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A/SAONB - Management Plan Review
Draft Vision Statements





Much work has already been completed in carrying out the Statutory Review of the Arnside and Silverdale AONB Management Plan 2004 - 2009. There have been three Executive meetings since July, and the Review has figured heavily in the agenda of every one of those meetings. There have also been several meetings of both the Technical Officer Group and the Executive Committee Review sub-group.

Early work has concentrated on establishing the validity of the vision statements as they stood in the existing Management Plan, and what needed to be changed for the plan to remain relevant and effective over the five years from 2009 - 2014 and indeed beyond that as the Visions are intended to look forward over at least twenty years.

The original plan contained an Overall vision statement and eight theme visions. Since publication of the Plan in 2004, it had become obvious that we had missed developing Objectives regarding Sustainability and Renewable Energy. In 2005 the Executive Committee sought to address some of that omission with the adoption of a statemenmt on energy conservation and renewables. It was clear that the review of the Plan would result in the inclusion of a new section to set out the AONB wide responce to these important issues.

There was also a recogniton that the original plan had not really devoted much attention to the imposing seascape of Morecambe Bay. It was felt that the existing Plan was rather weak in the way it addressed the issues of the coastal and marine management. The AONB incorporates a large area of inter-tidal habitat and almost a third of the AONB is part of Morecambe Bay and it is now important that the review takes up this challenge. This is made ever more important by the progress of the UK Government's Marine Bill which is charting the waters of Parliament at the present time.

The revised Overall vision is shown below, while lower down, there is a link that take you to a presentation which sets out all of the adopted visions.


1. Overall Vision for the Arnside and Silverdale AONB

The Arnside and Silverdale AONB is a distinctive and living landscape, rich in wildlife. Each element of the intimate landscape mosaic of low limestone hills, woodland, wetland, pastures, limestone pavements, extensive intertidal mudflats, coastal scenery and distinctive settlements that characterise the area are conserved, enjoyed and cherished by all who live, work or visit the Area.

The high quality landscape and wildlife diversity supports and is supported by a vibrant rural economy and strong diverse local communities.

Forces for change, including the threats posed by climate change, demand for development, agricultural change and other pressures are sensitively and effectively managed in the AONB, in ways that integrate the sustainability of local communities with the conservation and enhancement of this internationally important landscape and its wildlife.


Management Plan Presentation -
The Revised adopted Visions

Click this link to take you to the agreed AONB Visions Document . This document sets out the initial version of the visions that were established early in the review process and follows the process adopted to complete the revision and refinement of the visions. It then comncludes with the vision statements which were presented to the AONB Executive Committee at their January meeting. These vision statements were adopted and the extent of the Management Plan review was agreed. The information relating to the Executive Meeting is set out in the
Extent of the review report and the AONB Executive - Decision Paper.

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