Trust response to new National Park appraisal framework

The John Muir Trust welcomes the Scottish Government's commitment to create a new National Park by Spring 2026.

We have engaged with the previous two rounds of consultation to support this process and here we share our response to the latest consultation, on the appraisal framework that will support the assessment of nominations for new National Parks.

Fundamentally, we believe that National Parks can have a lead role in demonstrating what it means to manage land so that nature has the freedom to repair itself, people have the freedom to enjoy the benefits and communities have the freedom to thrive. The appraisal framework and nominations process has a role to play in whether a new National Park will be able to realise these three freedoms.

An overview of the consultation paper including our response to the seven selection criteria is available to download below.