Natural England is starting work on assessing whether the current Surrey Hills AONB boundary – which was designated in 1958 – should be extended and will undertake a new collaborative process to engage local communities in developing proposals on where the boundary should be in the future.

The Liberal Democrats have welcomed this review and called for significant parts of the adjacent countryside outside the Surrey Hills AONB – such as the Walliswood area – to be brought into the designated AONB as we believe this area has sufficient natural beauty to be inside the AONB.