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Countryside Commission, n. Brit. Now hist.
Brit. |ˈkʌntrɪsʌɪd kəˌmɪʃn|, U.S. |ˈkəntriˌsaɪd kəˌmɪʃ(ə)n|
[‹ country-side n. + commission n.1]
An independent body established in 1968 to promote the conservation and improvement of the countryside in England (and formerly in Wales) and to encourage the provision of facilities for public recreation and enjoyment.
In 1991 the Countryside Commission's responsibilities in Wales were taken over by the newly established Countryside Council for Wales. A separate body, the Countryside Commission for Scotland, was set up in 1967 and subsumed by Scottish National Heritage in 1992. In 1999 the Countryside Commission merged with the Rural Development Commission to form the Countryside Agency.
1966Leisure in Countryside 4 in Parl. Papers 1965–6 (Cmnd 2928) XIII. 223 The time has come to enlarge the [National Parks] Commission's scope so that their functions will include the encouragement of opportunities for the general enjoyment of the countryside. The Government therefore propose that the Commission shall be reconstituted and renamed the Countryside Commission. 1967Guardian 30 June 10/2 The national parks..and..the smaller ‘country parks’ which the long-awaited Countryside Commission is to bring into being. 1982Financial Times 1 Feb. 19/8 The Countryside Commission will not proceed with the designation of the Cambrian Way long distance path. The 271-mile path, from Cardiff to Conwy, would have been one of the longest and toughest in Wales or England. 1999M. Shoard Right to Roam ii. 62 In 1995 the Forestry Commission and Countryside Commission jointly designated ‘The Marston Vale Community Forest’—61 square miles of arable farmland now virtually devoid of landscape features together with worked-out brick-claypit country, at present resembling a lunar landscape. |