Brackenridge’s Environmental Management Committee was established by the Board of Trustees in November 2023. The committee served until 31 July 2025 when it was disbanded by the Board of Trustees by unanimous decision, and without any prior consultation or discussion having been sought by the Board. The two trustees serving as Environmental Portfolio holders and ex officio members of the EMC at that point in time were Mr. Steve Ritky and Mr. Hugh Basel.

As a consequence of the decision taken at the Board meeting on 31 July 2025 Brackenridge Estate is currently again in breach of the “Record of Decision” of 22 June 2000 in which the then Department of the Environment, Culture and Sports stipulated the following as a legally binding obligation under Condition 11:

“An Environmental Monitoring Committee (EMC) must be established and meet on a regular basis in order to detect any deviations from the relevant approvals and the EMP. Such an EMC must have a representative from the Developer, Council, this Department as well as the ECO and at least 2 representatives from recognized N.G.O. groups.”

(ROD: Environmental Exemption – Record of Decision dated 22.06.2000, Ref. No. SNO25/4/284 [3117])