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South Downs Advisory Forum

Organisations representing people who live and work in the South Downs joined together to form a forum for the future.

Councils, conservation, cultural and recreational groups were among the grass roots organisations that the South Downs Joint Committee (SDJC) invited to lend expertise to the new South Downs Advisory Forum so they can have a say in the decisions that will shape the future of this internationally important landscape.

The Forum is a key consultative body enabling wider participation in the many decisions affecting the future of the Sussex and Hampshire Areas of Natural Beauty (AONBs) whether or not they are ultimately designated as a new South Downs National Park.

The Forum is modelled on those of other protected landscape organisations where they have proved an asset in the delivery of successful management plans. Forum member organisations were drawn from areas such as land management, conservation, cultural heritage and recreational groups, parish councils and businesses.

The full forum meet annually, and are represented by a 15-member executive panel who meet 4 times per year.

To read more about the South Downs Advisory Forum, how it operates and its Terms of Reference please use down load the document below.

South Downs Advisory Forum information document (Adobe Acrobat)

Interested in joining?

If you are interest in joining the Forum then please fill in the application form below and return to Alison Tingley (contact details at the bottom of this page).

South Downs Advisory Forum application form (MS Word Document)

2010 Forum Meetings

The Forum will meet on the following dates:
Friday Thursday 25th Feb (Full Forum Meeting)
Wednesday 24th March 2010 (Executive Panel) 1.30pm
Wednesday 16th June 2010(Executive Panel) 1.30pm
Wednesday 22nd Sept (Executive Panel) 1.30pm
Wednesday 1st December 2010 (Executive Panel) 1.30pm

Previous meetings:
Please use the following links to read minutes and accompanying documents from previous South Downs Advisory Forum meetings (2006-2008, 2009 and 2010).

South Downs Advisory Forum Members

List of SDAF Executive Panel Members (Adobe Acrobat)

CVs of the South Downs Forum Executive (Adobe Acrobat)

Useful links:

South Downs Land Management Group

Contact Details

Alison Tingley, South Downs Joint Committee
Tel:02392 5913682 or email