AHPS Public Meetings

AHPS Public Meeting “PLANNING” 11-6-24

 7.30pm Tuesday 11th June 2024

Abberley Village Hall

PAST
A brief report of AHPS events, activities and involvemnet with planning applications

PRESENT
Guidance on following and commenting on planning applications –  Malvern District Council

FUTURE
Question and Answer session with District Councillors Paul and Pam Cumming.

AHPS Public Meeting 13-4-2022

The Abberley Hills Preservation Society held a well-supported public meeting in the village hall on April 13th.

  • The theme was “Past, Present and Future”.
  • Carolyn Coles (Chair) introduced the speakers.
  • Angela Thompson gave a wonderful account of how the AHPS came about in the 1970s and how she personally became involved, eventually leading her to become Madam Chairman.(More of this in a later edition of the Parish News).
  • Lisa Walker then spoke about the AHPS present
  • Sarah Crabbe provided fabulous visuals, of plans, photographs and bullet points on the overhead projector.

The proposal to extend the Malvern Hills AONB includes the parishes of Abberley, Dunley, Great Witley and Hillhampton, the Shelsleys, Martley, Clifton upon Teme, Doddenham, Alfrick and Lulsley.

The original proposal was made in 2015 and proposals can take years to be considered but following the Julian Glover in dependent landscape review there has been a greater focus on National Parks and AONBs which has resulted in Sarah and Lisa being invited to address the Malvern Hills AONB joint advisory committee on April 28th in the hope that they will become directly involved with the proposal to Natural England to extend the area. The areas of geology, ecology, architecture, archaeology, ancient trees, woodlands and orchards will all need to meet the highest landscape values in order to be designated. The surrounding parishes have been consulted along with District Councillors, County Councillors, Harriett Baldwin MP, Worcestershire Wildlife Trust, NFU, CLA and CPRE.
There was a definite air of change and optimism that things could gain momentum.
Fred Shellis (Treasurer) fnally spoke about the AHPSs future; the Committee hopes that there will be more members joining and the aim to lead new initiatives so that the AHPS is regarded as a positive group looking to find out more about the incredibly beautiful landscapes around us.

Note from Carolyn– “Thank you to all who attended, and especially guest speaker Angela, Lisa and Sarah for all their hard work so far on the AONB, and to Fred for his introduction to becoming a member of AHPS”.

Please look out for details here of the Website, how to join etc. Membership will be an annual subscription of £10 per person or £20 for a family membership.

AHPS Public Meeting flyer