Natural England is the body who are responsible for designating National Parks and making amendments to them. Any organisation can potentially collect evidence and ask them to review a boundary of a National Park, but to succeed, a substantial amount of evidence and resource is needed. Friends of the Lake District have a track record of success in this field. Due to our background research work and campaigning, both the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks were extended on 1 Aug 2016. This led to a group of parish councils in the Duddon area considering the issues and deciding that they would also like to be included within the Lake District National Park. However, they recognised they did not have the experience or resources needed to do this on their own and so approached Friends of the Lake District. We have been working as partners on this project for some time. Whilst the LDNPA could if they wished ask for a review of their own boundaries, some people may find this politically unacceptable if they were seen to be wishing to expand their area.