The Council for the Protection of Rural England (CPRE) were not directly approached for their advice, however, a public consultation was run in late 2004 to gather views on the National Interest Mapping Services Agreement, including the updating of rural and moorland mapping. CPRE did not respond to this consultation. Further discussions took place with potentially affected organisations in 2006, including Scottish Executive, Welsh Assembly, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Ministry of Defence.