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...
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.
Did you know hedges were used as living fences, marking ownership and keeping animals in or out of a field? However, over time, gaps in the hedgerows develop allowing animals to escape or trample crops. For years this has been managed with a technique called hedge laying, which involves cutting each stem and laying it down...
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.
We’re delighted to announce that we’ve published our Chilterns Conservation Board Annual Review 2021-22. The review includes key information about the Board and updates on its projects and events.
Chilterns Conservation Board welcomes publication of the Government’s response to the Landscapes Review
