P-06-1173 Give legal protection to designated Special Landscape Areas in Wales

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This petition was submitted by Vale Communities For Future Generations, having collected a total of 416 signatures.

Text of Petition:                    

In response to our Climate Emergency we ask the Welsh Government to safeguard Special Landscape Areas for future generations.

SLAs are areas of high landscape importance for environmental, physical, visual, cultural or historical value and may be unique, exceptional or distinctive but they are NOT PROTECTED.

Their ancient woodlands, rare species, special areas of habitat or the setting in which they exist are vulnerable to new roads, business parks or other damaging developments.

Additional Information:

An example of an SLA at risk is in and around the conservation village of Pendoylan in the Ely Valley through which the Vale of Glamorgan Council propose building a new freight road. This road will destroy ancient woodland and endangered wildlife habitat as well pollute the air and water courses on which this SLA depends.

Sadly, being a Special Landscape Area carries no protection so planners and developers are at liberty to develop whatever schemes they wish.

We call on the Welsh Government to be mindful of their commitment to environmental and climate change policies and of their responsibilities to the Wellbeing of the Future Generations Act.

The unique areas of Wales that have already been identified as Special Landscape Areas need urgent legal protection.

Status

This petition was considered completed by the Petitions Committee at its meeting on 09/05/2022.

The Committee considered the petition and, given the Minister’s firm response that the current Special Landscape Areas policy framework provides sufficient protection, Members agreed to close the petition and thank the petitioner, whilst encouraging individual Members of the Senedd to raise concerns when they arise.

Full details of the consideration of this petition by the Committee and related documents can be seen on the Meetings tab above.

It was first considered by the Petitions Committee on 04/10/2021.

Senedd Constituency and Region

• Vale of Glamorgan
• South Wales Central

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