Last Friday we posted up the draft Special Qualities of the South Downs National Park and asked what you thought about them. I’m really chuffed that over 170 people have already responded. This really matters because these Special Qualities will be the foundation for ...

Hi. The first community workshop in Petworth on Friday managed to keep fifty people away from the pub and the TV for four hours. Not much sign of support for the chocolate box view of a National park here – the emphasis was firmly on ...

We have over 350 of you using this Forum now – and lively debates running on public transport, the rural economy, Parish Plans and so forth. As from now anyone can sign up, and it is linked it much more clearly to our main SDNPA website. ...

Eight days on from the Stanmer event and we already have over 120 people signed up online! This is a good start, but I would like to see many more joining as we get into the nitty-gritty of developing a Management Plan for the National ...

Welcome to the South Downs online forum – which we launched today to provide a platform for people to talk about their ideas for the future of the South Downs National Park. The debate will continue on Tuesday 19th July at an event for 250 people ...