2 weeks left to shape the AONB Management Plan 2025-2030
Partnership seeks your views on the future for Cannock Chase National Landscape
We need your views by no later than 27th January 2025
This consultation is seeking your views on the priorities for protecting and managing Cannock Chase National Landscape over the next five years.
Please note this is different to the Staffordshire County Council “Future of our green spaces” survey which is asking people for their views on the authority’s planned investment to Marquis Drive Visitor Centre, Chasewater Innovation Centre and Staffordshire Way.
Cannock Chase is a nationally and internationally important landscape. It was designated as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in 1958, one of 46 in the UK designated to conserve and enhance their natural beauty.
A new draft Management Plan has been produced for the area. This is the fifth edition of the Management Plan, and sets out our vision and ambitions for the National Landscape for 2025-2030. It takes account of the key issues facing the Chase, the condition of the area’s special qualities, the concerns and priorities of local people, as well as the Government’s ambitions for England’s National Landscapes and National Parks to do more for nature, climate, people and place.
The programme of work we have set out will drive forward nature recovery, help to address the impacts of climate change, reinforce the Chase’s distinctive sense of place and protect its rich heritage, and make sure that all who use the Chase feel welcome and can enjoy their activities with no harm coming to this outstanding landscape.
It is important that we get this right and we want people to give us their views. In particular we welcome your views on:
- Our ambitions for Cannock Chase – are these realistic and achievable? Could we do more?
- What needs to be done – have we identified the right policies and actions to deliver for Cannock Chase and conserve and enhance its natural beauty?
The online survey and all the additional information and documents you require to fill in the survey can be found here.
Please respond by no later than 27th January 2025.
Please feel free to share the link with everyone you know.
Thank you for participating in our survey. Your feedback is important.
