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34-664: Rendcomb is a village in the Cotswold local authority area of the English county of Gloucestershire . It is about five miles north of Cirencester in the Churn Valley . Rendcomb is thought to get its name from the stream running through the small valley or coomb which lies south of the village. The stream which flows into the Churn , was called Hrindan Broc in 852 AD, with the modern name of Rendcomb deriving from Hrindan + coomb . In 1086

68-564: A fierce fight by conservationists. The subsequent development, known as Falmer Stadium , was officially opened in July 2011. The Weymouth Relief Road in Dorset was constructed between 2008 and 2011, after environmental groups lost a High Court challenge to prevent its construction. Writing in 2006, Professor Adrian Phillips listed threats facing AONBs, which he says include uncertainty over future support for land management, increasing development pressures,

102-589: A football stadium in the Sussex Downs AONB , and, larger than any other, a £1 billion plan by Imperial College London to build thousands of houses and offices on hundreds of acres of AONB land on the Kent Downs at Wye . In September 2007 government approval was finally given for the development of a new football ground for Brighton and Hove Albion within the boundaries of the Sussex Downs AONB, after

136-612: A population of 139,000 in 2016. Eighty per cent of the district lies within the River Thames catchment area, with the Thames itself and several tributaries including the River Windrush and River Leach running through the district. Lechlade is an important point on the river as the upstream limit of navigation. In the 2007 floods in the UK , rivers were the source of flooding of 53 per cent of

170-421: A third tier of local government. The council has been under Liberal Democrat majority control since the 2019 election . The first election to the council was held in 1973, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new arrangements took effect on 1 April 1974. Political control of the council since 1974 has been as follows: The council has a ceremonial chair of

204-577: A total of 39 inhabitants of Rendcomb and Eycot was recorded in the Domesday Book as part of Rapsgate Hundred. By 1563, there were 12 households in Rendcomb. The existence of Rendomb Park estate was recorded in 1544, and by the 1670s it consisted of 250 acres. During the Middle Ages , Rendcomb manor was the property of the earls of Gloucester and owned by their knights including the de la Mare family. In 1503,

238-574: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Cotswold (district) Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire , England. It is named after the wider Cotswolds region and range of hills. The council is based in the district's largest town of Cirencester . The district also includes the towns of Chipping Campden , Fairford , Lechlade , Moreton-in-Marsh , Northleach , Stow-on-the-Wold and Tetbury , along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. In 2021

272-502: Is one of 46 areas of countryside in England , Wales , or Northern Ireland that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value. Since 2023, the areas in England and Wales have also adopted the name National Landscapes . Areas are designated in recognition of their national importance by the relevant public body: Natural England , Natural Resources Wales , and

306-627: The National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 as the AONB designation. The purpose of an AONB designation is to conserve and enhance the natural beauty of the designated landscape. There are two secondary aims: meeting the need for quiet enjoyment of the countryside and having regard for the interests of those who live and work there. To achieve these aims, AONBs rely on planning controls and practical countryside management. As they have

340-848: The New Forest National Park in 2005 meant the subsumption of South Hampshire Coast AONB into it. East Hampshire AONB and Sussex Downs AONB East Hampshire and Sussex Downs AONBs were replaced in 2010 by the South Downs National Park . (Ynys Môn) (Bryniau Clwyd a Dyffryn Dyfrdwy) (Gŵyr) (Dyffryn Gwy) (partly in England) Notes The following are formal proposals for new AONBs submitted to Natural England : The 2019 Landscape Review Report additionally favourably mentions proposals not listed in Natural England's list: from Sandstone Ridge and

374-529: The Northern Ireland Environment Agency respectively. On 22 November 2023, following a 2022 Landscapes Review policy paper, the AONBs in England and Wales adopted a new name, National Landscapes ( Welsh : Tirweddau Cenedlaethol ), and are in the process of rebranding. The name "area of outstanding natural beauty" is still the designated legal term. In place of the term AONB, Scotland uses

