AONB Designation History

The combined history of the North and South Devon AONBs, reproduced below with his permission, was written by Ray Woolmore, who was a Senior Planning Officer with the Countryside Commission/Agency from 1968-99. He is currently a National Association of Areas of...

Campaigning for Protection

Over recent months the chair and three members of the Society approached Sarah Wollaston (MP for Totnes) about planning permissions which were being granted for sites in AONBs but which seemed contrary to government policy. Our concerns were similar to those raised at...