DOCSLIB.ORG

Dr Keith Howe the Exmoor Society

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Dr Keith Howe the Exmoor Society LANDSCAPE AND NATURAL CAPITAL IN A NATIONAL PARK: THE CASE OF EXMOOR 5;kl; Dr Keith Howe The Exmoor Society Natural England Landscape Network Autumn Webinar 2, 14 October 20201 CONTEXT ➢ National policy ➢ Exmoor National Park From KEY CONCEPTS & PRINCIPLES ➢ Landscape ➢ Natural capital ➢ Value ➢ The nature of economic decisions ➢ Private and public goods - to SHAPING EXMOOR’S FUTURE LANDSCAPE ➢ Exmoor’s Ambition ➢ Towards a Register of Exmoor’s Natural Capital NEXT STEPS & ISSUES ARISING ➢ Making ELMS work ❑ Economics ❑ Governance ❑ Constraints 2 CONTEXT The Exmoor Society 60th Anniversary & Exmoor National Park Authority Spring Conference (2017) - Dieter Helm’s challenge A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment (2018) - HM Government Landscapes Review (2019) – the Glover report Agriculture Bill (2020) For farmers, the most radical Environment Bill (2020) change for Brexit (2020) agricultural policy since 1846 3 EXMOOR NATIONAL PARK Counties: Somerset 71%, Devon 29% Area: 69,280 hectares = 171,189 acres = 267sq miles (30% of Lake District) Landscape: Moorland or heath c25% of Exmoor National Park, 18,300 hectares of land lying between 305 m (1000 ft) and 519 m (1700 ft) above sea level. Population: Main settlements: Lynton and Lynmouth, Dulverton, Porlock, each c1500; Dunster < 1000, Exmoor total 10,000+ Farms: 559 holdings, 412 full-time commercial farmers (2016) Main farm outputs: In 2014/15, 62% of sheep were finished lamb sales, 16.3% finished cattle sales (majority sold as stores). Farm business income (FBI): Of the 2014/15 aggregate for Farm Business Survey sample, all Exmoor farms; FBI was 17% of gross output, of which; 14.4% Single Farm Payment; 8.1% diversification out of agriculture; 60.2% agri-environment and other payments; minus 53.3% agriculture. 4 KEY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES Landscape European Landscape Convention definition: “…… an area, as perceived by people, whose character is the result of the action and interaction of natural and/or human factors” Our landscapes are extremely important to us, they are part of our cultural heritage. Source: Christine Tudor, An Approach to Landscape Character Assessment, Natural England, October, 2014 5 KEY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES Landscape 6 Source: Natural England (2014). An Approach to Landscape Character Assessment. KEY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES Natural capital “The parts of the natural environment that produce value to people.” UK Natural Capital Committee “The world’s stocks of natural assets which include geology, soil, air, water and all living things. It is from this natural capital that humans derive a wide range of services, often called ecosystem services, which make human life possible.” World Forum on Natural Capital “….. the factor of production upon which the others – man- made capital, human capital and labour – all depend. Instead of being just one factor among many, it is primary, and the rest are secondary.” Dieter Helm, Natural Capital: Valuing the Planet, page7 60 KEY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES Value The bedrock of economics ……. and least considered! Based on each person’s feelings, physical and emotional, of needs and wants. Depends on tastes and preferences, culture, ethics and beliefs. A metaphysical concept BUT People reveal what, and how much, they value something by observable behaviour, including decisions about a) how they use their money, and b) vote in political contexts 8 KEY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES Value & Landscape “The relative value or importance attached to a landscape ……… expresses national or local consensus, because of its quality, special qualities including perceptual aspects such as scenic beauty, tranquillity or wilderness, cultural associations or other conservation issues.” Source: The Landscape Institute and Institute of Environmental Management & Assessment (2002). Guidelines for Landscape and Visoual Impact Assessment. Second edition, London, Spon Press 9 KEY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES The nature of economic decisions Economics is about the wellbeing of people in society Economics defines criteria for people to obtain the greatest net benefits (wellbeing) from the scarce resources available to them (e.g. natural capital) Trade-offs are unavoidable! (or, “There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.”) 