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Wye Valley Management Plan 2015 to 2020 Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Post- SEA & HRA Management Plan 2015-2020 December 2015 Wye Valley AONB Office Hadnock Road Monmouth NP25 3NG Wye Valley AONB Management Plan 2015-2020 Map 1: Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Boundary Declaration Wye Valley AONB Management Plan 2015-2020 This Management Plan was produced and adopted by the Wye Valley AONB Joint Advisory Committee on behalf of the four local authorities, under the Countryside and Rights of Way (CRoW) Act 2000: Councillor Phil Cutter (signature) Chairman Wye Valley AONB JAC Councillor (signature) Cabinet Member for the Environment, Forest of Dean District Council (signature) Nigel Riglar Commissioning Director – Communities and Infrastructure, Gloucestershire County Council Councillor (signature) Cabinet Member, Economic Development and Community Services, Herefordshire Council Councillor (signature) Cabinet Member, Environment, Public Services & Housing, Monmouthshire County Council (signature) Regional Director, Natural England (West Mercia) (signature) Regional Director South and East Region, Natural Resources Wales Wye Valley AONB Management Plan 2015-2020 CONTENTS Map 1: Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Foreword Declaration Part 1 Context ........................................................................................................... 1 1. Introduction ........................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Purpose of the AONB Management Plan .................................................. 1 1.2 AONB designation ..................................................................................... 2 1.3 What is Natural Beauty? ............................................................................ 3 2. Statement of Significance and Vision ............................................................... 4 2.1 Statement of Significance for the Wye Valley AONB .............................. 4 2.2 The Vision for the Wye Valley AONB ..................................................... 7 3. Managing Change .............................................................................................. 8 3.1 Introduction ................................................................................................ 8 3.2 Forces for Change ...................................................................................... 9 3.3 Changes since designation ....................................................................... 13 4. Guiding Principles for the Plan ........................................................................ 15 4.1 Sustainable development ......................................................................... 15 4.2 Natural environment and Ecosystem approaches: ................................... 17 4.3 Ecosystem services .................................................................................. 17 Table 1: Ecosystem Services (MEA, 2005) ................................................... 17 4.4 Landscape approach ................................................................................. 18 4.5 The setting of the AONB ......................................................................... 19 5. Management of the Wye Valley AONB .......................................................... 20 5.1 AONBs in the Wider World .................................................................... 20 5.2 International protected area policy ........................................................... 20 5.3 AONB Family .......................................................................................... 21 5.4 Responsibility for the AONB ................................................................... 22 5.5 Management and Governance of the Wye Valley AONB ....................... 25 6. Overview of the AONB ................................................................................... 26 6.1 Introduction .............................................................................................. 26 6.2 The Landscape Character of the AONB .................................................. 26 Table 2: Wye Valley AONB Landscape Management Zones and Features .. 27 6.3 The State of the AONB Report ................................................................ 34 6.4 Statistics for the AONB ........................................................................... 35 Table 3: Land types in the Wye Valley AONB ............................................. 36 Table 4: Broad Habitat types in the Wye Valley AONB ............................... 36 Table 5: Priority Habitat on English side of AONB ...................................... 37 Table 6: Condition of Priority Habitats in England ....................................... 38 Table 7: AONB land use and cropping in England ........................................ 38 Table 8: Special Qualities of the Wye Valley AONB .................................... 39 Table 9: ACTIVITIES & PRESSURES in the Wye Valley AONB .............. 49 Part 2 Strategy ........................................................................................................ 60 7. Introduction ...................................................................................................... 60 7.1 Themes and aims ...................................................................................... 60 7.2 Structure of the Strategy .......................................................................... 61 7.3 Interpretation of Strategic Objectives ...................................................... 62 Theme 1 ................................................................................................................... 62 Wye Valley AONB Management Plan 2015-2020 8. Our Unique Landscape – conserved & enhanced ............................................ 62 8.1 Landscape .................................................................................................... 63 8.2 Biodiversity .................................................................................................. 64 8.3 Geodiversity ................................................................................................. 68 8.4 Historic Environment .................................................................................. 69 8.5 Farming ........................................................................................................ 70 8.6 Woodland, Trees and Forestry ..................................................................... 73 Theme 2 ................................................................................................................... 76 9. Development & Transport – planning and protection ..................................... 76 9.1 Development ................................................................................................ 76 9.2 Minerals ....................................................................................................... 79 9.3 Utilities, Public Services and Renewable Energy ........................................ 81 9.4 Transportation .............................................................................................. 82 Theme 3 ................................................................................................................... 85 10 Vital Communities - living & working in the AONB...................................... 85 10.1 Community Development ............................................................................ 86 10.2 Economy and Rural Regeneration ............................................................... 88 Theme 4 ................................................................................................................... 89 11. Enjoying the AONB - sustainable tourism, recreation and appreciation ..... 89 11.1 Sustainable Tourism ..................................................................................... 89 11.2 Recreation & Access .................................................................................... 92 11.3 Understanding and Appreciation ................................................................. 94 Theme 5 ................................................................................................................... 95 12 Achieving together – effective management of the AONB ............................. 95 12.1 Partnership, Management and Governance ................................................. 95 12.2 A Charter for Residents and Visitors ........................................................... 98 Appendix I ............................................................................................................. 101 Joint Advisory Committee ..................................................................................... 101 Appendix ii ............................................................................................................. 102 Acronyms and Abbreviations ............................................................................ 102 Appendix iii ........................................................................................................... 104 Glossary ............................................................................................................. 104 Map 2 Landscape Management Zones in the Wye Valley AONB Wye Valley AONB Management Plan 2015-2020 PART 1 CONTEXT 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Purpose of the AONB Management Plan 1.1.1 This is the third statutory
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