The Management Plan
The Cotswolds National Landscape Board has a statutory duty to prepare a management plan for the Cotswolds National Landscape, and review it at intervals of no more than five years.
The Management Plan contains a comprehensive summary of the key issues facing the Cotswolds National Landscape, and the management policies and actions needed to conserve and enhance this special place. It is a keystone piece of work which is central to everything we do as an organisation.
The Board adopted the Cotswolds National Landscape Management Plan 2025-2030 on 25 February 2025, following a review of the 2023-2025 Management Plan and an extensive consultation. Please use the link below to download the Management Plan.
Although the Board is the body responsible for preparing and publishing the Management Plan and will play an important role in its delivery, the success of that delivery is also dependent on a wide range of stakeholders. As such, the policies of the Management Plan are also intended to guide the work of these stakeholders in helping to deliver the Management Plan’s vision and outcomes.
Links and downloads
Below is the download link to the undesigned version of the Management Plan. This is being made publicly available whilst the designed version is being developed. A concise version will also be designed and published.
Strategic Environmental Assessment and Habitats Regulations Assessment
As part of the process for producing the Management Plan, the Board commissioned a Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Environmental Report and a Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) Screening Report of the Management Plan.
The SEA report concluded that:
“There is nothing in the Management Plan that will undermine the special qualities of the Cotswolds. Implementation of the proposed Management Plan will have environmental and sustainability benefits for the National Landscape.”.
The HRA Screening Report concluded:
“That no policy areas would have a Likely Significant Effect on any National Sites.”
“There is no requirement to undertake an Appropriate Assessment under the Habitat Regulations.”
Both reports can be downloaded using the links below: