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Countryside Services

Countryside and Gypsy Services

About Countryside Services

"The Countryside & Coast Services Team is a champion for Somerset's unique environment, landscape, natural and cultural assets. Our mission is to protect and wherever possible enhance the resource and to maximise our effectiveness and efficiency through partnership and advocacy."

(Countryside & Coast Service Mission Statement)

The County of Somerset is endowed with some of the finest landscapes in the country. The very quality of and nature of its rurality is an asset and resource, which pervade social, economic and environmental fabric, and in many ways defines the character and nature of the county itself.

The Countryside & Coast Services Team is committed to working in partnership with others to conserve and enhance Somerset's environment, including its landscape and biodiversity, to enable its public enjoyment and to encourage sustainable use of the land.
The Countryside & Coast Team undertakes activities and delivers services and outcomes across the following areas of work:

  • County-wide Landscape Services including highway trees
  • Coast, River and Floodplain Management
  • Management, protection and enhancement of protected and special landscapes
  • Development and review of rural and environmental policy
  • Partnership coordination, resource supply and development

 

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