Thriving in Balance with Nature, the new five-year Plan for the Shropshire Hills National Landscape.

Public Consultation on the draft Plan is running until the end of July 2025.

The Plan aims to influence and guide landowners, organisations and individuals on a wide range of topics by setting out how to best manage the Shropshire Hills landscape. It includes policies to influence decisions which affect the area, and identifies desired actions for partners to deliver. 

Making this Plan happen is a shared responsibility in which organisations, land managers, businesses, communities and individuals can all play their part in looking after this special landscape.

 to read Plan & comment 

Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme 

This is a Defra funding programme which is open to farmers, land managers and landowners (including from the private, public and charity sector) with land within the Shropshire Hills National Landscape.  

You can apply for grants for projects which deliver benefits to your farm and to nature, climate, people and place.

The funding ends and projects must be completed by 31st March 2026.

Help with form-filling and the application process is available from Alison Jones and Helen Oliver, our Farming in Protected Landscapes Advisers .

more about the programme