Introduction - Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Cotswolds AONB Management Plan 2013-2018
Introduction
The Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Management Plan 2013-18
has three closely interrelated functions.
Firstly, it is the statutory plan which sets out the
Cotswolds Conservation Board’s (“the Board”) policies
for the management of the Cotswolds AONB and for the
carrying out of its functions in relation to it. 1 The actions
the Board itself will take to deliver the Plan’s objectives
are set out in the Board’s three-year rolling business
plan.
Secondly, it informs public bodies of the means by which
they can demonstrate compliance with their statutory
duty to “have regard to” the purpose of designation of
the AONB when undertaking their functions. 2
Thirdly, it guides the engagement of public bodies,
landowners, businesses and individuals in the
management of the AONB. It includes information
regarding available and potential delivery mechanisms.
The types of actions the Board would encourage others
to take individually or in partnership with others,
including the Board, to deliver the Plan, are set out
in the Engagement section (see p67).
This statutory plan has significant weight in influencing
the wide range of future decisions that will affect the
AONB. It will operate alongside other statutory plans and
programmes and a wide range of other national and
local initiatives. The Board will seek formal recognition of
the Plan as a “material consideration” in adopted Core
Strategies/Local Plans and Neighbourhood Planning
documents.
Golden Thread
CCB Business
Plan
(what the CCB
will do)
Legislation
National
Policy and
Guidance
Vision
Objectives
(what we want to
be achieved)
Policies
(agreed principles
to guide decisions
and actions)
Delivery
mechanisms
Management Plan elements
The Management Plan is structured along a simple
‘Golden Thread’ that builds on the Vision and is based
on its statutory purpose and arrived at by consultation.
Engagement
(What needs to be
done by others)
1. Section 89, Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 as amended
by the NERC Act 2006
2. Section 85, Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
Implementation of the plan will be monitored and
evaluated by the Board. An assessment of achievements
will be provided as part of the Board’s annual report.
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