Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
The Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Management Plan 2011 - 2016
The Vision
The Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty Partnership’s 20-year vision for the landscape is:
• For the Cornwall AONB to be recognised as nationally important, valued and protected for the long term and with equal status to a National Park
• For the Cornwall AONB to remain as diverse and
distinctive landscapes, respected and protected so that
future generations benefit from its natural beauty and
unique character
• For the strategic economic and social benefits that these
protected landscapes bring to be fully recognised so that the
landscape’s importance is always integrated into planning,
policy and development decisions
• For all the characteristics that make up the AONB
landscape – scenic beauty, biodiversity, geology, history
and culture – to be fully understood and respected
• For our protected landscapes to be conserved and
enhanced through only appropriate social and economic
development
• For all sectors of society to be aware of the protected
landscape’s value and the AONB designation’s national
and local significance
• For communities within the AONB to be vibrant and
sustainable, with a strong sense of identity, appreciating
and championing their own local landscape
• For the AONB to encourage sensitive tourism, thriving
farming, food and forestry, a low carbon economy, a biodiverse
landscape, the protection of historic landscapes,
well-managed rivers, estuaries, coast & marine environments
and well-connected green infrastructure & transport systems
• For the landscape and its natural resources to be
sustainably and sensitively managed to respond to a rapidly
changing world.