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Thousands of years of natural and human activity have created a diverse and rich landscape in Cheshire, characterised by the extensive gently rolling east and west plains, interrupted by sandstone ridges. Farmsteads, villages and historic market towns harmoniously blend with the landscape. Mosses, meres and small field ponds are scattered throughout, with ancient woodlands clinging to the ridges or the valley sides of the numerous rivers that drain the plains, such as, the Gowy, Weaver, and Dane.
 Cheshire’s environmental resources include internationally and nationally important estuaries and wetlands, remnant heathland and oak woodlands, burial sites, settlements, military sites and structures from the Bronze Age to the Medieval Period, historic parklands, and industrial remains from the salt and chemical industries in particular.
Safeguarding and improving Cheshire’s environmental resources is in everyone’s interest. Cheshire’s countryside, wildlife diversity and the character of its towns and villages greatly enriches peoples’ lives. They are vital to the economy, to planning and business and to the general quality of life of its residents. Increased public concern about the environment is reflected in a stronger emphasis on heritage conservation and environmental protection in key policy documents. Our environmental resources are precious and, in some instances, fragile or irreplaceable. They must be managed with understanding, sensitivity and imagination.
The Regeneration Resources Team works to:
- Protect, conserve and enhance Cheshire’s environmental resources (the natural and historic environment, air and noise quality, landscape, land, and trees)
- Increase people’s understanding and enjoyment of those resources
- Broaden access to resources, both physical and intellectual
We do this within a framework of legislation and central and local government policy and guidance, and in partnership with colleagues from across a wide range of Council Services as well as externally with national and local agencies, district and parish councils, private industry, developers, societies and individual members of the public.
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