AONBs

AONBs ‘under threat’, warns countryside charity

26.04.2021

Laura Edgar

AONBs | Climate Change | CPRE | England | Environmental | Housing | Policy & Politics

An increasing number of housing schemes are being granted planning permission in areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs), according to a report by countryside charity CPRE.
PM Johnson wants to create more national parks

16.11.2020

Laura Edgar

25 year environment plan | AONBs | biodiversity | Boris Johnson | Climate Change | climate crisis | Coronavirus | England | Environmental | National Park

Boris Johnson has outlined plans to create national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs) to protect England’s ‘iconic landscapes’.
AONBs role in planning should be strengthened

23.09.2019

Laura Edgar

AONBs | campaign for national parks | CPRE | England | Environmental | National Parks

A review of national parks proposes that the stature of national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) should be strengthened in the planning system – with AONBs given statutory consultee status.
Consultation opens on national parks review

22.10.2018

Laura Edgar

AONBs | Environmental | michael gove | National Parks | Policy & Politics | UK

Environment secretary Michael Gove and writer Julian Glover have called for evidence to support the review of national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs).
Gove launches review of national parks

29.05.2018

Laura Edgar

25 year environment plan | AONBs | countryside | England | Environmental | National Parks | Rural

Environment secretary Michael Gove has launched a review of national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) sites, which will be conducted by writer Julian Glover.
Welsh environment minister spells out her priorities to the Senedd

20.04.2018

Roger Milne

AONBs | Cymru | Environmental | Hannah Blythyn | National Parks | trees

Welsh environment minister Hannah Blythyn this week spelt out to Assembly Members (AMs) her priorities, which included increased tree planting and reversing the decline in biodiversity.
Welsh round-up: Minister confirms designated landscape policy won’t be fundamentally changed; Huge solar farm proposed for Gwent levels

16.03.2018

Roger Milne

AONBs | Cardiff | Cymru | Environmental | Infrastructure - Energy | National Parks | Regeneration | Rural | solar farm | Swansea

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 10 March-16 March, 2018
Welsh minister confirms designated landscape policy won’t be fundamentally changed

16.03.2018

Roger Milne

AONBs | Cymru | Environmental | National Assembly for Wales | National Parks | Rural

Five years on and after two independent reviews, the Welsh Government has insisted that all the country’s national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs) will be retained and their current purpose ‘of conserving and enhancing natural beauty’ will not be weakened...
Celebrated landscapes under pressure from housing development

20.11.2017

Huw Morris

AONBs | CPRE | Environment | Heritage | Leisure & Tourism | NPPF | Policy & Politics | Rural | UK

The number of homes built in Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) has increased by 82 per cent in the past five years despite government commitments to maintain their protected status.