10 KEY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES Private and public goods A private good: one whose characteristic is that it is both rival and excludable i.e. if I obtain the right to consume something (e.g. by paying for it) then no one else can (rival), and neither are they able to consume it themselves (excludable) without loss of benefit to me Simple example: My Exmoor lamb Sunday dinner A public good: one that it is neither rival nor excludable i.e. if I have no exclusive right to something (e.g. because I have not paid for it) and anyone else can benefit from it without loss to me Simple example: The beautiful Exmoor view from Winsford Hill towards Dunkery Beacon and the Welsh coast 11 KEY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES Private and public goods Private goods are obtainable by market activity, i.e. buying and selling involving transactions made at money prices which match supply with demand Simple example: Farmers selling fat lambs to butchers at an auction market Public goods are typically underprovided. There is no incentive to produce them because there are no market transactions and consumers can free-ride. Simple example: If there is no means to charge people who enjoy a beautiful landscape to cover costs incurred by landowners who maintain or enhance it, there is no incentive for them to do so. 12 KEY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES Source: Natural Capital Coalition https://naturalcapitalcoalition.org/natural-capital/ 13 KEY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES Source: Natural Capital Coalition https://naturalcapitalcoalition.org/natural-capital/ 14 KEY CONCEPTS AND PRINCIPLES MEANS WANTS * * Focus for natural capital accounting. An asset is a piece of property that is a store of value. “Natural capital assets are natural resources influenced by societal and personal attributes.” (Towards a Register of Exmoor’s Natural Capital. The Exmoor Society) 15 SHAPING EXMOOR’S FUTURE LANDSCAPE 16 SHAPING EXMOOR’S FUTURE LANDSCAPE 17 Report prepared by & 18 https://www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/living-and-working/info-for-farmers-and-land-managers/exmoor-ambition KEY POINTS Context – 25 Year Environment Plan Ambition – “to pass on to the next generation our world class landscape, including its biodiversity, natural resources, historic environment and culture, in a better state than we received it.” 2 streams Natural & cultural capital map registers for individual farm holdings Farm Liaison Officer support Self-certification + light-touch administration Landscape/supply chain scale co-ordinated strategic objectives for NC/economy/social foundations; knowledge sharing; payments for actions + results; bonuses 19 SHAPING EXMOOR’S FUTURE LANDSCAPE 20 KEY POINTS Context – 25 Year Environment Plan + National Parks Statutory Purposes Aim – “to develop and pilot a practical toolkit for identifying and prioritising the natural capital assets that deliver the full range of benefits (ecosystem services) that can be provided by Exmoor.” Approach ➢ Use landscape character for place-based descriptions of natural capital (NC) ➢ Develop and test register of NC, 3 pilot areas covering almost all Exmoor landscape types ➢ Propose unifying classification of NC to overcome existing duplication and inconsistencies ➢ Special feature, to investigate and describe relationship between NC and cultural considerations ➢ Involve knowledge and values of local people who own, manage or use NC, thus having a personal stake in the NC concept 21 PUTTING PEOPLE AT THE HEART OF NATURAL CAPITAL Relationship between natural capital assets, ecosystem services and benefits to society (adapted for the Exmoor study from ONS, 2017, Principles of Natural Capital Accounting) 22 Exmoor Landscape Character 23 1950s Landscape Change 2016 24 BUILDING ON THE REGISTER - EXMOOR NPA TEST & TRIALS 25 Source: Courtesy of Alex Farris, Conservation Manager, Exmoor National Park Authority 26 HABITAT MAPPING Source: Courtesy of Alex Farris, Conservation Manager, Exmoor National Park Authority 27 DESIGNATIONS & LANDSCAPE CHARACTER 28 Source: Courtesy of Alex Farris, Conservation Manager, Exmoor National Park Authority HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT & RIGHTS OF WAY 29 Source: Courtesy of Alex