Part IV Areas of outstanding natural beauty

I190 Supplementary provisions relating to management plans.

1

A conservation board or relevant local authority which is proposing to publish, adopt or review any plan under section 89 shall—

a

give notice of the proposal—

i

if the area of outstanding natural beauty is in England, to F1Natural EnglandF2...,

ii

if the area of outstanding natural beauty is in Wales, to the F3NRBW, and

iii

in the case of a conservation board, to every local authority whose area is wholly or partly comprised in the area of outstanding natural beauty,

b

send a copy of the plan, together (where appropriate) with any proposed amendments of the plan, to every body to which notice of the proposal is required to be given by paragraph (a), and

c

take into consideration any observations made by any such body.

F41A

In the case of an area of outstanding natural beauty in Wales, a conservation board or relevant local authority which is proposing to publish, adopt or review any plan under section 89 must have regard to—

a

the state of natural resources report published under section 8 of the Environment (Wales) Act 2016, F5...

b

any area statement published under section 11 of that Act for an area that includes all or part of the area of outstanding natural beauty F6, and

c

the sustainable land management report published under section 6 of the Agriculture (Wales) Act 2023.

2

A conservation board or relevant local authority shall send to the Secretary of State or the National Assembly for Wales a copy of every plan, notice or report which they are required to publish under section 89.

F72A

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision—

a

requiring a plan under section 89 relating to an area of outstanding natural beauty in England to contribute to the meeting of any target set under Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Environment Act 2021;

b

setting out how such a plan must contribute to the meeting of such targets;

c

setting out how a plan under section 89 relating to an area of outstanding natural beauty in England must further the purpose of conserving and enhancing the natural beauty of that area.

3

In this section “relevant local authority” has the same meaning as in section 89.