Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland

Full name of organisation : Association for the Protection of Rural Scotland

Short version of name :APRS

Contact person :Bill Wright

Address :Gladstone's Land (3 rd floor), 483 Lawnmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2NT

Telephone : 0131 225 7012/3

Fax: 0131 225 6592

Email: info@ruralscotland.org

Website: http://www.ruralscotland.org

Aims : To protect Scotland's countryside from inappropriate development and to promote best practice ideas

Current work priorities :

• National landscape related legislation
• Third Party Right of Appeal
• Implementation of the European Landscape Convention

Charity number: SCO 16139

Paid staff in Scotland : 2
Full time 1
Part time 1

Volunteers Variable but around 30

Date Established : 1926

Members: 750

Local groups: 0

Land owned or managed in Scotland : none

Membership of other umbrella groups: Built Environment Forum Scotland

Publications : Newsletter 3 times per annum; Annual Report and Accounts