6^th Quinquennial Review - Analysis Underway

Every five years, the statutory nature conservation agencies (Natural England,Natural Resources Wales (formally Countryside Council for Wales) and Scottish Natural Heritage), working jointly through the Joint Nature Conservation Committee (JNCC), review Schedules 5 and 8 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 in a process called the Quinquennial Review (QQR).

This, the 6th QQR, is scheduled to be submitted to Government late in 2013. The public consultation ran from 2 July 2012 to 30 March 2013 and the working group is now going through the submissions before preparing the final report for submission to the governments by the end of the year..

The QQR Information Pack still has relevant information including the process and timetable.

The contact details of the inter-agency working group are listed below.

Download: QQR Information pack
Download: Proforma (Word version)
Download: Government Response to 5th QQR