Call for Welsh Assembly to run Lake Vyrnwy
The Welsh Assembly should take over the running of the Lake Vyrnwy estate to stop it being sold off to private buyers, a charity has said. The Welsh Assembly should take over the running of the Lake Vyrnwy estate to stop it being sold off to private buyers, a charity has said. The RSPB is one of two major organisations that have waded into the campaign to stop Severn Trent selling the land around the Mid Wales reservoir. The water firm plans to sell the estate, excluding the reservoir, on a 125-year lease for an asking price of £11 million. This week the RSPB Cymru said the area was one of Wales's most important natural assets.
The Welsh Assembly should take over the running of the Lake Vyrnwy estate to stop it being sold off to private buyers, a charity has said.
The RSPB is one of two major organisations that have waded into the campaign to stop Severn Trent selling the land around the Mid Wales reservoir.
The water firm plans to sell the estate, excluding the reservoir, on a 125-year lease for an asking price of £11 million. This week the RSPB Cymru said the area was one of Wales's most important natural assets.
Laurence Rose, acting director of RSPB Cymru, said: "We are not convinced that the outright sale of the estate best serves the interests of the people of Wales or the site's legally protected wildlife and habitats.
"We believe these interests would be overwhelmingly best served by the Lake Vyrnwy Estate being cared for by passionate people."
He said the best outcome would be for the Assembly to take over the area.
"The Welsh Assembly Government is currently developing a Natural Environment Framework that supports bringing large ecosystem resources, such as clean water, under suitable management for the wider public good," he said.
"The Lake Vyrnwy Estate offers a perfect opportunity for the Welsh Assembly Government to put this theory into practice. "
