A new campaign encouraging people to look differently at the South Downs National Park and think about their journey as part of the adventure is being unveiled in Winchester, Brighton & Eastbourne this February. “Not many people can say they have a 1,600km2 back garden,” says Andrew Lee, Director of Strategy and Partnerships for the […]

Students researching any subject relating to the South Downs are being given the chance to share their work at the National Park’s second annual student conference. Tanya Rowan, who leads on research for the South Downs National Park Authority, said: “Any current student from Foundation level through to Masters or PhD can submit a presentation […]

£450,000 additional funding is being invested in improving a popular cycling route from Brighton into the South Downs National Park, the Department for Transport has announced today, 5 February 2015. The money comes from the national Cycling Ambition Fund and will extend the scope of ‘Transforming Cycling in the South Downs National Park’ an existing […]

The SDNPA Planning Committee’s decision to refuse permission for erection of up to 230 dwellings at Causeway Farm, Petersfield has been upheld by the Planning Inspector. Rob Ainslie, Development Manager for the South Downs National Park Authority, said: “Its great news that the Inspector has agreed with our decision to refuse this application at Causeway […]

On 26 January 2015 Energy Minister Amber Rudd announced during a House of Commons Debate that the Government would remove the provision that shale gas exploration would be allowed in national parks in “exceptional circumstances”. Instead, she announced, there will be an outright ban “on fracking in national parks, sites of special scientific interest and […]

New evidence that will support  the Local Plan for the National Park is being published online this week with more to follow over the next few months. The Local Plan  will set out for the first time how the National Park Authority will manage development in order to meet its responsibilities to conserve the landscapes […]