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Featured: Dee Estuary Cockle Fishery: New Regulating Order
Fersiwn Gymraeg Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is working in partnership with the North Western Inshore Fisheries and Conservation Authority (NWIFCA) to apply for a new Regulating Order for the Dee Estuary cockle fishery. This will replace the current Order introduced in 2008, which has...
Closes 27 October 2025
Open Activities
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Penyrenglyn Coal Tip Risk Management - Pre-application Consultation
Click to read this page in Welsh / Cliciwch i ddarllen y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg Natural Resources Wales is planning to install drainage on the coal tip in Penyrenglyn to reduce the risk of landslides. Here are the draft planning application documents that we propose to submit to...
Closes 9 October 2025
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Standard rules consultation: revision of standard rules for On-Farm Anaerobic Treatment Activities (SR2012_No10, SR2018_No11 & SR2023_No1)
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 allow us to make standard rules to reduce the administrative burden on business while maintaining environmental standards. This consultation is taking place as part of a wider review of all Natural Resources Wales (NRW)...
Closes 10 October 2025
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Standard rules consultation: revision of standard rules for composting in open windrows (SR2008_No16)
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 allow us to make standard rules to reduce the administrative burden on business while maintaining environmental standards. This consultation is taking place as part of a wider review of all Natural Resources Wales (NRW)...
Closes 10 October 2025
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Standard rules consultation: revision of standard rules for non-hazardous sludge biological, chemical and physical treatment site (SR2008 No19)
The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 allow us to make standard rules to reduce the administrative burden on business while maintaining environmental standards. This consultation proposes: Withdrawing and Archiving Standard Rule sets ...
Closes 10 October 2025
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Pre-Market Engagement: Natural Resources Wales (NRW) Direct Production Timber Harvesting Services Dynamic Market
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) is undertaking pre-market engagement on the procurement of a Dynamic Market for the provision of Direct Production Harvesting Services across Wales. Information on NRW's pre-market engagement activity overall, which is open between 19 August 2025 and concludes on...
Closes 13 October 2025
Closed Activities
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Countryside Code Stakeholder Survey 2025
We, at Natural England and Natural Resources Wales, have a joint statutory duty to issue the Countryside Code to guide people visiting the countryside in England and Wales. We also have a duty to advise landowners and managers in relation to access on their land. We would like to invite you to...
Closed 5 October 2025
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Gwydyr North Forest Resource Plan
Natural Resources Wales is responsible for the sustainable management of the publicly owned woodlands and forests of Wales. They are managed for the benefit and well-being of the people who visit them and depend on them for their livelihood. This responsibility includes improving their biodiversity...
Closed 3 October 2025
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Update on Natural Resources Wales' visitor centres
Read this page in Welsh / Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg Retail and catering provision at three visitor centres managed by Natural Resources Wales ceased operating on March 31, 2025. After closure, we launched a public exercise to look for partners who may be interested in...
Closed 1 October 2025
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Esgair Mwyn Metal Mine - Spoil Heap Erosion Prevention Works
ANNOUNCEMENT OF INTENTION NOT TO PREPARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL STATEMENT Regulation 12B of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Land Drainage Improvement Works) SI1999/1783 as amended Esgair Mwyn Metal Mine - Spoil Heap Erosion Prevention Works Natural Resources Wales hereby gives notice...
Closed 27 September 2025
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Notice of Application to undertake restoration at WWT Llanelli Saline Lagoons, Carmarthenshire
Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 Notice of Application to undertake restoration at WWT Llanelli Saline Lagoons, Carmarthenshire Notice is hereby given that The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust has applied to Natural Resources Wales (“NRW”) for a marine licence to carry out a regulated...
Closed 25 September 2025
We Asked, You Said, We Did
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Crychan Forest Resource Plan
Natural Resources Wales is responsible for the sustainable management of the publicly owned woodlands and forests of Wales. They are managed for the benefit and well-being of the people who visit them and depend on them for their livelihood. This responsibility includes improving their biodiversity...
Closed 20 May 2021
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Enforcement and Prosecution Policy
Our policy on Enforcement and Prosecution was approved and published in March 2013. We recently established an internal expert group, including legal representatives, to run a review of this policy and the associated guidance. Our revised policy and guidance do not change our...
Closed 27 September 2021
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Lower Rhondda Forest Resource Plan Consultation
Natural Resources Wales is responsible for the sustainable management of the publicly owned woodlands and forests of Wales. They are managed for the benefit and well-being of the people who visit them and depend on them for their livelihood. This responsibility includes improving their biodiversity...
Closed 8 April 2022
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Lower Taff Valley Forest Resource Plan Consultation
Natural Resources Wales is responsible for the sustainable management of the publicly owned woodlands and forests of Wales. They are managed for the benefit and well-being of the people who visit them and depend on them for their livelihood. This responsibility includes improving their biodiversity...
Closed 14 November 2022
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Welshpool Forest Resource Plan
Natural Resources Wales is responsible for the sustainable management of the publicly owned woodlands and forests of Wales. They are managed for the benefit and well-being of the people who visit them and depend on them for their livelihood. This responsibility includes improving their biodiversity...
Closed 20 November 2022