Snowdonia National Park Authority (SNPA) is embarking on a new project to manage and enhance Snowdonia’s 14 Conservation Areas. Funded by the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Landscapes, Sustainable Places fund, the project, led by Chambers Conservation, will ensure that sustainable conservation can enhance Conservation Areas to the future.

This project will run between October 2021 – March 2022 with the aim of working with the Conservation Areas local communities and interest groups to develop Appraisals and Management Plans. These plans will serve as a statement of significance and action plan to sustainably conserve and enhance the Areas, with a particular emphasis on making them more energy efficient.

Specifically, the Appraisals will define what is important about the areas but also, through analysis, start to identify where issues, opportunities, and other factors lie. The subsequent Management Plans will provide a framework to effectively manage the Conservation Areas, enhancing and protecting their special character in a positive and pro-active way, and providing those who live, work, invest in and manage the areas with effective guidance.

The intention of this project is to provide the local communities as well as the Authority with the necessary tools to sustainably conserve and develop the designated Conservation Areas.

For further information see the following link: https://www.snowdonia.gov.wales/planning/heritage-and-planning/conservation-areas/conservation-areas-project