Dales National Park Management Plan 2019-24

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Front cover: Smardale Viaduct in the Dales one of Britain’s breathing spaces Printed on FSC Accredited Stock. Design: www.r-evolution.co.uk Prepared by the National Park Management Plan Steering Group Introduction

National Parks The purposes are underpinned in law by It is a plan for the National Park - its the ‘Sandford Principle’. This makes it communities, businesses, visitors and Craven District Natural National Parks contain the most clear that the first purpose should take the many organisations that operate Council beautiful, spectacular and dramatic areas of countryside in England. precedence over the second in cases of there. It requires all who have an irreconcilable conflict. interest in the National Park to work Farmer District Council They are landscapes of national together to achieve its aspirations. The The landscapes of National Parks have Network importance and their designation Government expects public agencies been home to communities and industry gives them the highest status for the and authorities active within or Rural Estates for thousands of years, and continue conservation of landscape and scenic bordering a National Park to co-operate Cumbria Tourism (Cumbria/) to be so. The National Park Authorities, beauty. They also contain fantastic in the development of the National Park Businesses therefore, also have a duty under opportunities for recreation, and Management Plan and the achievement Section 62(1) of the Environment Act: Rural Estates (Yorkshire) millions of visitors enjoy their special of its objectives. Destination Dales qualities every year. • in taking forward the national This National Park Management Plan South Lakeland The National Park was park purposes, [to] seek to was produced by a partnership - the District Council designated in 1954 and is one of ten foster the economic and social Management Plan Steering Group. Council National Parks in England, which cover well-being of local communities It includes statutory environmental around 9% of the country. In 2016, within the National Park. Yorkshire Dales bodies, local authorities, the voluntary Environment Agency the boundary of the National Park Farmer Network The most recent statutory guidance on sector, and representatives of local was extended to include parts of the the English National Parks is set out in businesses (see page 2). Orton , Northern , ‘English National Parks and the Broads: UK Forestry Commission Yorkshire Dales Mallerstang, Barbon, Middleton and Government Vision and Circular 2010’. The review has involved many England Millennium Trust Casterton Fells in Cumbria, and Leck elements: detailed evidence reports; in Lancashire. Yorkshire Dales National Park public consultations; and the direct Lancaster City Yorkshire Dales The vast majority of the land in the Management Plan involvement of a range of individuals Council National Park Authority National Park is in private ownership. There is a statutory duty to review the and organisations in drafting the National Park Management Plan proposed objectives. This included the National Park statutory “at intervals of not more than five first annual Yorkshire Dales National purposes and duty years” (Section 66 of the Environment Park Forum in November 2017. The statutory purposes of English Act 1995). The public consultation results, detailed Contents National Parks are set out in Section 61 The National Park Circular makes clear evidence reports and a full description of the Environment Act 1995. These are: that the National Park Management of the review process will all be • to conserve and enhance the Plan is the single most important available from Spring 2019 at www. yorkshiredalesmanagementplan.org.uk Introduction 03 natural beauty, wildlife, and document for each National Park. It cultural heritage of the national should set out the vision, strategic Our Vision 06 parks; policies, and outcomes for the National • to promote opportunities for the Park over the long term. It should also Special qualities of the Yorkshire Dales National Park 08 understanding and enjoyment ensure that National Park purposes are being delivered. Objectives 12 of the special qualities [of the national parks] by the public. Delivering the objectives 18

