Dear All
You are invited to the meeting of the Parish Council on Monday 28 April to help inform the Parish Council’s response to the request received below from the National Trust.
The session will start at 07:30 and you are welcome to stay for the whole meeting or leave after this session.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Regards on behalf of the Parish Council
Clerk
07951 105801
The National Trust are seeking feedback as per the covering email below regarding the attached document: Ashridge Estate Monument Drive Commons Consent Letter
Good morning,
As a local Parish Council to Ashridge Estate and Aldbury Common (CL073), we would like to detail some changes we plan to make along Monument Drive at Ashridge Estate as part of our Protecting Our Roots project to protect the long-term future of the special landscape.
As you will be aware from previous discussion, we have been developing plans for an Interim Car Park to be constructed at Meadley’s Meadow (just south of the existing Visitor Centre) which will allow us to close the parking areas along the grass verges of Monument Drive where the Special Area of Conservation (SAC) is being damaged through the intensity of use. Removing cars from these areas will allow us to commence a process of restoration for the verges so we can ultimately seek to reinstate high quality acid grassland in these locations.
Part of these proposals is the installation of a permanent low-rail fence along the length of Monument Drive to control parking on the grass verges and protect the SAC. As Monument Drive is within the boundary of Aldbury Common, we are seeking commons consent from Defra to undertake the work and wish to consult with interested parties as part of the application process. Please find attached a letter detailing our proposals. We welcome any comments about these plans ahead of submitting the commons consent application in May.