Natural Parks and Access to the Countryside

The Countryside Agency

COUNTRYSIDE AND RIGHTS OF WAY ACT 2000

DRAFT SOUTH HAMPSHIRE COAST AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY (REVOCATION) ORDER

AREAS OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY

Notice is hereby given that under its powers contained in sections 82 and 83(7) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, the Countryside Agency intend to make an Order revoking the South Hampshire Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (Designation) Order 1967. The Order would revoke the designation of an area of approximately 77 square kilometres in the county of Hampshire as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The area was designated by the National Parks Commission by Order dated 30 May 1967 and confirmed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government on 18 December 1967. The area would fall wholly within the proposed New Forest National Park, if designated, and it is not appropriate that both designations should apply to it. Revoking the AONB Order is therefore a procedural necessity, should a New Forest National Park Designation Order be made and confirmed. The Countryside Agency will only make this Revocation Order if it decides to make a Designation Order for a New Forest National Park. The Agency will only then apply to the Secretary of State to confirm this Order if she intends to confirm the Designation Order for the New Forest National Park. The Revocation Order and Designation Order would be confirmed simultaneously, so there would be no time when the area was not designated. The procedure requires that the draft AONB Revocation Order be advertised first. Copies of the Draft Revocation Order may be inspected, free of charge, at the following locations: The Countryside Agency, John Dower House, Crescent Place, Cheltenham GL50 3RA, between the hours of 9.00 am and 5.00 pm, Monday to Friday. Hampshire County Council, Planning Department (Reception), Ashburton Court West, The Castle, Winchester, Hampshire SO23 8UJ, between the hours of 9.00 am and 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday. New Forest District Council, Planning Reception, Appletree Court, Lyndhurst, Hampshire SO43 7PA, between the hours of 8.45 am and 7.15 pm, Monday to Thursday and 8.45 am to 4.45 pm on Friday. Any person who wishes to make an objection or representation concerning the draft Order should write to Sarah Lloyd, The Countryside Agency, Dacre House, 19 Dacre Street, London SW1H 0DH, stating the grounds of their objection or representation. Such objections or representations should arrive no later than 10 December 2001. For enquiries relating to this notice, please telephone 020 7340 2991. R Wakeford, Chief Executive The Countryside Agency 8 November 2001.