Welcome to Natural Resources Wales’ online consultation and engagement hub.

Here you can find and take part in our consultations to have your say on the issues that matter to you.

There are also other activities on this hub, such as notices, surveys, forms and information pages on some of the projects we are working on.

You can see some of our open and closed activities below, or you can search for an activity by keyword or interest.

We also have an ideas hub where we facilitate open discussions on some important things we're working on.

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Closed consultations

Open Activities

  • Beacon Hill (North East) forest operations

    Click to read this page in Welsh What work will take place? Forest operations in the north east area of Beacon Hill woodland, Wye Valley, are due to begin in Autumn 2025 and will take about six months to complete. The work is part of a wider effort to restore and...

    Closes today

  • Cwm Rheidol Lead & Zinc Mine

    The Cwm Rheidol mining complex is 15km east of Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, and includes the mines of Ystumtuen, Penrhiw, Bwlchgwyn and Llwynteifi. The earliest definitive reference to mining in the area dates from 1698 at Ystumtuen, and over the following centuries the mines were developed and...

    Closes 30 September 2026

  • Whitestone forest operations

    Click to read this page in Welsh What work will take place? Forest operations in Whitestone, Wye Valley, are due to begin in Autumn 2025 and will take about six months to complete. We're felling larch trees to comply with a Statutory Plant Health Notice issued on the...

    Closes 1 October 2026

  • REGISTRATION for free Guidance Webinars 6/10/2026 - Peatland Restoration Grant

    Registration form for Webinar on 6/10/2026 - Peatland Restoration Grant. Webinar registration closes 5/10/2026. T he window for Peatland Restoration Grant applications is open from 1 September 2026, closing on 30 November 2026 .

    Closes 5 October 2026

  • WG, NRW and Registered Woodland Planners - Annual Face to Face meeting registration

    WG, NRW and Registered Woodland Planners meeting registration

    Closes 6 October 2026

Closed Activities

  • Porthmadog Flood Risk Management Project

    Read this page in Welsh / Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg. We are continuing our work to find long-term ways to reduce the risk of flooding in the communities of Porthmadog and Tremadog. Like all coastal communities, the area is facing a future of rising sea levels, more...

    Closed 25 September 2026

  • Natural Resources Wales Ground Preparation Framework - Supplier Engagement Sessions

    Natural Resources Wales will shortly be opening up tendering opportunities for suppliers interested in working for NRW under the Ground Preparation Services Framework. The purpose of this framework is to provide all Wales Forestry Operations teams with the resource to...

    Closed 24 September 2026

  • Notice of Application for annual maintenance dredging campaigns by water injection methods at Aberystwyth Marina

    Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 Notice of Application for annual maintenance dredging campaigns by water injection methods at Aberystwyth Marina Notice is hereby given that Western Marinas Operations Ltd has applied to Natural Resources Wales (“NRW”) for a marine...

    Closed 24 September 2026

  • Digital Waste Tracking Readiness Survey

    What’s changing? Digital waste tracking is being introduced across the UK to modernise how waste movements are recorded and reported. From 1 October 2026, operators of permitted waste receiving sites will be required to use the UK digital waste tracking service to record...

    Closed 21 September 2026

  • Notice of Application for trenchless crossing (HDD Method) of Westfield Pill in Milford Haven

    Marine and Coastal Access Act 2009 Notice of Application for trenchless crossing (HDD Method) of Westfield Pill in Milford Haven Notice is hereby given that National Grid Electricity Distribution plc has applied to Natural Resources Wales (“NRW”) for a marine licence to...

    Closed 9 September 2026

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  • Challenges and Choices - A Consultation on Wales’s Significant Water Management Issues

    Water is a vital natural resource for the environment and people. Water creates and sustains the ecosystems upon which all life depends. It is vital to the economy and for health and is used to generate power, run industries and grow food. Physical modifications are severely reducing the diversity...

    Closed 21 April 2026

  • Gethin, Allen's Estate & Merthyr Vale Forest Resource Plan Consultation

    Read this page in Welsh / Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg 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...

    Closed 17 April 2026

  • 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)...

    Closed 10 October 2025

  • Caio Public 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 17 July 2025

  • Cwmcarn Forest Resource Plan Consultation

    Read this page in Welsh / Darllenwch y dudalen hon yn Gymraeg 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...

    Closed 16 July 2025