Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

NATIONAL PARKS AND ACCESS TO THE COUNTRYSIDE ACT 1949

SOUTH DOWNS NATIONAL PARK (DESIGNATION) ORDER 2002

Notice is hereby given that Mr Robert Neil Parry, BA DipTP MRTPI, an Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, will open, at 2.00 pm on 10 November 2003 at the Assembly Hall, Stoke Abbot Road, Worthing, West Sussex, a local inquiry for the purpose of hearing objections and representations that have been submitted relating to the above-mentioned Order. The inquiry will also hear objections to Orders revoking the East Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Sussex Downs Area of Oustanding Natural Beauty, and comments on whether a National Park Authority is appropriate and, if so, how might it best be established and operate. Following the opening day, the inquiry will continue at the Chatsworth Hotel, Steyne, Worthing, West Sussex. Nigel Buchan BA (Hons), MLA (Harvard), MLI has been appointed as Assessor on boundary matters. Contact point at the Department—Gillian Lewisohn, Countryside (Recreation and Landscape) Division, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6EB. Telephone 0117 3728532.