Wales's New National Park Proposal - Public Consultation 2024

Overview

Visit the Cynnig Parc Cenedlaethol Newydd Cymru - Ymghynghoriad Cyhoeddus 2024 page to view this page in Welsh.  

The public consultation period will run from Monday 7 October until 23:59 on Monday 16 December 2024. For more information on the drop-in or online public consultation events, please visit Wales's New National Park Proposal  information page. 

We want to hear your feedback on the draft boundary map referred to as the Candidate Area map, and encourage you to complete our questionnaire, once you have had a chance to come along to one of our events and viewed the consultation materials referred to below. 

The Candidate Area map identifies areas that, after detailed evaluation by an independent and experienced landscape consultant, are found to meet the statutory criteria for a National Park. Download the Candidate Area map in high resolution (200 mb).

For more detail, please see the Evaluation Report and Appendix A: Evaluation Area Figures which informs the Candidate Area map.

Download the detailed maps of the Candidate Area boundary, and view the progression maps showing how the area under assessment has evolved from the Area of Search through to the Candidate Area below. These maps include:

• Area of Search 
• Additional Areas 
• Evaluated Area
• Areas Removed
• Candidate Area

Download the Area of Search map in high resolution (111 mb).

Download the Additional Areas map in high resolution (110 mb).

Download the Evaluation Area map in high resolution (110 mb).

Download the Areas Removed map in high resolution (108 mb).

A short summary of all of the evidence to date can be found in the Summary of Evidence Report. As mentioned above, we encourage you to view this document before completing the questionnaire.  

If interested in the finer details, the full reports below are background documents prepared as part of the designation process to help inform the final decision on the designation of a proposed new National Park:

• Area of Search Report 
• Special Qualities Report 
• Forces For Change Report 
• Management Options (Forces For Change) Report

View a series of Candidate Area photos to give you a taste of the landscape within the Candidate Area. 

View the Engagement Period 2023 Report to see a summary of all the feedback, themes and key points captured following our engagement with you in the autumn and winter of last year.  

We would now like to encourage you to submit your feedback by completing the questionnaire below. Your views and feedback are important and will help shape the assessment process. Thank you.