Core Functions

a) Developing reviewing, preparing and publishing the AONB vision and the CRoW Act AONB Management Plan
 
b) Raising awareness of the AONB, and promoting the AONB vision and the management plan to help distinguish the AONB from adjacent countryside
 
c) Advising upon, facilitating and co-ordinating implementation by others of the Management Plan
 
d) Advising Local Authorities on their activities within  AONBs, to encourage them to go beyond normal levels of service(attain the highest possible standards) in countryside management
 
e) Monitoring and reporting on progress against AONB Management Plan targets
 
f) Monitoring AONB landscape condition
 
g) Accessing resources for management activities
 
h) Working with and contributing to the NAAONB activities, Participating in and promoting joint working between AONBs and across protected landscapes family.
 
i) Providing a management role to co-ordinate AONB protection through the actions of the AONB unit, the AONB partnership and other partners at a local and strategic level.
 
j) Developing an involvement by the community in the management of the AONB
 
k)  Providing  landscape related planning advice