Farris, Conservation Manager, Exmoor National Park Authority NEXT STEPS & ISSUES ARISING Making ELMS work ECONOMICS ▪ NB: Farmers adjust, because they must ▪ Make public goods look like private goods to farmers – i.e. monetise values to facilitate comparison with profit margins for agricultural products ▪ For each holding, enumerate natural capital features, and their scale, as basis for payments ▪ Consider cost implications of change, and provide ‘action payments’ to accommodate time-lags before outcomes are obtained and financially rewarded ▪ For holdings in aggregate (landscape scale) pay a ‘Beauty Bonus’ for outcomes achieved by shared efforts (including ‘positive externalities’) 30 NEXT STEPS & ISSUES ARISING Making ELMS work GOVERNANCE ▪ Needs national cross-party political consensus - cannot be short-term ▪ Needs shared local purpose, institutions co-operating, trust and good communication (all characteristic of Exmoor) ▪ Needs technical and business support for farmers + progress monitoring (role for Exmoor Hill Farming Network, Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group, others?) 31 NEXT STEPS & ISSUES ARISING Making ELMS work CONSTRAINTS
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Dear Guest, Peter and Linda Hendrie And
    Dear Guest, Peter and Linda Hendrie and family, together with all their Staff, welcome you to The Exmoor White Horse Inn, one of Exmoor’s oldest and finest Country Inns. Our aim is to make your stay with us as comfortable and relaxed as possible, without being intrusive. We pride ourselves on our warm and friendly welcome, and aspire to provide the kind of personal service that one would associate with this kind of establishment. “Your Pleasure is our Business” and help is always on hand from all members of Staff and Management for advice on all aspects related to your holiday on Exmoor, from finding out where the hounds meet to Fly Fishing with our Resident Guide Lewis, Riding over Exmoor on horseback, viewing the wild Red Deer with the Exmoor Safari, Walking and Rambling (Circular Walks Booklets are available from Reception), Clay Pigeon Shooting and Photography, just to mention but a few of the activities that are available. Exmoor, summed up in a nutshell, offers a delightfully varied contrast of beautiful countryside and dramatic scenery for such a relatively small area. On arrival you will be given a leaflet called “Discover Exmoor with Us” and if you have the opportunity we recommend that you try out one of these Routes, which were designed especially for those of you wishing to see Exmoor at its finest. We arrived here at the Exmoor White Horse on November 2nd 1988, and we have aspired to continually improve the quality of Service, Accommodation and the Food, priding ourselves on the friendliness shown by Management and Staff towards you, the Customer.
    [Show full text]
  • A New Geological Model to Explain the Gravity Gradient Across Exmoor, North Devon
    A new geological model to explain the gravity gradient across Exmoor, north Devon M. BROOKS, M. BAYERLY & D. J. LLEWELLYN SUMMARY Recent long seismic lines in South Wales and plained by a simple geological model in which the Bristol Channel indicate a structural cul- a thick sequence ofrelatlvely low density Lower mination under the southern part of the Bristol Palaeozoic or late Precambrian rocks occupies Channel, where a layer with a seismic velocity the core of this culmination. The model casts of 6-I km/s approaches to about 2 km of the further doubt on the existence of a major thrust surface. It is shown that the gravity field across under Exmoor. Exmoor and the Bristol Channel can be ex- I. Introduction SEVERAL LONG SEISMIC LINES in the Bristol Channel area, full details of which will be presented in later papers, give evidence of a basal layer of high velocity, in the range from 6. I-6. 3 km/s, which is interpreted as being of Lower Palaeozoic or Precambrian age. This layer, which almost certainly does not represent the same geological formation under all lines, lies at shallow depth under the western part of the South Wales Coalfield, deepens southwards into the northern part of the Bristol Channel and rises rapidly towards the north Devon coast. Figure I illustrates reduced time-distance curves for two of the long seismic lines D and F, whose locations are shown in Fig. 2. On each line, a series of offshore shots was fired into a fixed array of land recording stations.