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408-634: The Strangford Lough and Lecale Coast AONBs being merged to form a single AONB in 2010. AONBs vary greatly in terms of size, type and use of land, and whether they are partly or wholly open to the public. The smallest AONB is the Isles of Scilly , 16 km (6.2 sq mi), and the largest is the Cotswolds , 2,038 km (787 sq mi). AONBs cover around 15% of England and 4% of Wales. AONBs in England and Wales were originally created under

442-515: The 16th century. It was restored by Frederick R. Kempson in 1895. The diplomat Thomas Roe was living at Rendcomb in 1608. In 1641, Sir Maurice Berkeley and Richard Berkeley of Rendcomb were fined by Parliament for supporting the Royalist cause in the English Civil War , but were spared having their estates seized. About 1773, the lord of the manor, Sir William Guise , improved access from

476-466: The AONB designation was first put forward by John Dower in his 1945 Report to the Government on National Parks in England and Wales . Dower suggested there was need for protection of certain naturally beautiful landscapes that were unsuitable as national parks owing to their small size and lack of wildness. Dower's recommendation for the designation of these "other amenity areas" was eventually embodied in

510-603: The AONBs (the Cotswolds and the Chilterns), which extend into a large number of local authority areas, have their own statutory bodies, known as conservation boards. In 2019 the Glover Report made various recommendations regarding the future of AONBs – the report's 'central proposal' being to bring National Parks and AONBs together as part of one 'family of national landscapes'  – but as at 1 November 2020

544-523: The Nature Conservation and Amenity Lands (NI) Order 1985. There are growing concerns among environmental and countryside groups that AONB status is increasingly under threat from development. The Campaign to Protect Rural England said in July 2006 that many AONBs were under greater threat than ever before. Three particular AONBs were cited: the Dorset AONB threatened by a road plan, the threat of

578-922: The United Kingdom: 33 in England, four in Wales , one on the England–Wales border , and eight in Northern Ireland . The first AONB was established in 1956 on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales , and the most recent to be designated is the Tamar Valley AONB , established in 1995. More recent changes include the Clwydian Range AONB being extended in 2012 to form the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley AONB, and

612-404: The area of five former districts, which were all abolished at the same time: The new district was named Cotswold, reflecting its central position within the hills and wider region of that name. Cotswold District Council provides district-level services. County-level services are provided by Gloucestershire County Council . The whole district is also covered by civil parishes , which form

646-629: The council who presides at council meetings and acts as the district's first citizen. Political leadership is instead provided by the leader of the council . The leaders since 2001 have been: At the 2023 election the Liberal Democrats extended their majority. As of August 2024 the current composition of the council is: The next election is due in 2027. The council is based at the Council Offices on Trinity Road in Cirencester. The building

680-500: The district had a population of 91,125. The district covers nearly 450 square miles (1,200 km ), with some 80% of the land located within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty . The much larger area referred to as the Cotswolds encompasses nearly 800 square miles, spanning five counties: Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire , Warwickshire , Wiltshire , and Worcestershire . This large Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty had

714-669: The government has yet to respond to those recommendations. However, the Cotswolds Conservation Board announced in September 2020 that they were re-styling the area name and it is now known as the Cotswolds National Landscape. All English and Welsh AONBs have a dedicated AONB officer and other staff. As required by the CRoW Act, each AONB has a management plan that sets out the characteristics and special qualities of

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748-520: The impacts of globalization, and climate change . More subtle threats include creeping suburbanization and horsiculture . Poet Laureate Simon Armitage wrote a poem "Fugitives", commissioned by the National Association of AONBs, which he read on Arnside Knott on 21 September 2019 to launch the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act . South Hampshire Coast AONB The establishment of

782-592: The landscape and how they will be conserved and enhanced. The AONBs are collectively represented by the National Association for Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (NAAONB), an independent registered charity acting on behalf of AONBs and their partners, which uses the slogan "Landscapes for Life". AONBs in Northern Ireland was designated originally under the Amenity Lands (NI) Act 1965; subsequently under

