The National Park Authority is helping to support the next generation of building conservationists. Young people from across Sussex took part in a Heritage Skills Taster Day at Weald & Downland Living Museum, gaining hands-on experience in traditional building crafts vital to the future of conservation.  Funded by the South Downs National Park Authority, the […]

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 […]

We catch up with Alison Fordham, Executive Support Officer for Tim Slaney, the Director of Planning at the National Park Authority. Three words that sum up your job? Only three? Impossible! What’s your role? I’m the Executive Support Officer for Tim Slaney, the Director of Planning. I form part of the Executive Support Team and […]

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 […]

The future of a 17th century listed barn has been secured and a new public right of way will be created as part of a farm redevelopment in the National Park. The Planning Committee voted to grant approval to plans for a new farmyard at Grace’s Farm, Martyr Worthy, to help secure the future of […]