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AONB Outstanding Information Leaflets

Outstanding new information leaflets for local businesses and visitor attractions have just been released. The leaflets cut through cross county boarders and enable us to celebrate this beautiful and distinctive area by uniting the region and celebrating our hard working, independent businesses; those who have held a dream, gone on to take a risk and now need the local community to support them.

The sister leaflet titled “Our Outstanding Natural Playground” serves as a visitor information leaflet and map for the AONB. This provides detail on landscape character and why this region has been classified as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

In October the AONB will be holding an “I’m and Outstanding Shopper” campaign, more details of this will follow, although any business wanting to get involved should contact us. You can download the leaflets here or pick up a copy for car at most farm shops, independant shops or libraries locally.

Our Outstanding Natural Playground

25/06/2008

Download: Our Outstanding Natural Playground (PDF, 1095kB)

Our Outstanding Local Enterprises

25/06/2008

Download: Our Outstanding Local Enterprises (PDF, 984kB)

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Articles for Sale

Parish Map Artwork Available for Sale
Last year celebrated the 50th Aniversary of the designation of the very first AONB in England. As part of the celebrations we commissioned Wiltshire Artist Angela Rawson to design and paint a pictorial map of our AONB. Here we have reproduced it (a little poorly we add) and these are available for purchase by contacting the office.

The large A1 prints (84x60cm) maps are available for purchase for £8.00 unframed or framed in an antique pine finish frame with a Perspex panel for £38.00. Alternatively A2 sized prints (42x60cm) are £4.50 unframed and £25.00 framed. (P&P at addtional cost).

Pictorial Parish Map

01/05/2007

The large A1 prints (84x60cm) maps are available for purchase for £8.00 unframed or framed in an antique pine finish frame with a Perspex panel for £38.00. Alternatively A2 sized prints (42x60cm) are £4.50 unframed and £25.00 framed. (P&P at addtional cost).

Download: parish map (PDF, 431kB)

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Fact Sheets and Good Practice Notes

Policies for the AONB in Local Plans and Local Development Frameworks

02/07/2008

Download: Local Plan & LDF Fact Sheet & Good Practice Notes No2 (PDF, 88kB)

Download: Section 85 Fact Sheet & Good Practice Notes No1 (PDF, 82kB)

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Local Action for Rural Communities (LARC) - Documents to Download

The new Rural Development Programme for England (2007-2013) is jointly funded by the European Union and the UK government and includes funding for ‘Local Action for Rural Communities’. Previous local Leader+ programmes included Chalk and Cheese and Sustain the Plain. The AONB team in partnership with North Dorset District Council have taken this opportunity to apply using the expanded boundaries as the proposed area. An Expression of Interest was submitted at the end of January.

If successful, the Cranborne Chase & West Wiltshire Downs LAG would fund
projects that would enhance the rural quality of life and diversification of the rural economy across the AONB.

The budget for Local Action in the South West region is £28 million over 6 years which could fund between 6 and 20 groups in the South West. You can take a look at some of the resulting information contained within the bid here and if you would like further information in general on this then please contact either Anne Carney or Linda Nunn at the AONB office. Further news will be detailed as we know more.

LARC Bid - Maps of proposed Area

Download: MAP 1: LARC Bid Area with Parishes and Market Towns (jpg, 597kB)

Download: MAP 2: Proposed LARC Bid Area (jpg, 870kB)

Download: Key to MAP 1: Parish and Market Towns Map (PDF, 17kB)

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Local Action for Rural Communities (LARC) - Links

Dorset Local Area Agreement - The LAA gives the County Council and its partners in Dorset greater freedoms and flexibility in how we deliver the priorities identified in Dorset's Community Strategy.

East Dorset Community Strategy - The strategy aims to be a living document, responding to new Town and Parish Plans, community consultations, issues emerging at a Dorset level through the Dorset Strategic Partnership, and changing government policies.

Evaluation of Community Planning in North Dorset

Nadder Valley Community Plan

Mere Community Plan

Shaftesbury & Distirct Task Force Ltd - The Shaftesbury District Task Force was set up in 2001 as a Community Partnership that could serve as a focus for the delivery of a community plan for the area.

Shaping our Future - Community Strategy for Dorset 2007-16

SturQuest Community Partnership - SturQuest is the community company for Sturminster Newton and its surrounding area. It was established, and is run by, volunteers with the aims of influencing and encouraging the way the town evolves over the coming years.

Three Rivers Community Partnership - a community partnership which aims to bring the communities in and around Gillingham together to plan for the future and to make that plan happen

Vision Wimborne - Vision Wimborne is a charity aiming to improve life for people living in Wimborne Minster and surrounding areas.

Wiltshire Local Area Agreement - agreement between Wiltshire and Government on the delivery of partnership arrangements to the benefit of service delivery, overseen by WISB, Wiltshire’s strategic Board