF&CC can be viewd on the City of London Corporation website here.
Our position in relation to Epping Forest Buffer Lands
Thursday’s meeting of the EF&CC has a number of important agenda items, but the one that stands out to us is on Complementary Land Policy (what were previously called Buffer Lands policy) and Complementary Land Appraisal.
EF&CC is being asked to comment on the Terms of reference of two pieces of work – one to develop a Complementary Land Policy and the other to do a Complementary Land Appraisal.
Our view at the Trust is that not only should the existing Buffer Lands be retained, but that the City should be looking to grow the existing Buffer Lands to better protect the Forest. Our Letter to the Committee members is here.
Also to note the ongoing charity review, with the Epping Forest Charity moving to a grant funded model from a deficit funded model, and updates on the Natural England Assessment of the Forest (P185 Update on Natural England SSSI condition assessment), the sad demise of Mandy’s Tea hut and more damage to Ambresbury Banks.
Epping Forest & Commons Committee: 23rd January 2025, 1.45pm
Agenda and papers for the meeting can be viewed here.
About Epping Forest & Commons Committee
The Epping Forest and Commons Committee is the City of London Corporation’s committee responsible for oversight of the management of Epping Forest. It meets every two months to make decisions about the Forest. All of the papers can be found here.
We are not members of the Committee but feed in our views to Committee members when necessary, and are also a member of the Epping Forest Consultative Committee through which the Corporation consults on some of its future plans.