“It is a Plan for the National Park - its communities,

businesses, visitors and the many organisations that operate there. It requires all who have an This Management Plan is dedicated to the memory of interest in the National Park to work together “ David Shaw and his passion for this special place and its people. to achieve its aspirations. 02 03 Links to other plans • establishes a framework for the • Clarity of focus. The Management Looking forward to 2019-2024 On a more positive note, recent • Equality Impact Assessment. and legislation detailed policies, plans and strategies Plan does not attempt to catalogue The context for the new Management research into ecosystem services has This is to guard against unlawful The National Park Management Plan is of the Yorkshire Dales National everything that might happen in the Plan period is dominated by the concluded that the National Park is discrimination, harassment, nationally important for its tranquillity, a high-level, strategic document that Park Authority and many other next five years. Nor does it attempt decision to leave the European Union. victimisation, or other conduct recreational resources, history, water aims to set out a clear ‘direction of organisations. Again, many of to set out the detail of how each Several of the new objectives are aimed prohibited by the Equality Act quality, and climate regulation. travel’ within the National Park. these plans are listed in the detailed objective will be delivered (that at preparing for fundamental change 2010. The Act also requires the In doing so, it: evidence reports; is set out in numerous supporting as the country leaves the Common At an international level, it is important advancement of equality of strategies). Instead, it focuses Agricultural Policy and sets up a new for its biodiversity, geological diversity, opportunity between people who • does not override any other specific • reflects and takes forward relevant on identifying the key high level farming and land management support and ‘sense of place’. The Management show ‘protected characteristics’ legislative requirements or consent national and international policies, objectives that will be implemented system. This aspect of Brexit alone is Plan is attempting to further develop and those who do not. Protected processes. such as the European Landscape by a range of organisations. likely to have lasting consequences for some of these assets to improve characteristics are age, disability, Convention, in a way that reflects the landscape and other special qualities delivery of National Park purposes and marriage and civil partnership, Guiding principles • Accountability. The Management local circumstances. These policies of the area. strengthen the National Park’s economy. gender reassignment, pregnancy and Plan lists the bodies that will help to are identified in the detailed The following principles underpin maternity, race, religion and belief, deliver each of the various objectives. The Government’s long-term strategy With regard to the welcome new evidence reports; every aspect of this National Park for the environment has only recently National Park areas in Cumbria and sex and sexual orientation. Management Plan: Wherever possible, those objectives been set out in the 25 Year Environment • takes account of the existing policies include measureable targets that will Lancashire, the next five years are an All three documents will be available • Working with, and through, local Plan. This aims to improve air and water opportunity to catch up on, and invest and strategies of a range of local allow progress to be meaningfully alongside this Management people. With 95% of the National quality, protect threatened habitat and in, projects that will add value to their bodies; assessed and publicly reported. Plan from Spring 2019 at www. Park in private ownership, local people species, and take action on climate special qualities. One of the catalysts yorkshiredalesmanagementplan.org.uk • gives effect to, and is bound by, will be at the heart of the delivery of change. This has influenced objectives for this work is the Westmorland Dales National Park purposes. All the most of the objectives set out in this concerned with habitat enhancement, Landscape Partnership, which is helping Monitoring and objectives should be read to mean Management Plan. The Management raptor persecution, woodland planting, to reveal, celebrate and conserve the reporting progress that they will be delivered in a way Plan sets out what the relevant peat restoration, natural flood hidden assets of this fantastic area. that meets National Park purposes organisations (be they public, private management, and biosecurity. Other objectives include working with We intend that this National Park and the associated duty; or voluntary) are going to do to help A continuing social and economic business and local communities on Management Plan will be used and encourage people to achieve theme over the next five years will sustainable development, improving the and re-used. We will use it to hold those objectives. be the reduction in the National Park rights of way network, and recording ourselves and other organisations to population and its increasingly skewed the area’s rich history and heritage. account. It will be adjusted, where age structure. The drift out of the area necessary, to reflect significant changes by young people is no longer being Statutory assessments in circumstance that we cannot yet redressed by new households moving The preparation of this National Park envisage. in. Population decline and the lack Management Plan was subject to: of children are causing a shortage of We will use the National Park workers and the closure of schools. • Sustainability Appraisal. This tested Management Plan website www. The area continues to suffer from the the implications of the objectives yorkshiredalesmanagementplan.org.uk legacy of the 2008/9 recession, with and made recommendations on to provide regular updates of progress housing completions still weak and only their potential impact on sustainable in implementing every single objective a slow release of land by developers. development – including any impacts in this Management Plan, as well as Public sector austerity has reduced on the environment. In turn, these a comprehensive annual progress spending on infrastructure and services impacts were taken into account in report. The website will also provide such as housing, public transport and drafting the final objectives. much more detail about each objective environmental management. – including links to the work of the • Habitats Regulations Assessment. organisations involved. In response, this Plan includes This was undertaken to assess objectives for all the local authorities whether any of the objectives might to work together to attract younger, have an impact on conservation working-age people into the area, sites designated under the European encourage economic growth, and Habitats Directive, which are of support the use of existing services or the development of new ones. exceptional importance in respect of rare, endangered or vulnerable natural habitats and species. 04 05 Our Vision

Through their passion for this special place, local people, businesses and organisations will keep the Yorkshire Dales National Park a thriving area. Its unique cultural landscape will be treasured for its stunning scenery, exceptional heritage and wonderful wildlife, and every year millions of people will be inspired to be a part of it.

