Welcome to Malvern Wells

Malvern Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

The Malvern Hills AONB (AONB) is dedicated to conserving and enhancing the beauty of this protected area. To continue with this we have produced draft guidelines on the topics of: Views - how to determine important views; Horses – land management that benefits the horse and the environment; and Highways – using best practice when considering road schemes in the AONB.
To view the guidance documents and to express your opinions on these please visit

www.malvernhillsaonb.org.uk from Wednesday the 17th March.
We are also holding consultation open days to be held at Priory Lodge, Malvern on Friday, 26th March and the Burgage Hall, Ledbury on Tuesday, 30th March 2010. Both events will run between 10am and 4 pm.

Malvern Hills AONB Partnership
British Camp

The Gas Lamp debate continues . . . . . .

The Executive Committee of Malvern Hills District Council will on Tuesday,
16th February at 5pm in Priory Lodge Hall debate the proposal to cut the grant funding given towards the maintenance of the gas lamps – currently worth almost £8kpa to this parish.
The recent Overview & Scrutiny Committee recommendation was to ‘go back and consult the parishes’ but the alleged response of Ralph Madden, the deputy Leader of the Council was that

“if this is approved by the council at the end of the month, we will be prepared to have discussions with the parishes about it.”

Whatever the decision/recommendation of the Executive Committee the matter will have to be further debated by full council at their meeting on Tuesday,
23rd February at 7pm in Priory Lodge Hall.
If you have concerns about the loss of the grant funding and the future maintenance of the gas lamps lobby your local district councillors:

Chris Cheeseman 01684 561287 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Jill Campbell 01684 567929 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

and attend the relevant meetings if at all possible.
Thank you
15th February 2010