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ARCHIVE: Key documents

The Secretary of State’s decision on 12 November 2009 was accompanied by the following documents:

• The South Downs Hearing Report - 28 August 2009 (PDF KB)
• The Secretary of State's Decision Letter - 12 November 2009 (PDF KB)

Documents previously released

A number of relevant documents have previously been made available - either at local authority offices (PDF 26KB) in the South Downs area throughout the consultation periods or on the Defra website (or both):

South Downs Inquiry Report - 28 November 2008 comprising:

• Volume 1 (PDF 555 KB)

• Volume 2 (maps)
• Additions (PDF 5.58 MB, large file size)
• Deletions (PDF 4.68 MB, large file size)
• Addendum to Inspector’s report (PDF 386 KB)
  • Map of area (PDF 714 KB)

• A schedule of the additional areas recommended for inclusion (PDF 22KB) with maps:

  • Prospective Addition 1: Alice Holt Forest (PDF 705 KB)
  • Prospective Addition 2: Plumpton (PDF 409 KB)
  • Prospective Addition 3: Roedean Crescent (PDF 175 KB)
  • Prospective Addition 4: Patcham Recreation Ground (PDF 199 KB)
  • Prospective Addition 5: Castle Goring/East of Titnore Lane (PDF 455 KB)
  • Prospective Addition 6: A27 embankment (PDF 1.04 MB)

• Natural England’s “Statement of impacts of the Meyrick case and the relevant provisions contained in the NERC Act 2006 on the South Downs National Park designation process” (PDF 76 KB)

• Maps showing the possible alternative boundary line from north of Petersfield running east across to Pulborough, as produced by Natural England

• Defra’s letter inviting Natural England to produce a proposal for a possible alternative boundary from north of Petersfield running east across to Pulborough (PDF 25 KB)

South Downs Inquiry report - 31 March 2006, comprising:

• Volume 1 (PDF 2.5 MB, large file size) and Defra note (PDF 14 KB)

• Volume 2 (PDF 1.75 MB, large file size)

• Volume 3 and Defra note (PDF 13 KB)

• Addendum to Inspectors Report (PDF 7MB, very large file size)

• Schedule of the additional areas recommended for inclusion (PDF 33 KB), with maps

• NERC Act 2006, sections 59 and 99 (PDF 16 KB)

• Meyrick Judgements (PDF 112 KB)

  • Revised conditions for National Parks (PDF 13 KB)

  • Court of Appeal Judgement (PDF 1.6 MB)

• Consultant's report on the possible alternative boundary from north of Petersfield running east across to Pulborough (PDF 184 KB)

• Natural England's brief to consultants, commissioning possible alternative boundary from north of Petersfield running east across to Pulborough (PDF 83 KB)

Page last modified: 16 November 2009
Page published: 31 March 2009

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