At 6.3 it is advised that ‘Establishing a vision and strategic objectives will help to select sites for allocation’. The AONB Unit therefore considers it is essential that the importance of the AONB as a nationally designated landscape and the Government’s policy for AONBs as set out in the NPPF at paragraphs 174, 175 and 176 is properly reflected in the Vision and Objectives. We consider the strategic objectives should differentiate between undesignated and designated landscapes, in line with the requirements of the NPPF and an objective to be included promoting the conservation and enhancement of this nationally protected landscape, which is afforded the same protection in planning policy as National Parks. As currently worded, there is no mention of landscape at all within the objectives, just a generic refence to the natural environment. In excluding this as a strategic objective, we are concerned that it does not demonstrate that the Council has met its legal duty under Section 85 of the CRoW Act 2000 to have full regard to the purposes of conserving and enhancing the natural beauty of the AONB.