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Local Development Plans (LDP) Process
A Local Development Plan (LDP) is a strategic document written by the Local Planning Authority, setting out how much development should take place in the area, what kinds of development are needed, and where new development should be built.
Join your local trust today!
Wildlife Trusts Wales is one of 5 Trusts in Wales. For information about your local Trust, check out their website.
Become a local planning champion
You can help wildlife and nature recovery by actively participating in the planning system. Rather than only reacting to potentially damaging planning applications, it’s more effective to change the policies that govern planning decisions.
UK Election 2024 – will you make your voice heard?
The UK upcoming election will be crucial for the future viability of life on our planet, yet some politicians have failed to grasp the depth of concern over disappearing wildlife and the impacts…
All about councils and local authorities
A brief overview of how councils work in the UK. What does a Local Authority do, and how are they different around the devolved nations?
My future
Charlotte is spending her placement year from the University of Cardiff with Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust learning valuable surveying and monitoring techniques that she can add to her CV and…
Yew
The yew is a well-known tree of churchyards, but also grows wild on chalky soils. Yew trees can live for hundreds of years, turning into a maze of hollow wood and fallen trunks beneath dense…
COP15
Bydd Tsieina yn cynnal Cynhadledd Cenhedloedd Unedig ar Amrywiaeth Fiolegol ym Montreal - neu COP15 am fyr. Bydd COP15 yn foment hollbwysig yn y frwydr fyd-eang i wrthdroi’r dirywiad byd-eang mewn bioamrywiaeth. Mae hefyd yn foment bwysig mewn ymdrechion i fynd i’r afael â’r argyfwng hinsawdd a dadlau’r achos dros atebion sy’n seiliedig ar natur i newid hinsawdd.
My perspective
Ben grew up at the Naze paddling in the sea and looking for sharks’ teeth. After graduation, he returned to the landscape he loves to help local people experience the wonders of the natural world…
Young people are using the local elections in Wales to give nature a voice!
For the first time this year, 16 and 17 year olds will have the chance to vote in Wales’ Local Authority Elections on the 5th of May.
Postcode Lottery
Postcode Lottery players support our work with wildlife, wild landscapes and local communities across England, Wales and Scotland. Funding in Wales goes towards inspiring people about our marine wildlife, re-introduction of beavers in mid-Wales and re-connecting people of Cardiff about wildlife.