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Our role in planning and development and what you need to do to protect wildlife, landscape and people if you are a planning a development.

Planting trees can have benefits for your land or the local community and for wildlife and the environment.

There are many grants available for woodland creation. You can use the grants to help you plan and develop your new woodland. The grants are available throughout the year.

Information about guidance and tools for water resources management planning.

Information about how we manage and monitor water resources in Wales.

We receive around 7,000 planning consultations every year, and our performance in responding to consultations is reported to the NRW Board on a regular basis.

We are a statutory consultee in the planning system. As part of this role we advise on the potential impacts of development proposals and planning policies on Wales’ natural resources and environment.

It is never too early to consider the environmental issues that may arise with your Forestry project and how you might avoid or minimise any impacts. 

Our regional teams are the first point of contact for all development planning enquiries. Please send your development planning consultations to the relevant team below. Requests for pre-application advice, including for the use of NRW’s discretionary planning advice service should also be directed to these teams.

A spatial tool for marine planners

Find out what you need to tell us about your agricultural development proposals and site characteristics.

Find out where and how grid infrastructure should be sited and avoid common environmental issues and delays

Advice for planning authorities regarding developments that may increase phosphorus in SACs and are subject to a Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA).