An example of a quango with rural and countryside interest be the countryside commission , another would be the forestry commission , National heritage is another . In Scotland there is a separate countryside commission . Scottish land owners mostly disputed the original idea along with introduction of national parks .
The countryside Commission for England and Wales has its main office in Cheltenham ,Gloucestershire . Though there is regional offices for the regions within England and Wales .
The area office for this area ( North West ) is here in Manchester along Deansgate .
These regional offices of the countryside commission should make the job of local government easier.
Perhaps a better understanding of local issues .
Local government with the recent general election had many powers withered away by the former Tory government .Though every year local elections are held in may . These local elections give the inhabitants of that local area a choice to vote specifically on the local issues . .
The usual political parties partake in these elections , hopefully promoting these type of local government .
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Usually though people tend to see these local elections as a protest vote against the national government .
When the elections are decided , the area ,borough or district councils even the small parish councils meet . The majority have leisure specialists .It is these people whom decide which are the foremost issues on the agenda which should be addressed . These could be conservation or rural issues , and any problems with a leisure connection .
As the population as a whole has had an increase in leisure time , and more people own cars.
The question of accessibility and car ownership and the problems that arise as become an ever increasing headache . Over the last ten to twenty years , one form of access to rural leisure , public transport , has had a severe cutback in the forms of public transport available .
