| Name and address of organisation: |
HAMPSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL
Environment Department
The Castle
Winchester
SO23 8UD |
| Main contact: |
Stuart Roberts, Head of Spatial Strategy
Fax No. 01962 846776
E-mail: envcoast@hants.gov.uk
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| Type of organisation: |
Local Authority |
| Terms of reference: |
- Strategic Planning, including County Structure Plan
- Minerals and Waste Planning
- Specialist advice - ecology, landscape, historic buildings, archaeology
- Strategic Emergency Planning
- Countryside Management - the County Council owns and manages three Country Parks, eight nature reserves and several other sites on the coast; the total acreage is nearly 4,000
- Rights of Way
- Outdoor Activities Centres
- Coast Protection and Sea Defence (financial support).
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| Membership: |
The County Council has seventy four elected Members. |
| Geographical Area: |
The County of Hampshire, population approximately 1.6 million. |
| Publications: |
- Hampshire County Structure Plan Review (1996) £5 + £1 p&p
- A Strategy for Hampshire’s Coast (1991) £5 + £1 p&p
- Hampshire’s Countryside Heritage Series: No. 7 - The Coast: £2.50 + 55p p&p.
- Water in Hampshire: A Comprehensive Review (2000) Free.
- Hampshire's Coast (2001) Free.
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| Relevant projects/initiatives: |
Current initiatives include:
- Providing line management and financial support to the jointly funded Solent Forum and Solent European Marine Sites work.
- Water in Hampshire Project.
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| Affiliations: |
The County Council belongs to:
- SCOPAC
- Solent Water Quality Conference
- Standing Conference on Oil and Gas Exploration in the English Channel
- SERPLAN
The County Council is also represented on:
- Southern Sea Fisheries District Committee
- Environment Agency’s Flood Defence Committee
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