    [Show full text]
  • Download Annex A
    Landscape Character Assessment in the Blackdown Hills AONB Landscape character describes the qualities and features that make a place distinctive. It can represent an area larger than the AONB or focus on a very specific location. The Blackdown Hills AONB displays a variety of landscape character within a relatively small, distinct area. These local variations in character within the AONB’s landscape are articulated through the Devon-wide Landscape Character Assessment (LCA), which describes the variations in character between different areas and types of landscape in the county and covers the entire AONB. www.devon.gov.uk/planning/planning-policies/landscape/devons-landscape-character- assessment What information does the Devon LCA contain? Devon has been divided into unique geographical areas sharing similar character and recognisable at different scales: 7 National Character Areas, broadly similar areas of landscape defined at a national scale by Natural England and named to an area recognisable on a national scale, for example, ‘Blackdowns’ and ‘Dartmoor’. There are 159 National Character Areas (NCA) in England; except for a very small area in the far west which falls into the Devon Redlands NCA, the Blackdown Hills AONB is within Blackdowns NCA. Further details: www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-character-area-profiles-data-for-local- decision-making/national-character-area-profiles#ncas-in-south-west-england 68 Devon Character Areas, unique, geographically-specific areas of landscape. Each Devon Character Area has an individual identity, but most comprise several different Landscape Character Types. Devon Character Areas are called by a specific place name, for example, ‘Blackdown Hills Scarp’ and ‘Axe Valley’.
    [Show full text]
  • Somerset Geology-A Good Rock Guide
    SOMERSET GEOLOGY-A GOOD ROCK GUIDE Hugh Prudden The great unconformity figured by De la Beche WELCOME TO SOMERSET Welcome to green fields, wild flower meadows, farm cider, Cheddar cheese, picturesque villages, wild moorland, peat moors, a spectacular coastline, quiet country lanes…… To which we can add a wealth of geological features. The gorge and caves at Cheddar are well-known. Further east near Frome there are Silurian volcanics, Carboniferous Limestone outcrops, Variscan thrust tectonics, Permo-Triassic conglomerates, sediment-filled fissures, a classic unconformity, Jurassic clays and limestones, Cretaceous Greensand and Chalk topped with Tertiary remnants including sarsen stones-a veritable geological park! Elsewhere in Mendip are reminders of coal and lead mining both in the field and museums. Today the Mendips are a major source of aggregates. The Mesozoic formations curve in an arc through southwest and southeast Somerset creating vales and escarpments that define the landscape and clearly have influenced the patterns of soils, land use and settlement as at Porlock. The church building stones mark the outcrops. Wilder country can be found in the Quantocks, Brendon Hills and Exmoor which are underlain by rocks of Devonian age and within which lie sunken blocks (half-grabens) containing Permo-Triassic sediments. The coastline contains exposures of Devonian sediments and tectonics west of Minehead adjoining the classic exposures of Mesozoic sediments and structural features which extend eastward to the Parrett estuary. The predominance of wave energy from the west and the large tidal range of the Bristol Channel has resulted in rapid cliff erosion and longshore drift to the east where there is a full suite of accretionary landforms: sandy beaches, storm ridges, salt marsh, and sand dunes popular with summer visitors.
