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Colin White Chilterns AONB Planning Officer. ‘The Impact of Development and Planning Policies on AONBs’ Local Challenges and Opportunities. Introduction. Today Tomorrow The Route. Today. CBDG Prepared late 1990s Adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance to cover about 90% of AONB
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Colin White Chilterns AONB Planning Officer
‘The Impact of Development and Planning Policies on AONBs’ Local Challenges and Opportunities
Introduction • Today • Tomorrow • The Route
Today CBDG • Prepared late 1990s • Adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance to cover about 90% of AONB • Cited in many planning decisions and used at appeal
Today CBDG • Development mostly acceptable • Wide acceptance • Wide and increasing use • Problem – incremental damage caused by PD
Tomorrow • Move from acceptable to exceptional • Greater degree of acceptance of CBDG • More consistent approach to design & use of materials in Development Plans
The Route • CBDG • Technical Notes • Farm Buildings DG • Education • Awards • Statutory Guidance • Even greater acceptance
The Route Technical Notes • Flint, Brick, Tiles and • Farm Buildings • All result from the need to fill gaps in the main Design Guide with more detail • Greater weight if adopted as SPG
The Route Education • Workshops • Schools • Awareness raising and education (Councils particularly)
The Route Design Awards • Has run for 5 years to promote good design • Increasing focus on materials and workmanship and excellence • Variety of winners – village hall, conversions and extensions and artist’s studio • Mostly residential
The Route Statutory Guidance • More & better guidance at National level Even Greater Acceptance • By Councils • SPG • New Local Development Documents
Tomorrow never comes…… Perhaps we are looking back for the future……