Policy information sourced from the Tandridge District Core Strategy
Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
The conservation and enhancement of the natural beauty of the landscape is of primary importance within the two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty, reflecting their national status. The principles to be followed in the area are to:
- conserve and enhance the special landscape character, heritage, distinctiveness and sense of place of the locality;
- conserve and enhance important viewpoints, protect the setting and safeguard views out of and into the AONB;
- protect prominent locations on skylines and slopes and for development to take advantage of existing landscape features and tree screening;
- support suitable located sustainable development necessary to facilitate the environmental, economic and social well being of the AONBs and their communities;
- promote access to, particularly by means other than the car, recreation within and enjoyment of the area;
- apply the highest environmental design standards to development.
The same principles will be applied in the associated Area of Great Landscape Value which will be retained for its own sake; as a buffer to the Surrey Hills AONB and to protect views from and into the AONB. The AGLV will be retained until such time as there has been a review of the AONB boundary.
For more information please see the Tandridge District Core Strategy