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Below is a host of downloadable guidance that provide useful and practical information on various aspects of landscape management of the Kent Downs and other relevant publications and plans.

Management guidance

Farm Diversification Toolkit (PDF, 3 MB)
Kent Downs AONB Farmstead Guidance (PDF, 1 MB)
Landscape Design Handbook (PDF, 5 MB)
Managing Land for Horses (PDF, 1 MB)
Rural Streets and Lanes a Design Handbook (PDF, 8 MB)

Land Managers Pack – by chapter

Chalk Grassland (PDF, 4 MB)
Heathland (PDF, 2 MB)
Hedgerows (PDF, 2 MB)
Marshland (PDF, 4 MB)
Meadow Grassland (PDF, 2 MB)
Ponds (PDF, 3 MB)
Rivers (PDF, 4 MB)
Woodland (PDF, 3 MB)

Orchards management guidance

Grafting and Budding for Traditional Orchards (PDF, 682 KB)
Planning Traditional Orchard Leaflet (PDF, 467 KB)
Restoring a Traditional Orchard (PDF, 669 KB)

Woodlands management guidance

Ancient Woodland Restoration in the Kent Downs AONB (PDF, 3 MB)
Coppicing in the Kent Downs AONB (PDF, 2 MB)
Managing Chalara Ash Dieback in the Kent Downs AONB (PDF, 499 KB)
Wild Deer in the Kent Downs AONB (PDF, 3 MB)
Woodland Archaeology of the Kent Downs AONB (PDF, 874 KB)

Publications and plans

Planning protocolManagement PlanFind out the vision for this special landscape, the policies to address key threats and have your say on the current management plan review.Save Management Plan to favourites
Landscape Character AssessmentLandscape Character Assessment 2020Save Landscape Character Assessment 2020 to favourites
Action Plan (PDF, 233 KB)
So Much More Than the View Publication (PDF, 6 MB)

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