Natural England invites you to have your say on proposed extensions to the Surrey Hills AONB
The Surrey Hills AONB boundary has not been reviewed since its original designation in 1958 and there have been repeated calls by local campaigners to reconsider the boundary.
Following a series of landscape evaluation studies and a formal request by the Surrey Hills AONB Board, Natural England has now started the AONB boundary review process.
Your responses to this consultation will help to inform Natural England’s decision on whether to take forward its proposals and, if so, where the boundaries should be.
Buckland sits within Evaluation Area 11 (EA11), which Natural England is referring to as Betchworth Hills and Mole Valley. When you click the link below to access the consultation documents the following tips should help you locate the sections which focus on EA11:
- area EA11 is mapped on page 4 of the “Candidate Area Maps Part 2”;
- a more detailed boundary map can be viewed on page 2 of “Boundary Maps part 3”;
- Page 161 of the Natural Beauty Report focuses on EA 11;
- Pages 15 and 45 of the Desirability Report consider EA11;
- Page 46 describes the proposed boundary within EA11.
A copy of Buckland Parish Council’s response to the consultation is available to download.
Natural England will publish a summary of the responses following the end of the consultation period. The deadline for responses is 13th June 2023.