Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park feels worlds apart from the bustle of city life. Yet it’s less than an hour from Glasgow and not much more from Edinburgh. A place of contrasts, it covers four distinctly different and special areas - Ben Lomond, standing guard over Loch Lomond, the largest expanse of freshwater in Great Britain; The Trossachs, wild glens and sparkling lochs between Callander and Aberfoyle; Breadalbane, the high country of the north, with some of Scotland’s finest munros, Ben Lui, Ben Challum, Ben More and Ben Vorlich; and The Argyll Forest of the Cowal peninsula, watched over by the Arrochar Alps and bordered by sea lochs.

Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park Authority is an Executive NDPB which has 25 members appointed by the Scottish Government. Its purpose is to deliver the four statutory aims for the National Park in a collective and co-ordinated way. It meets in public at least four times a year at different locations around the National Park area. The agendas and papers for these meetings are posted on this site one week in advance of the meeting. The Authority has two statutory committees: Planning and Audit. Themed committees and working groups also meet to take business forward.

The Local Access Forum was set up to advise the authority on duties and responsibilities under the Land Reform Act (Scotland) 2003.