Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Management Plan (2020-2024) Background Paper: the State of the Park Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority June 2019 1 1. Pembrokeshire Coast National Park special qualities .............................................................................. 6 2. National Landscape Character Areas (Wales) .......................................................................................... 7 3. South-West Wales Area Statement ......................................................................................................... 8 4. Landscape Character Areas ...................................................................................................................... 8 5. Marine Character Areas (Wales) ............................................................................................................ 18 6. Pembrokeshire Coast Seascape Character Assessment .......................................................................... 19 7. Designated earth heritage sites ............................................................................................................. 24 8. Tranquillity ............................................................................................................................................ 24 9. Dark skies .............................................................................................................................................. 25 10. The Well-being Assessment and Well-being Plan for Pembrokeshire ................................................ 29 11. Pembrokeshire Coast National Park - Demographic Forecasts (2018) ................................................ 32 12. Employment and workplace zones .................................................................................................... 33 13. Housing ............................................................................................................................................. 35 14. EU Exit Scenario Planning Workshops ............................................................................................... 36 15. Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority Strategic Equality Plan, 2016 - 2020 .......................... 37 16. Enjoying the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park 2011 ..................................................................... 41 17. Beaches ............................................................................................................................................. 41 18. Welsh Outdoor Recreation Survey, 2016 ........................................................................................... 43 19. National Parks Wales - Together for Health and Wellbeing ............................................................... 44 20. Recreational Audit for Disabled Access in Pembrokeshire ................................................................. 45 21. Outdoor learning ............................................................................................................................... 45 22. Public Rights of Way network ........................................................................................................... 46 23. Rights of Way Improvement Plan for Pembrokeshire ........................................................................ 48 24. Country Path User Survey 2015-16 (Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, January 2017)... 50 25. Pembrokeshire Coast Path National Trail .......................................................................................... 51 26. Access Land ....................................................................................................................................... 53 2 27. Other recreation opportunities ......................................................................................................... 53 28. Recreational capacity ........................................................................................................................ 54 29. Potential recreational conflicts ......................................................................................................... 55 30. State of Natural Resources Report 2016 ............................................................................................ 57 31. The State of Wildlife in Pembrokeshire reports ................................................................................. 58 32. Management Area profiles ................................................................................................................ 59 33. The area and state of designated conservation sites ......................................................................... 71 34. Unregulated activities ....................................................................................................................... 72 35. Connectivity ...................................................................................................................................... 74 36. Non-native invasive species, pests and pathogens ............................................................................ 77 37. Scheduled Monuments ..................................................................................................................... 79 38. Historic environment record ............................................................................................................. 80 39. Maritime assets ................................................................................................................................. 80 40. Historic Landscapes ........................................................................................................................... 80 41. Conservation Areas ........................................................................................................................... 81 42. Listed Buildings ................................................................................................................................. 82 43. Historic parks and gardens ................................................................................................................ 82 44. Local distinctiveness .......................................................................................................................... 82 45. Global greenhouse gas emissions ...................................................................................................... 85 46. UK Climate Change Risk Assessment 2017 Evidence Report Summary for Wales .............................. 85 47. Coastal risk ........................................................................................................................................ 89 48. Shoreline Management Plan 2 – Risk Areas ..................................................................................... 100 49. Newgale Adaptation Plan (Final) (Pembrokeshire County Council, April 2015)................................ 102 50. Renewable Energy ........................................................................................................................... 103 51. Air quality ....................................................................................................................................... 105 52. State of Natural Resources Report 2016 .......................................................................................... 107 3 53. Soilscapes ........................................................................................................................................ 108 54. Water quality .................................................................................................................................. 109 55. Nitrogen pollution ........................................................................................................................... 109 56. Western Wales River Basin Management Plan 2015-2021 .............................................................. 110 57. Abstraction licensing strategies ....................................................................................................... 112 58. Water Resources Management ....................................................................................................... 115 59. The Environment Act 1995 .............................................................................................................. 117 60. The Environment (Wales) Act 2016 ................................................................................................. 117 61. The Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2016 .................................................................................... 118 62. National Park Management Plan guidance and advice (2007 and 2014) .......................................... 119 63. Nature Recovery Plan for Wales (2015) ........................................................................................... 119 64. Nature Recovery Plan for Pembrokeshire (June 2018) ..................................................................... 119 65. Pembrokeshire Well-being Plan ...................................................................................................... 119 66. Vital nature: Making the connections between biodiversity and the people and places of Wales ... 120 67. Wales National Marine Plan ............................................................................................................ 120 68. The Well-being of Future Generations (Wales)