Efforts to create a huge new wildlife haven in the South Downs National Park through private investment are well under way. Over 50 hectares of the Iford Estate – or 80 football pitches – have now been formally dedicated to nature restoration, thanks to two groundbreaking legal agreements with the National Park Authority. Iford has […]

By Tim Slaney, Director of Planning at South Downs National Park Authority Core and Balance.  No, I’m not talking about pilates or yoga.  Rather, these two words could be used to sum up sound planning, especially at a time of such change.  Whether it’s the global geopolitics, our own economic challenges as we seek to […]