Decision

Officers had collaborated through the High
Weald AONB Joint Authority Committee (JAC) to review and update the
2019-2024 Management Plan. Partner organisations comprised 15
County / Borough / District Councils (including Tandridge) who were
authorised to act by the High Weald Management Board. The Plan
sought to maintain a policy framework for the conservation and
management of the High Weald for the next five years, with detailed
guidance to inform planning policies and decisions.
 
The Committee was informed about the public
consultation process which underpinned the review, with input by
the above authorities and Parish Councils within the AONB (now
redefined as a ‘National Landscape’) boundary; various
public bodies; local interest groups and individual members of the
public. The Plan had also been the subject of Strategic
Environmental and Habitat Regulations
Assessments.  
 
Adoption by all partnership Local Authorities
by the end of June 2024 would allow the Management Plan and its
supporting documents to be submitted to the Secretary of State
for  approval. The Management Plan would
then become the formal policy of all members of the
partnership.
 
In response to a Member question, it was
confirmed that TDC had paid its annual subscription to the JAC for
the coming year. 
 

           
R E S O L V E D – that the High Weald AONB
Management Plan 2024-2029, attached at Appendix A to the report, be
adopted.