Management Strategy 2004-2009

This Management Strategy has been prepared by the Dedham Vale and Stour Valley Joint Advisory Committee (JAC), on behalf of the local authorities of the Dedham Vale AONB and Stour Valley. It will act as a guiding framework for maintaining the special qualities of the area.

Section 89 of Part IV of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 set out a new requirement for relevant local authorities: to prepare a management plan for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and to act jointly to produce this.

The local authorities who together cover the Dedham Vale ANOB – Essex County Council, Suffolk County Council, Babergh District Council, Colchester Borough Council, St Edmundsbury Borough Council, Braintree District Council and Tendring District Council – agreed that the JAC (with the Dedham Vale and Stour Valley Countryside Project) should produce the strategy on their behalf.

The JAC took the decision to produce the Management Strategy for the whole of the Stour Valley area that is covered by them.

The Strategy production process has brought together a wide range of other key partners. It marks the first time that they have come together to agree on policy guidance for the AONB and Stour Valley. The Strategy will have a lifetime of five years (2004-2009) and the accompanying Action Plan will be monitored and updated annually.

The Management Strategy can be downloaded below in four sections:

1. Management Strategy - Introduction
2. Management Strategy - Vision, Issues and Polices
3. Management Strategy -  Monitoring and Review
4. Action Plan

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