This guide was produced with the support of a steering group:
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Andrew Blake, Wye Valley AONB; AONB Staff forum•
Philip Couchman, Chichester Harbour AONB•
Mark Connelly, Cotswolds AONB•
Tom Fletcher, Andy Gale, Adam Wallace, Paul Walshe, Countryside Agency•
Heather Gates, Gill Lewisohn, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs•
Sally Marsh, High Weald AONB; AONB Staff forum•
Mike Taylor, Association for AONBs•
Carole Thornley, Countryside Council for WalesThe authors, the steering group, and the Countryside Agency would like to thank the following
individuals and their organisations who have helped in different ways during the production of this guide: Jill Smith, AAONB
Christian Branch, Anglesey AONB Martin Fitton, Association of National Park Authorities
Ian Henderson, Arnside/Silverdale AONB
Don McGillivray, John Shephard, Birkbeck College David Dixon, Blackdown Hills AONB
John Hall, British Horse Society Judith Moore, Mike Bowdige, Cannock Chase AONB
Frank Cosgrove, Chris Hardman, Carlisle City Council
Paul Selman, Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education
Steve Rodrick, Chilterns AONB
Shirley Reid, Conservation Management System Partnership
Gregor Hutcheon, Council for the Protection of Rural England
Mike Alexander, Countryside Council for Wales Stephen James, Cumbria County Council Nick Atkinson, Dartmoor National Park Celia Richardson, Dedham Vale AONB
Steve Hawes, Carol Hrynkiewicz, Craig Jones, John Osmond, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Graham Bryant, Dorset AONB Nic Butler, East Devon AONB Christopher Young, English Heritage Graham Bathe, Keith Porter, Steve Preston, English Nature
Andrew Cox, Environment Agency Don McKay, Forest of Bowland AONB Mat Roberts, Gower AONB
Aled Davies, Gwynedd Council
Linda Tartaglia-Kershaw, Hampshire County Council Richard Brown, Hertfordshire County Council Richard Clarke, Roland Harris, Gerry Sherwin, High Weald AONB
Paul Jackson, John Edwards, Howardian Hills AONB Liz Davey, Isles of Scilly AONB
Helen Slade, Isle of Wight AONB John Keen, Lancaster City Council Paul Holley, Lincolnshire Wolds AONB Sarah Jackson, Mendip Hill AONB Andrew Clark, National Farmers Union Alan Watson, The National Trust Paul Burgess, Nidderdale AONB Tim Venes, Norfolk Coast AONB Andy Bell, North Devon AONB
D Brookes, Northumberland County Council Catherine Wale, Nottingham University Rowena Tye, OFWAT
Michel Regelous, Pembrokeshire National Park David Archer, Snowdonia National Park
Richard Toogood, South Devon AONB
Julian Gray, South Downs Conservation Board Jeremy Schofield, Suffolk Coastal District Council/Local Government Association Annette Robinson, Simon Hooton, Suffolk Coasts and Heaths AONB Martin Beaton, Sussex Downs AONB Rachel Hodder, Tamar Valley AONB Sue Nowak, Water UK
Brian Day, Solicitor, Mike Fry, Solicitor Simon Lees, Peter Seccombe
during the preparation or review of an AONB Management Plan this guide unless otherwise stated) time-scale
Preparation
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Clarify the status and administrative structure of the AONB, responsible Appendix 1: Legislation and local authorities and key officers and the relationship with any local legal obligations (page 71) authority committees or conservation board to any wider representativemanaging structure
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Identify the timescale and resources available for the production or review 1.1.3 Management Plans and of the AONB Management Plan and prepare a costed work programme CRoW (page 14)•
Contact the Countryside Agency and English Nature and establish working 1.1.4 The Countryside Agency (page 15) links with appropriate regional officials•
Establish a representative Steering Group for the Plan and develop its work 2.2 Getting started (page 31) programme, including decisions about who does what•
List and prioritise the intended key functions of the Plan 1.2.3 Why plan? (page 18)•
Identify and prioritise the target audiences for the Plan 1.2.4 Who is the Plan for? (page 19) and 3.1.1 Integration (page 43)•
Identify key stakeholder organisations in the AONB and key individuals 2.3.1 Who should be involved? (Page 34) within them•
Let others know that a new Plan is being prepared 2.3.2 Participation methods (page 34)Participation and collecting information
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Develop and implement a participation strategy including methods appropriate 2.3.2 Participation methods (page 34) to target groups, required outcomes and time and resources available•
Obtain key documents including existing development plans, the landscape 1.3.2 Development Plans (page 25), assessment, and any other documents (e.g. an Issues Report) that may community strategies and accesshave been produced for the AONB to the countryside, and 1.3.3 Other AONB
policies and documents (page 27)
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Identify and locate other existing plans and policies that may 1.3 Relation of AONB Managementbe relevant to the area Plans to other plans and policies (page22)
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Identify other ‘special’ sites and landscapes within the AONB 1.3.4 Special areas within the AONB (page29)•
Analyse documentary inputs and results of participation using appropriate 2.3.4 Analysis (page 39), and 1.3.1 AONBmethods, for example the ‘Quality of Life Capital’ approach management planning and sustainability (page 22)
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Conduct a ‘sustainability audit’ of the Plan and its policies, planning 1.3.1 AONB management planningand sustainability and sustainability (page 22)
1 – 3 months 6 – 12 months
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Identify what further work and/or sub-plans may be necessary to elaborate 3.2 Elements within a Plan (page 45)particular policy areas and 1.3.3 Other AONB policies
and documents (page 27)
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Devise and implement the production of the draft Plan 2.4 Drafting (page 40)•
Issue the draft Plan for consultation, and collect and record 2.5 Getting feedback on thefeedback on it draft Plan (page 41)
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Incorporate agreed amendments into a draft of the final Plan, and obtain endorsement from constituent local authorities and othersLaunch and implement
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Send a copy of the final Plan to the Countryside Agency and English Nature, 1.1.3 Management Plans and CRoW, (page 14) to the Secretary of State for the Environment and to all relevant and 1.1.4 The Countryside Agency (page 15) local authorities•
Publicise the fact that the Plan has been produced 2.6 Adoption, promotion and implementation (page 42)•
Ensure that copies of the plan have been brought to the attention of 1.1.5 Relevant authorities (page 15) key individuals and stakeholder organisations, including public bodiesand statutory undertakers
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Begin to implement at least some of the key policies in the Plan with 4.1 Implementing the Plan (page 60) appropriate publicity so that the momentum behind the consensusand for ongoing action is maintained
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Establish appropriate procedures for monitoring action and for ongoing 4.2.1 Monitoring action (page 64), andreview and update of the Action Plan 4.3 The Management Plan review (page 68)
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Establish appropriate programmes for monitoring the the AONB using 4.2.2 Monitoring condition (page 64) other condition of agencies where appropriate and integrating withother programmes
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Begin early discussions on arrangements for the Management Plan review 4.3 The Management Plan review (page 68)2 – 6 months 6 – 12 months
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