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    Jun 30, 2021 6 minutes
    Edited by Carla Passino

    Green, pleasant and now protected

    CHESHIRE’S majestic Sandstone Ridge and the chalk hills and dry valleys of the Yorkshire Wolds could soon become England’s latest Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Natural England has put forward proposals to designate the two places and expand the existing Surrey Hills and Chilterns AONBs, as well as providing funds to farmers and landowners within protected countryside to help them improve the environment and boost public access.

    It is part of the Government’s response to Julian Glover’s 2019 review on National Parks and AONBs (‘Our national pride and joy’, May 29, 2019), which indicted the system for being too ‘fragmented’. The plan goes a long way towards meeting a commitment to protect 30% of the land by 2030, according to Environment Secretary George Eustice, as it will deliver 40% of the almost 990,000 acres required to achieve the target. It will also help preserve a greater number of the country’s most beautiful landscapes for the future—another Government objective.

    ‘It delivers 40% of the almost 900,000 acres required to achieve

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