    [Show full text]
  • Display PDF in Separate
    Stuart Bcckhurst x 2 Senior Scientist (Quality Planning) ) £e> JTH vJsrr U T W J Vcxg locafenvironment agency plan EXE ACTION PLAN PLAN from JULY 2000 to JULY 2005 Further copies of this Action Plan can be obtained from: LEAPs (Devon Area) The Environment Agency Exminster House Miller Way Exminster Devon EX6 8AS Telephone: (01392) 444000 E-mail: [email protected] Environment Agency Copyright Waiver This report is intended to be used widely and the text may be quoted, copied or reproduced in any way, provided that the extracts are not quoted out of context and that due acknowledgement is given to the Environment Agency. However, maps are reproduced from the Ordnance Survey 1:50,000 scale map by the Environment Agency with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office, © Crown Copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown Copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Licence Number GD 03177G. Note: This is not a legally or scientifically binding document. Introduction 1 . Introduction The Environment Agency We have a wide range of duties and powers relating to different aspects of environmental management. These duties are described in more detail in Section Six. We are required and guided by Government to use these duties and powers in order to help achieve the objective of sustainable development. The Brundtland Commission defined sustainable development 'os development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs' At the heart of sustainable development is the integration of human needs and the environment within which we live.
    [Show full text]
  • Butterflies of Exmoor Leaflet
    . s n o s r a P k r a M y b s o t o h p h t o m l l A . ) e d i u g s i h t f o k c a b e h t n o e r a s l i a t e d ) A N ( ) S ( ) I ( ) D ( . d e s s e s s a t o N ; e l b a t S ; e s a e r c n I ; e n i l c e D g n i w d n i h f o t c a t n o c ( n o i t a v r e s n o C y l f r e t t u B h t i w h c u o t n i t e g ) M ( ) L ( ; t n a r g i M ; e r e h w e s l e e r a R / n o m m o C y l l a c o L f l a h r e t u o o t n w o r b - w o l l e y ; n w o r b r e k r a d d o i r e p t h g i l f k a e P f o s d n a b h t i w n w o r b - y e r g e l a p g n i w e r o f ) R ( ) C ( e s a e l p , s e i l f r e t t u b g n i d r o c e r h t i w d e v l o v n i t e g o t e k i l ; r o o m x E n o e r a R ; r o o m x E n o n o m m o C n o i n a p m o C t e n r u B : d n e r T l a n o i g e R / s u t a t S * e m i t t h g i l f e l b i s s o p / l a n o i s a c c O d l u o w u o y f I .
    [Show full text]
  • Historical Analysis of Exmoor Moorland Management Agreements
    “Born out of crisis”: an analysis of moorland management agreements on Exmoor Final Report Matt Lobley, Martin Turner, Greg MacQueen, Dawn Wakefield CRR Research Report 12 ISBN No. 1 870558 85 5 “Born out of crisis”: an analysis of moorland management agreements on Exmoor Final Report Matt Lobley, Martin Turner, Greg MacQueen, Dawn Wakefield Centre for Rural Research University of Exeter Lafrowda House St German’s Road Price: £10 Exeter, EX4 6TL October 2005 Copyright © 2005, Centre For Rural Research, University of Exeter Acknowledgements and disclaimers We are grateful for the help of members of the MacEwen Trust for advice on interviewees for this project. Graham Wills, David Lloyd and members of the MacEwen Trust provided helpful comments on an earlier draft. In particular, we are grateful to all those who gave up their time to be interviewed about the events on Exmoor in the 1960s, 70s and 1980s. All errors and omissions are the responsibility of the authors. The views expressed in this report are those of the authors. They are not necessarily shared by other members of the University, by the University as a whole or by the MacEwen Trust. Contents Page Executive summary i Chapter One The Economic and Policy Context 1 Chapter Two Management agreements in practice 19 Chapter Three Personal perspectives on moorland management agreements 31 Chapter Four Conclusions 43 References 46 Appendix 49 Executive summary Introduction E1 The Exmoor moorland Management Agreement (MA) system has an important place in the evolution of contemporary land management on Exmoor as well as approaches to agri-environmental management more generally.
