An extremely constructive meeting was held at the Forest Hills Golf Club on the 27th of February 2002, and a summary of the topics that were discussed and the conclusions that were drawn is available on our Press Releases page. Val Kirby of The Countryside Agency met with Dean Forest Voice to update DFV on The Countryside Agency's strategy for the Forest of Dean. Discussions are ongoing, but our response is shown below:

DFV has made an initial response to the Countryside Agency's Integrated Rural Development plan for the Forest of Dean.

We see this as an opportunity to find a new and more enlightened way forward rather than looking at ways of re-interpreting current unsuccessful plans and guidelines.

This initial response can be summarised in the following twelve points:

click here to read the response

English Partnerships - Forest of Dean Debate

You can read the transcript of this debate taken from the Forest of Dean Radio broadcast, recorded on Thursday 26th September 2004 at the Speech House Hotel.

The transcript is in a folder containing 30 Microsoft Word Docs. To download the folder click here