National park proposal for English coastline

22 May 2008
 
Plans to transform England’s coastline into a giant national park have been put forward in a new government-commissioned report.

The document, released this week by Natural England, also says more needs to be done to ensure development in rural England is sustainable.

The State of the natural environment report, on which the manifesto is based, says development and transport infrastructure has meant that almost half of England’s countryside now suffers from man-made visual intrusion. The body has called for a ‘new approach’ to the way in which the natural environment is managed, and says it will ‘use its statutory position to protect the natural environment at risk from planning and transport proposals’.

Dr Helen Phillips, chief executive of Natural England, said a new strategy with conservation in mind was needed, because ‘the natural environment is increasingly under threat’.

She said: ‘We need to find ways to manage our landscape so we can help wildlife survive. Be it through a new “national park” around the length of England’s coastline, better use of the green belt, or improved use of public funding for farmers to deliver a better natural environment.’

Environment secretary, Hilary Benn, welcomed the document, and said DEFRA would work alongside Natural England to achieve its aims.

But the Campaign to Protect Rural England said the report didn’t ‘shout loudly’ enough on landscape quality and protection. Natural England said the manifesto outlined what needed to be done to set the nation on a ‘greener path’.

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