    [Show full text]
  • A River Valley Walk Between Source and Sea Along the Beautiful River Exe the Exe Valley Way a River Valley Walk Between Source and Sea Along the Beautiful River Exe
    A river valley walk between source and sea along the beautiful River Exe The Exe Valley Way A river valley walk between source and sea along the beautiful River Exe A Guide for northbound and southbound The majority of the route follows footpaths walkers with a sketch map for each stage. and quiet country lanes where there is little traffic but there are brief stretches of busy The Exe Valley Way is a long distance route roads in Exeter and Tiverton. Care should be for walkers exploring the length of this taken at all times when walking on roads. beautiful river valley. It is almost 80km/ 50miles in length, stretching from the South Whilst this booklet does give a broad outline West Coast Path National Trail on the Exe of the waymarked route, it is emphasised Estuary to the village of Exford on the high that it would also be helpful to take an OS land of Exmoor National Park. An additional map along with you, particularly for the 12km/7.5 miles route links Exford to Exe footpath sections. Head, the source of the River Exe, high upon the moor. Most of the route follows beside OS Maps which cover the the River Exe. At the northern end of the Exe Valley Way: route, the route follows the River Barle, a Explorer No. 114 tributary of the River Exe, before rejoining Exeter & the Exe Valley (1:25 000) the Exe at Exford. Explorer OL9 Exmoor (1:25 000) The Exe Valley Way can be divided up into a series of 10 stages, most of which can be walked comfortably by most walkers in half a The Exe Valley day.
    [Show full text]
  • ROYAL FOREST of EXMOOR: RESEARCH FRAMEWORK Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Report Series No 7 the ROYAL FOREST of EXMOOR: RESEARCH FRAMEWORK
    Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Report Series No 7 THE ROYAL FOREST OF EXMOOR: RESEARCH FRAMEWORK Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Report Series No 7 THE ROYAL FOREST OF EXMOOR: RESEARCH FRAMEWORK Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Report Series Author: Faye Balmond Design: Pete Rae March 2012 This report series includes interim reports, policy documents and other information relating to the historic environment of Exmoor National Park. Further hard copies of this report can be obtained from the Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record: Exmoor House, Dulverton, Somerset. TA22 9HL email [email protected], 01398 322273 FRONT COVER: Simonsbath Tower ©Exmoor National Park Authority CONTENTS Page SUMMARY . 1 INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES . 1 RESEARCH FRAMEWORK . 3 THE ROYAL FOREST OF EXMOOR (ORIGINS – 1818) . 6 THE RECLAMATION OF EXMOOR FOREST (1818 – 1897) . 8 20TH CENTURY . 11 SOCIAL HISTORY AND OTHER THEMES . 11 DISSEMINATION . 12 REVIEW AND EVALUATION . 13 BILBLIOGRAPHY . 13 THE ROYAL FOREST OF EXMOOR: RESEARCH FRAMEWORK SUMMARY This document sets out the research priorities for the historic environment in the former Royal Forest of Exmoor. The priorities it lists were identified by those with an active interest in this area of Exmoor at a seminar at Ashwick in March 2012. INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES A research framework for the former Royal Forest of Exmoor was proposed in an attempt to direct research and address the inability to answer with any degree of certainty some of the most basic questions related to the historical use and operation of this area of Exmoor National Park. The Exmoor Moorland Landscape Partnership Scheme (EMLPS) provided an opportunity to promote further research into the former Royal Forest of Exmoor, with funding available through the ‘Treeless Forest’ project.
