Chinnor housing proposal rejected
Date: 14th November 2023
A recent planning appeal decision for up to 150 dwellings on the northern edge of Chinnor has been refused.
News for Planning & development
Chilterns Conservation Board responds to National Planning Consultations
Date: 10th October 2023
The CCB responds to two national planning consultations over the summer, working with the National Association for AONBs.
Introducing our new Mend the Gap Programme Manager, Ruth Staples-Rolfe
Date: 04th April 2023
We’re pleased to welcome a new Programme Manager who will take the Mend the Gap project forwards, Ruth Staples-Rolfe. Mend the Gap aims to deliver projects and schemes to reduce and compensate for the visual harm done to the Chilterns and North Wessex Downs AONBs by the electrification of the Great Western main line....
Earth Trust launches Growing Places project with Mend the Gap funding
Date: 28th February 2023
We’re delighted to be supporting the Earth Trust to work with Oxfordshire employment charity ‘Aspire’, on a project to bring those at risk of homelessness and disadvantage closer to nature. Recent data shows that if a person is unemployed, living in an area of high deprivation or has a low income, they are significantly less...
Innovative groundwater flooding project launched in the Chiltern Hills
Date: 14th February 2023
In the Chiltern Hills and Berkshire Downs, almost 200 communities and 70,000 properties are at risk of groundwater flooding. Due to groundwater flooding typically affecting small rural communities, it can be hard for people to support one another. It also means that groundwater flooding often fails to qualify for flood management funding.
Chilterns AONB Boundary Review Update January 2023
Date: 20th January 2023
LUC are delighted to have been commissioned by Natural England to review the boundary of the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), as part of Natural England’s Landscape Designation Programme. This project will assess natural beauty and the desirability of extension of the AONB around the whole boundary.