Sussex Downs Conservation Board was an English local government organisation based in East and West Sussex to promote and manage the Sussex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. In March 2010 the status of the AONB was revoked and the management of the Sussex Downs AONB was merged with the

East Hampshire AONB East Hampshire Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) in England was designated in 1962. The designation was revoked in March 2010, together with the neighbouring Sussex Downs AONB, upon the establishment of the South Downs National Park. T ...

under the South Downs Joint Committee pending the formation of a national park authority.South Downs National Park's planning 'balancing act'
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South Downs National Park The South Downs National Park is England's newest national park, designated on 31 March 2010. The park, covering an area of in southern England, stretches for from Winchester in the west to Eastbourne in the east through the counties of Hamp ...

was established under the South Downs National Park Authority.

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