816-474: The locations affected and the Thames at Lechlade reached record levels with over 100 reports of flooding. The neighbouring districts are South Gloucestershire , Stroud , Tewkesbury , Cheltenham , Wychavon , Stratford-on-Avon , West Oxfordshire , Vale of White Horse , Swindon and Wiltshire . The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 . The new district covered

850-488: The manor was sold to Edmund Tame of Fairford , son of John Tame . Sir Richard Berkley was the owner in 1564 who invited Elizabeth I to the manor house in 1592. It later came into the possession the MP Sir Christopher Guise . In 1864, the manor was sold to Sir Francis Goldsmid , MP for Reading . Soon after 1914, the estate had multiple owners and had essentially disintegrated. St Peter's church dates from

884-530: The original 1949 Act. However, further regulation and protection of AONBs in England and Wales was added by the Countryside and Rights of Way (CRoW) Act 2000 , under which new designations are now made, In the National Planning Policy Framework (March 2012), the government stated that AONBs and national parks have equal status when it comes to planning decisions on landscape issues. Two of

918-476: The rest electing one each. Elections are held every four years. There are 34 councillors. After the May 2019 election, there were 18 Liberal Democrats, 14 Conservatives, one independent and one Green. [REDACTED] Media related to Cotswold at Wikimedia Commons Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ( AONB ; Welsh : Ardal o Harddwch Naturiol Eithriadol , AHNE )

952-501: The same landscape quality, AONBs may be compared to the national parks of England and Wales . National parks are well known in the UK; by contrast, there is evidence to indicate many residents in AONBs may be unaware of the status. However, the National Association of AONBs is working to increase awareness of AONBs in local communities, and, in 2014, successfully negotiated to have the boundaries of AONBs in England shown on Google Maps . There are 46 Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty in

986-455: The same legislation as the national parks , the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 . Unlike AONBs, national parks have special legal powers to prevent unsympathetic development. AONBs in general remain the responsibility of their local authorities by means of special committees that include members appointed by a minister and by parishes, and only very limited statutory duties were imposed on local authorities within an AONB by

1020-416: The similar national scenic area (NSA) designation. Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty enjoy levels of protection from development similar to those of UK national parks , but unlike national parks the responsible bodies do not have their own planning powers . They also differ from national parks in their more limited opportunities for extensive outdoor recreation. The idea for what would eventually become

1054-490: The style "town council". Some of the smaller parishes have a parish meeting rather than a parish council. In terms of television, the area receives various transmitters from different regions: Radio stations for the area are: The district is served by the weekly local newspaper, Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Since the last full review of boundaries in 2015 the council has comprised 34 councillors representing 32 wards , with two wards electing two councillors and

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1088-426: The village to Cirencester by building a new road. Sir Berkeley Guise funded a charity school at Rendcomb from 1808. In the mid 1860s, Sir Francis Goldsmid rebuilt the manor-house, Rendcomb Park, and made some improvements to the village, including a new river bridge and funds for the village school which closed in 1930. Philip Hardwick was the architect commissioned to undertake the improvements. A free school

1122-646: Was built in 1837 as the Cirencester Union Workhouse, later serving as Watermoor Hospital following the creation of the National Health Service in 1948. After the hospital closed the building was converted to become the council's headquarters, being formally opened by Prince Charles on 21 May 1981. The whole district is covered by civil parishes. The parish councils for Chipping Campden, Cirencester, Fairford, Lechlade, Moreton-in-Marsh, Northleach with Eastington, Stow-on-the-Wold and Tetbury take

1156-453: Was established in 1808, supported by Berkeley Guise . In 1857, a National school was built and supported by Sir Goldsmid. It closed in 1930 In 1920, Rendcomb College was founded at Rendcomb Park adjacent to the village. [REDACTED] Media related to Rendcomb at Wikimedia Commons 51°47′10″N 1°58′28″W  /  51.78613°N 1.97441°W  / 51.78613; -1.97441 This Gloucestershire location article

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