Motion status:Carried
1) To delegate to the Corporate Director for Place, in consultation with the Cabinet Members for Waste and Property, to introduce a policy to prohibit the release of helium balloons for recreational purposes or sky lanterns on land in the ownership of the Council, or under its control; and
2) To ask officers to contact all Town and Parish Councils in the Wiltshire Council area to make them aware of the risks to the environment, public, and animals from helium balloons and sky lanterns, and to ask them to consider taking steps to prohibit the release of balloons or sky lanterns on land in their ownership or under their control.
3) That a letter be sent the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs be written to request that a national wide ban on the release of helium balloons & sky lanterns.
Vote | Councillors | Count |
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For | Cllr Chuck Berry, Cllr Ian Blair-Pilling, Cllr Richard Britton, Cllr Allison Bucknell, Cllr Clare Cape, Cllr Trevor Carbin, Cllr Mary Champion, Cllr Pauline Church, Cllr Ernie Clark, Cllr Richard Clewer, Cllr Mark Connolly, Cllr Jane Davies, Cllr Andrew Davis, Cllr Sarah Gibson MP, Cllr Gavin Grant, Cllr Ross Henning, Cllr Sven Hocking, Cllr Ruth Hopkinson, Cllr Jon Hubbard, Cllr Peter Hutton, Cllr Tony Jackson, Cllr Simon Jacobs, Cllr Edward Kirk, Cllr Dr Brian Mathew, Cllr Laura Mayes, Cllr Ashley O'Neill, Cllr Paul Oatway QPM, Cllr Pip Ridout, Cllr Ricky Rogers, Cllr Tom Rounds, Cllr Jonathon Seed, Cllr James Sheppard, Cllr Ian Thorn, Cllr Bridget Wayman, Cllr Stuart Wheeler, Cllr Philip Whitehead, Cllr Christopher Williams, Cllr Graham Wright and Cllr Robert Yuill | 39 |
Against | None | 0 |
Abstain | Cllr Matthew Dean, Cllr Gordon King, Cllr Jerry Kunkler and Cllr Jacqui Lay | 4 |
Conflict Of Interests | None | 0 |
Non-voting | Cllr Howard Greenman, Cllr George Jeans, Cllr Johnny Kidney, Cllr Ian McLennan and Cllr Horace Prickett | 5 |
Not Present | None | 0 |