(a)

Park matters including the High Level Stewardship -

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work had continued to replace the 4620m of fencing across the Park;

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the High Level Stewardship Mount Edgcumbe Parkland Plan was currently being finalised;

(b)

the use of Mount Edgcumbe House and Country Park by schools and colleges -

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3000 school children had used the lower park;

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450 children had enjoyed the bushcraft days which had been led by the Rangers;

(c)

building and Park infrastructure –

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repair works to the main water pipe had been undertaken which had included the replacement of the seized stopcock;

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the sewerage system at the lower end of the Park had been pumped out following an effluent leak;

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the Barrow Park holiday-let building work had been completed;

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Alternative heating scheme for the House and the Barrow Centre were being explored with the Plymouth Energy Community (there was a possibility of gaining funding from the European Regional Development Fund;

(d)

walks, talks and workshops -

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35 workshops and talks had taken place with a similar number planned for 2015/16;

(e)

conferences -

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there had been 17 conferences/meeting bookings with 10 bookings plus a two day international conference planned for 2015/16;

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the Park was working in partnership with the Plymouth College of Art and the Craft Council to host their internationally renowned ‘Making Futures’ conference;

(f)

weddings –

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the wedding business continued to provide a consistent and strong income stream for the Park, 23 wedding ceremonies had taken place;

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there were 24 wedding ceremonies booked for 2015/16;

(g)

events -

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the main red letter day events included the Classic Car Rally and Fayre, the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery Summer Camp and the Christmas Fayre;

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the Classic Car event had been very successful with an estimated 12,000 to 14,000 people attending;

(h)

promotion, press and publicity -

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in 2015, every event had been linked to the Edgcumbe 500 strapline which recognised the anniversary of Henry VIII’s licence to empark;

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the Mount Edgcumbe Facebook page had received over 20,000 visits in the week running up to the Green Man event;

(i)

occupation of rentable spaces -

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in 2014/15 12 new commercial tenants were introduced to the Park representing £62,000 of income through rents;

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In 2015/16 occupancy would increase to 16 tenants, renting 21 commercial spaces which represented a potential annual rental income of £92,000.

(j)

social media was an important part of promoting the Park particularly Facebook and developing a twitter account would be the next stage;

(k)

hot drinks were on sale at the firework event; a food outlet had proved to be unsuccessful at previous events;

(l)

whilst schools were able to use the Park for free, other activities were offered such as seashore walks which could be charged for and resulted in additional income for the Park;

(m)

an undertaking was given that the feasibility of holding events on the Park, such as a park run, horse events and swimming galas would be reported to the next meeting of the Joint Committee; an update on the water transport links to the Park would also be provided at the next Joint Committee meeting;

(n)

a traffic management plan has been put in place for the Classic Car event which would reduce the impact on the local community.