By 2040, it will be:

A distinctive, living, working, Providing an outstanding cultural landscape that range of benefits for the nation Home to the finest tells the ongoing story based on its natural resources, variety of wildlife of generations of people landscape and cultural heritage, in England. interacting with their which underpin a flourishing environment. local economy.

A friendly, open and Resilient and responsive Home to strong, welcoming place to the impacts of climate self-reliant and balanced with outstanding change, storing more communities with good opportunities to enjoy carbon each year than access to the services its special qualities. it produces. they need.

Each element of this Vision carries deliver at least two, and often equal weight. more, of the elements of the Vision. There are six objectives that Similarly, the delivery of each are very ambitious, and do not The following sections set out the objective is underpinned by detailed yet have sufficient funding to special qualities of the National Park policies and procedures to ensure that implement them, one relating to and the specific objectives that we that action on the ground is delivered each of the six elements of intend to achieve over the next five in a way that avoids any potentially the Vision. A friendly, open and to ten years. “ negative effects on other objectives. welcoming place By putting them in the

As might be expected given the The objectives should, therefore, be with outstanding integrated approach that has been considered as a whole rather than Management Plan, the purpose taken in developing this Management section by section. is to maintain current momentum opportunities to enjoy “ Plan, every objective will help to and make a commitment to its special qualities. collectively seek and lobby for the necessary funding to deliver them. 06 07 Special qualities of the Yorkshire Dales National Park

In the Yorkshire Dales National Park, the and human activity have created a The most extensive caving area in the A traditional pastoral landscape A landscape of striking contrasts, biodiversity, which includes rare wet interaction of people with nature has hugely varied landscape and numerous UK, including the longest cave system in created by livestock farmers over between the deep, sheltered dales meadows, over half of England’s produced a landscape of remarkable dramatic features and beautiful views: the UK - the Three Counties System, and several centuries. This historical and the open, exposed, sweeping calcareous grassland, and over 30% beauty and distinctive character that is one of the largest caverns and the highest landscape is acknowledged as fells above. of England’s pavement. cherished and enjoyed by the nation. Dales with distinctive stepped unbroken underground waterfall in the internationally important and includes: profiles, produced by the UK at . Wildlife Extensive areas of moorland, much The Yorkshire Dales National Park is a of layers of limestone interspersed • an intricate network of drystone of it (42% of the area of the National home and a workplace for over 24,000 with shales and from the The Howgills, a series of grassy rounded walls (as well as hedgerows in Over a quarter (57,000ha) of the Park) managed as grouse moor, that people, with around 95% of the land in Carboniferous period. hills made up of rocks from the older Lower Bishopdale, the Lune Valley, Yorkshire Dales National Park is made contain upland heath and blanket and private ownership. It is also a place that Silurian period, sweeping steeply upwards Dentdale and Sedbergh) that creates up of nationally and internationally raised bog, which are internationally millions of people visit every year. Fells that rise to over 700 metres from deep ravines to broad rounded tops. a patchwork of enclosures across important wildlife habitats – the important for wildlife and the carbon at High Seat, Great Shunner Fell, Wild valleys and valley sides; largest area of any English National Park. they store as peat. These habitats cover The area’s unique landscape character Boar Fell and the -capped Significant glacial and post-glacial Over a quarter of England’s remaining vast areas and contain a variety of plant is created by the particular combination ‘Three Peaks’, and include the highest landforms and features, including: • traditional stone-built field barns, the species and important bird populations. of many elements: the managed peaks in Yorkshire () and drumlin fields, such as the one at density of which in some parts of the flower-rich upland hay meadows moorland, pastures and valley Lancashire (Gragareth). Glaciers and ; erratics, including those at National Park, notably Arkengarthdale, and pastures, produced by traditional, Small areas of broadleaf woodland grasslands; small woodlands; dispersed rivers have cut deep dales into the Norber; moraines; and the post-glacial Swaledale, Wharfedale and low-intensity management of grazing (2.5% of the area of the National villages and farmsteads; the local extensive moorland plateaux, each lakes of Semerwater, Malham Tarn and , is unique. land over many decades. Outstanding Park), representing remnants of former, building materials; strong field patterns; distinctive in character and atmosphere. Sunbiggin Tarn. examples can be found in Swaledale more extensive broadleaved woodland and drystone walls and field barns. This A highly legible landscape, in which and Langstrothdale. or later plantings. Surviving areas of One of the best examples in the UK Spectacular waterfalls, such as: Hardraw there is still a very clear and evident is what makes it such a special place. A range of rare limestone habitats ancient woodland are of particularly of classic limestone scenery, with its Force (the longest unbroken drop in link between the underlying geology high biodiversity value. Natural beauty scars, such as those at Gordale and England), Uldale Force, and Rutter Force; and landform, the historic use and linked directly to the geology of the Craven and Westmorland Dales. The area straddles the , the Attermire, and limestone pavements, the Aysgarth Falls series; and Cautley management of the land, the current Nationally important populations The area’s ‘limestone country’ is backbone of northern England. The such as those above Malham Cove and Spout, with a broken drop of 180 metres. land uses and land cover. of birds like curlew, lapwing, black internationally recognised for its underlying geology, natural processes Great Asby Scar.

