What We Do
The Dedham Vale National Landscape team is based in Ipswich. The team was first set up in 1990 to champion the National Landscape and provide a lead for the conservation of the protected landscape.
The National Landscape Partnership organisations sign a commitment to implement a Management Plan and agree to share a common vision for the long term care of the National Landscape.
Each Management Plan is produced following a period of consultation runs for a five-year period. The current Management Plan covers 2021-2026 is available to view online or download.
The Plan should guide decision making in the nationally designated landscape and sets out a vision for the area and objectives on how that vision may be delivered
Some of the core aims and objectives of the National Landscape Team include:
- Acting as an advocate for the National Landscape by commenting on and influencing the important plans, strategies and development proposals likely to affect the National Landscape
- Supporting the Dedham Vale National Landscape & Stour Valley Partnership and promoting its collective commitment to the Management Plan
- Developing strategic approaches to the issues identified in the Management Plan
- Stimulating, enabling and coordinating the activities of others to add value and minimise conflict
- Demonstrating best practice in key projects which fulfil the Management Plan, and where best placed to, take the lead
- Monitoring change in key qualities so that the National Landscape can be alerted to the consequences of that change
- Raising awareness of the area’s importance and value and providing a focus for all organisations and individuals with an interest in the area
- Enabling community involvement that helps implement the National Landscape Management Plan’s objectives
- Undertaking direct action to meet strategic objectives when others are unable to act