Regional Planning
The South East Plan is the governments planning policies that cover our region. The Plan covers the whole range of planning issues but includes specific policy for AONB 's:
POLICY C3: AREAS OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY
High priority will be given to conservation and enhancement of natural beauty in the region’s Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) and planning decisions should have regard to their setting. Proposals for development should be considered in that context. Positive land management policies should be developed to sustain the areas’ landscape quality. In drafting local development documents, local planning authorities should have regard to statutory AONB Management Plans.
In considering proposals for development, the emphasis should be on small-scale proposals that are sustainably located and designed. Proposals which support the economies and social well being of the AONBs and their communities, including affordable housing schemes, will be encouraged provided that they do not conflict with the aim of conserving and enhancing natural beauty.
This sets the regional level aims for how AONBs should be considered in the planning system, but each local authority will have its own local policy as well. For more detail on the South East Plan please see the following links:
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