National Parks

South Downs National Park / iStock_000014868712

Consultation opens on national parks review

22.10.2018

Laura Edgar

Environment secretary Michael Gove and writer Julian Glover have called for evidence to support the review of national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs).

Snowdonia National Park / iStock-510327724

National park funding reinstated as Welsh park and AONB priorities clarified

03.08.2018

Roger Milne

The Welsh Government has reversed its decision to cut the budgets of the country’s three national parks and announced a set of priorities for the parks and the organisations that manage the five Welsh Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs).

Gove launches review of national parks

29.05.2018

Laura Edgar

Environment secretary Michael Gove has launched a review of national parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs) sites, which will be conducted by writer Julian Glover.

Improve the number of trees key in Wales / iStock-845218618

Welsh environment minister spells out her priorities to the Senedd

20.04.2018

Roger Milne

Welsh environment minister Hannah Blythyn this week spelt out to Assembly Members (AMs) her priorities, which included increased tree planting and reversing the decline in biodiversity.

Historic farm buildings receive a £2m grant

29.03.2018

Prithvi Pandya

A £2 million grant scheme is being rolled out this year in five national parks, offering funding for land managers to restore their historic farm buildings, the government has announced.

Welsh round-up: Minister confirms designated landscape policy won’t be fundamentally changed; Huge solar farm proposed for Gwent levels

16.03.2018

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 10 March-16 March, 2018

Welsh minister confirms designated landscape policy won’t be fundamentally changed

16.03.2018

Roger Milne

Five years on and after two independent reviews, the Welsh Government has insisted that all the country’s national parks and areas of outstanding natural beauty (AONBs) will be retained and their current purpose ‘of conserving and enhancing natural beauty’ will not be weakened...

Wales round-up: Rural digital connectivity makes waves; National park funding fears

02.02.2018

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Wales: 27 January-2 February, 2018

Government publishes environment plan / iStock-505777798

Government to strengthen environmental protections in the NPPF

11.01.2018

Laura Edgar

Prime Minister Theresa May today (11 January) launched the government’s 25-year environment plan, which pledges to ‘maintain and strengthen’ environment protections laid out in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF).

Ireland round-up: Ballycroy National Park enlarged; Cork boundary deal?

08.12.2017

Roger Milne

A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 2 December-8 December, 2017

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