New National Park Designation Project

In our Programme for Government, we said we would create a new National Park. It would be based around the current Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

National Parks are important for our environment. They are helping us to:

• tackle the nature emergency
• achieve more sustainable tourism

Designating a National Park is a significant undertaking. Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is the statutory designating authority. We have asked NRW to look at the case for a new National Park. They will need to:

• consult with local communities and relevant local authorities
• assess the geographical features in the area
• check the suitability of the area against legal definitions of what a National Park should be
• determine the ideal boundaries of the new park
• make recommendations to our Ministers

Find out more at Wales’s New National Park Proposal (on Natural Resources Wales website).