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Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park
27/02/2002
Orders lodged in the Scottish Parliament bring the
country's first National Park at Loch Lomond and the
Trossachs a step nearer.
The Orders set out the boundary of the Park, the
planning powers the National Park Authority will possess,
the membership structure of the Park Authority and the
arrangements for electing members to that Authority.
Deputy Environment and Rural Development Minister Allan
Wilson said:
"The Executive is committed to establishing National
Parks in Scotland. These will be unique. The social and
economic aims are equally important to the aims of
conservation, recreation and the sustainable use of
resources. The Orders, which we have now lodged for
Parliament's approval, are the outcome of a lengthy process
of consultation and discussion. They are the key to the
door of our first National Park, an essential element in
the process of establishing the Park Authority."
Two Orders lodged are the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs
National Park Designation, Transitional and Consequential
Provisions (Scotland) Order 2002 and the Loch Lomond and
the Trossachs National Parks Elections (Scotland) Order
2002. Both require Parliament's approval before they can
come into effect.
The first of these Orders sets out the boundaries of the
Park. Scottish Ministers have maintained their earlier
view, based on the conclusions of Scottish National
Heritage as the Reporter, that in addition to the core
area, the Argyll Forest Park, the Lake of Menteith, Ben
Vorlich, Glen Ogle and Loch Earn - with the boundary drawn
along the north edge of Loch Earn - should be included.
They have also decided to include the communities of
Tyndrum, Crianlarich and Killin.
There will be 25 members of the National Park Authority
(NPA). Five members will be directly elected, there will be
ten local authority nominees and a further ten appointed by
Scottish Ministers. The suggested split of the ten local
authority nominees is: Stirling four, Argyll & Bute
three, West Dunbartonshire two, and Perth & Kinross
one.