    [Show full text]
  • Mineral Resource Information in Support of National, Regional And
    Mineral Resource Information in Support of National, Regional and Local Planning: Devon (comprising Devon, Plymouth, Torbay, Dartmoor National Park and part of Exmoor National Park) Commissioned Report CR/05/096N BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY COMMISSIONED REPORT CR/05/096N Mineral Resource Information in Support of National, Regional and Local Planning Devon (comprising Devon, Plymouth, Torbay, Dartmoor National Park and part of Exmoor National Park) A J Bloodworth, G E Norton, C J Mitchell, R C Scrivener, D G Cameron, S F Hobbs, D J Evans, G K Lott and D E Highley This report accompanies the 1:100 000 scale maps: Devon, Key words North and South (comprising Devon, Plymouth, Torbay, Mineral resources, mineral Dartmoor National Park and part of Exmoor National planning, Devon. Park) Front cover Ball Clay extraction in the Bovey Basin, Devon. Photo by David Highley © BGS NERC 2006 Bibliographical reference BLOODWORTH, A J, NORTON, G E, MITCHELL, C J, SCRIVENER, R C, CAMERON, D G, HOBBS, S F, EVANS, D J, LOTT, G K AND HIGHLEY, D E. 2006. Mineral Resource Information in Support of National, Regional and Local Planning – Devon (comprising Devon, Plymouth, Torbay, Dartmoor National Park and part of Exmoor National Park). British Geological Survey Commissioned Report, CR/05/096N. 16 pp. © Crown Copyright 2006 Keyworth, Nottingham British Geological Survey 2006 BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The full range of Survey publications is available from the BGS Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG Sales Desks at Nottingham and Edinburgh; see contact details 0115-936 3241 Fax 0115-936 3488 below or shop online at www.thebgs.co.uk e-mail: [email protected] The London Information Office maintains a reference collection www.bgs.ac.uk of BGS publications including maps for consultation.
    [Show full text]
  • Cutcombe Parish
    Ilfracombe Arts College Feedback Report Event held on: 25.01.10 This report sets out the views that were expressed at the ‘Your Future Exmoor’ event for your college and is also available to view on our website. www.exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk/your_future_exmoor.htm If you have any views on this report please let us know by filling in the comments sheet at the end of the report and sending it to: Policy and Community Team Exmoor National Park Authority Exmoor House Dulverton Somerset TA22 9HL Or email your comments to: [email protected] BY FRIDAY 23rd JULY At the end of this report there is also a form where, if you wish, you can provide your contact details to be notified of future consultations as the plan progresses, including Topic Group discussions. Your Future Exmoor Event Feedback Report Introduction The Ilfracombe College, ‘Your Future Exmoor’ Event was held on the 25th January 2010 at Ilfracombe Arts College in Ilfracombe. The event was organised by the Exmoor National Park Authority as part of the preparation of the Exmoor National Park Local Development Framework which is replacing the Local Plan. The event provided the opportunity for college students to have a say in the planning of their community and the National Park as a whole. We would like to acknowledge the valuable input from students and we appreciate the representations that were made by those who attended the event. This report summarises what was said at the event. We would like you (whether you attended the event or not) to let us know your views on the issues, options and comments contained in this feedback report.
    [Show full text]
  • Landscape Character Type G: IncisedWoodedRiverValleys
    Part 4: Landscape Character Assessment of Exmoor l LCT G: Incised Wooded River Valleys Landscape Character Type G: IncisedWoodedRiverValleys The River Barle looking south from Tarr Steps Summary Description This LCT is largely located within the southern part scattered farms, these give many of the valleys a of the National Park. It encompasses the tributaries settled character. However, there are also long and main courses of a number of rivers- the Bray, stretches of valley floor which are only accessible Mole, Barle, Exe, Haddeo and Avill, cutting through on foot and therefore feel more remote and the surrounding areas of Enclosed Farmland with tranquil. The character of the rivers is very Commons and Open Moorland. There are a changeable, becoming particularly dramatic when number of villages within this LCT, including Exford, they are in spate following heavy rain. The Incised Withypool, and Brompton Regis, along with Wooded River Valleys is a rich historic landscape, numerous hamlets and scattered farms, and the containing many fine bridges including Tarr Steps town of Dulverton. and Landacre Bridge, which are popular visitor The landscape comprises steep-sided, often destinations. There are notable Iron-Age defensive densely-wooded valleys. They form distinctive dark sites overlooking the valleys, and many medieval green fingers that push through the surrounding landscape features. The reservoir at Wimbleball is areas of farmland and moorland. Fast flowing rocky another popular site, and a much more recent streams tumble along valley floors, often with addition to the landscape. dramatic descents in levels. Roads often follow the There are six distinctive Landscape Character Areas courses of the rivers, and settlements are clustered (LCAs) within the LCT, each representing a different around bridges and fords.
    [Show full text]