• A27 Arundel by-pass what happens next?

    The current consultation is now finished. Click below to  read our comments sent last week to Highways England: SDS Response to HE A27 Arundel By-pass proposals 22-10-2019 RevB. Also HERE is a link to see: a) what we said to the National Park at their meeting on the 1st October and b) a link to

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  • A27 Arundel Bypass – still time to have your say!  

    Back in August we alerted Society members and the public of the Highways England announcement of a further consultation on yet more alternative routes for the Arundel bypass. This consultation is still open until 24 October 2019. Click HERE to see the updated consultation document and a link to give your views. A number of

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  • A27 Arundel Bypass further consultation: Have your say!

    In preparation for a busy autumn season in planning and highways the Friends of the South Downs and the Campaign for National Parks undertook a review of critical planning & highways issues in the South Downs National Park. This included a visit to the possible routes for the proposed Highways England A27 by-pass. Click here

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  • Review of Critical Planning & Highways Issues in the South Downs National Park

    The Campaign for National Parks and the Friends of the South Downs (South Downs Society) joined forces this month in a review of some of the critical planning and highways issues in and near the South Downs National Park.  Ruth Bradshaw, the Policy and Research Manager of Campaign for National Parks  met up with Vic

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  • Society pledges public support for the National Park Authority

    National Park Friends Group pledges support for Park Authority in controversial move. At its meeting on 3 July the South Downs National Park Authority was promised the full and continuing support of its “Friends” organisation, the South Downs Society. Addressing the meeting, the Society’s policy officer Steve Ankers, said “The Authority has taken a controversial

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  • Shaping the future of England’s strategic roads

    The government’s agency for planning and maintaining the trunk road network, Highways England, has been consulting on its plans for future investment. The Campaign for National Parks (CNP), which works closely with all the national park “Friends” groups, has submitted the following response to the consultation, which is fully endorsed by the Society.  February 2018

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