Last week for Galloway National Park Consultation

The deadline to complete consultation responses is 14th February 2025.

Many organisations including John Muir Trust and RSPB have publicly given their support for a new National Park in Scotland, and as we enter this final consultation week we see support coming from organisations such as Scottish Countryside Rangers Association, who recently shared their full consultation response with their members encouraging them to submit their own responses.

The Galloway & Southern Ayrshire Biosphere Partnership also publicly published their consultation response this week showing strong support for the proposed new National Park in Galloway. Ed Forrest, Director of the Galloway & Southern Ayrshire UNESCO Biosphere, said: “We are very pleased to share our response to the Galloway National Park consultation, to explain in full our position to local residents, our partners and supporters and hopefully to inspire others to have their say by submitting their own response before the closing date. This has been an astonishingly busy few weeks and the level of public interest in the National Park proposal demonstrates widespread recognition that this will be a pivotal decision for local people and for Scotland as a whole. The Biosphere’s officer team are energised by the incredible support expressed for the UNESCO Biosphere and appreciation for what this designation has already achieved in terms of safeguarding our natural and cultural heritage. We are also delighted to see such enthusiasm for the huge potential that dual designation as UNESCO Biosphere and National Park has to further our work.”

With one more week left to submit a response to the public consultation, there is still plenty of time to have your say. You can access a short summary consultation document or a full technical consultation document on NatureScot’s website here. And if you would like to read what others have submitted you can view the joint SCNP and APRS response, and an example of a summary response in our news item here, or read the Galloway & Southern Ayrshire Biosphere’s response here.