Agenda

10.00a.m. Refreshments

10.30a.m. Formal meeting

10.30 Introductions and apologies

10.35 Declarations of interest

10.40 AOB

10.50 Approval of minutes of last meeting and matters arising

10.55 Perspectives on open access

· Landowners

· Users

11.15 Update on Terms of Reference

11.25 Rights of Way Improvement Plans (RoWIPs)

· Introduction

· Report on progress of the four local authorities

· South Downs Strategic Access Plan

11.55 Work Program

12.05 Open access maps

12.25 Reports from mother LAFs

12.50 Agenda items for next meeting

1.00 p.m. buffet lunch

Documents:

1. Minutes of SDAF meeting on 1^st December 2003

2. Defra News release on RoWIPs

3. Good practice guide briefing paper on RoWIPs

DIRECTIONS TO SUSSEX DOWNS CONSERVATION BOARD HEAD OFFICE

The offices are in Ford which is close to the A27.

By rail, the offices are a 15 minute walk from Ford Railway Station.. Turn south out of the station and follow the pavement for about half a mile until you come to the first turning on your right signposted for Yapton. The Victorian Business Centre is about 100m down this road on the left.

To reach the offices by road, visitors should take the A27 to Arundel and turn off at the roundabout at the western end of the Arundel bypass section of the A27 following the signs for Ford. Travel south along this road for 2 miles and take the first right hand turning after the level crossing at Ford Railway Station (signposted for Yapton). The Victorian Business Centre is the first turning on the left about 100m down the road.