Management Plan
The Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 introduced a statutory duty on local authorities and Conservation Boards to produce a management plan for an AONB. The plan contains policies and actions to conserve the natural beauty of the AONB and to help everyone enjoy it.
The Chilterns AONB Management Plan 2008 – 2013: A Framework for Action was produced by the Chilterns Conservation Board following a review of the 2002 – 2007 Plan and wide public consultation. It contains a comprehensive summary of the key issues facing the AONB and the management actions needed to conserve this special place.
The delivery of the Management Plan actions is not the responsibility of the Conservation Board alone. The involvement of a wide range of organisations is essential in achieving the Plan’s aims over the next five years and the key organisations are identified in the accompanying Delivery Plan.
You can download the entire Plan or individual chapters:
- Management Plan (5Mb)
- Foreword, Vision, Introduction (1.16Mb)
- Landscape (554Kb)
- Farming and forestry (1.43Mb)
- Biodiversity (702Kb)
- Water environment (633Kb)
- Historic environment (687Kb)
- Development (463Kb)
- Understanding and enjoyment (729Kb)
- Social and economic well-being (307Kb)
- Climate change (193Kb)
- Cross-cutting themes & Implementation and monitoring (510Kb)
- Delivery Plan (587Kb)
In compliance with EU regulations a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) of the impacts of the Plan upon the Chilterns AONB was carried out and the resulting Environmental Report can be downloaded here. A screening report on the impact of the Plan upon the Special Areas of Conservation within the AONB was also prepared.
- SEA Environmental Report (1.34Mb)
- Non-technical summary (217Kb)
- Screening report (2.76Mb)
- Screening Report Appendix 1 (1.34Mb)
If you would like to receive any of these documents on CD please contact office@chilternsaonb.org or telephone 01844 355500
