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The file comprises publications and typescript circulars relating to the work of the Countryside Commission, and its links with other bodies such as the Council for National Parks, the Nature Conservancy Council, the Welsh Water Authority, and the Countryside Link Group.

The series comprises mainly typed minutes of meetings of the executive committee, discussing issues such as afforestation, the designation of special areas of Wales as national parks, national park administration, road and bridge schemes, preservation of historic buildings, planning regulations, housing and industrial developments, coastal development, siting of radio and television stations, construction of power stations and electricity lines, reservoir and hydro-electric schemes, nuclear energy, pollution, protection of wildlife and natural habitats. Recurrent high profile issues include Trawsfynydd nuclear power station, 1954-1965, 1975, Llyn Brianne, 1966-1969, 1973-1976, the Rio Tinto Zinc Corporation, 1966-1971, pumped water storage schemes at Dinorwic (Dinorwig), 1971-1973, 1976-1981, and the Severn Barrage, 1981-1989. The minutes include circulars concerning CPRW constitution and policy, annual events, conferences and representation on other bodies such as the National Trust and Nature Conservancy Council.

The file includes letters and circulars on rural themes, including the work of the Development Board for Rural Wales, the Nature Conservancy Council, the Country Landowners Association and the House of Lords European Communities Committee.