A proposal to make the Yorkshire Wolds an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) has been submitted to the government.<\/p>\n
If approved, it would mean the area would be given some legal protections regarding development and conservation.<\/p>\n
Natural England has submitted the plan to Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Secretary Dame Angela Eagle.<\/p>\n
If the idea goes ahead, the AONB would cover about 180 sq miles (465 sq km).<\/p>\n
The proposal is supported by East Riding of Yorkshire Council as well as the Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority.<\/p>\n
The inland area includes the Wolds north and west slopes, the foothills south of Malton and the High Wolds and their valleys.<\/p>\n
The coastal area runs around Flamborough Head, from Reighton and Sewerby Rocks.<\/p>\n
Natural England carried out a survey earlier this year<\/a> which found that 85% of people questioned supported AONB status for the coastal area, while 78% of people supported it for the inland area.<\/p>\n East Riding council leader Anne Handley said: “This is a key milestone, and we’re delighted that Natural England is submitting it to the secretary of state. <\/p>\n “The Yorkshire Wolds are a stunning area of natural landscapes that fully deserve national recognition.”<\/p>\n Listen to highlights from Hull and East Yorkshire on BBC Sounds<\/a>, and watch the latest episode of Look North<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A proposal to make the Yorkshire Wolds an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) has been submitted to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":764079,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[1397,90,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-764078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=764078"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/764078\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/764079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=764078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=764078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=764078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}