08 09 grouse and ring ouzel; rare lime-loving the area’s culture and social fabric are beauty, grandeur and other less tangible plants, such as bird’s-eye primrose, still evident today. They include lead qualities. These all help create the rigid buckler fern, globeflower and and lime extraction and processing ‘spirit of place’ that is unique to this baneberry; rare and scarce invertebrates sites, as well as water mills. National Park: such as the northern brown argus butterfly and the Atlantic white-clawed Powerful reminders of periods of Extensive areas where a true sense of crayfish; and important mammals, dominance by large estates and tranquillity, remoteness and solitude notably the red squirrel. religious houses through place names can still be found, which is rare in and some surviving structures, such England today. as , Bolton Abbey, Cultural heritage Barden Tower, Pendragon Castle, The natural sounds of wind, water and birdsong, which are important The Yorkshire Dales National Park and Marrick Priory. to the recreational experience; the has been home to communities and Distinctive, traditional architecture, ‘spiritual exercise and enjoyment’ industry for several millennia, helping where the local building materials used that is at the heart of National Park to shape much of what we now think link directly to the area’s geology. designation. is special. There is an exceptional amount of evidence of these previous Numerous small, attractive villages Expansive views that show to generations of occupation, connecting and hamlets, most of which have been advantage the area’s beauty and variety. past communities to the present and there for over a thousand years, as well providing a highly visible record of as scattered farmsteads. Ever-changing light, seasonal change the area’s social and economic history, and occasional severe weather, which including: Minor roads along the dales, bordered creates visual drama and contrast that by drystone walls or hedgerows and enhance personal experience. A culture of community spirit, flower-rich verges. Higher up, unfenced self-sufficiency, determination, and roads cross open moorland and offer Strong, self-reliant communities, each self-belief, which has been shaped by dramatic views. with its own special character, but all the area’s physical environment and with a very close sense of community, remoteness, nurturing self-dependency The Settle-Carlisle Railway Line, reflected in the wide range of local and close knit communities. opened in 1876, is unique and displays village shows, festivals, social activities, impressive engineering and conserved traditional pubs and entertainment. Livestock farming, with distinct sheep Midland Railway architecture. It offers breeds like Rough Fell, Wensleydale, a very special way of enjoying the Dark night skies; as it suffers little Dalesbred and Swaledale that are dramatic landscape along its route. from light pollution, the moon, night

sky and atmospheric effects can be Through educational and skills-based important for genetic diversity, and a Elsewhere, the imposing structures of “ strong tradition of upland cattle rearing, former railways at Smardale and the fully appreciated. activities, inspire 6,000 young people that is still deeply interwoven into local Lune Viaduct are testament to earlier An historic and extensive network from in and around the National life and culture, and made famous feats of engineering. of footpaths, bridleways and tracks, “ through Wensleydale Cheese. Livestock Park to explore and enhance including the Pennine Trails, Coast- sales and agricultural shows play an A distinctive linguistic, literary and to-Coast, Yorkshire ‘Three Peaks’, their environment each year. important part in the lives of local artistic heritage, inspired by the and Malham Landscape Trail, some people. landscape and by the history of the communities – past and present – who of the best known and loved walks An exceptional range of archaeology, have lived and worked here. in the country. which provides the evidence of human Extensive areas of public access, activity from the earliest hunters of Enjoying the experience of rivers, crags and caves offering the Palaeolithic through to twentieth being here outstanding opportunities for outdoor century industrial remains. Most of the people who spend any time recreation from paragliding to caving, The remains of former rural in the National Park will experience a with some of the hardest sport climbing industries, the influences of which on range of emotions, triggered by the in the world at Malham Cove.

10 11 Objectives

A distinctive, living, working, cultural landscape, A friendly, open and welcoming place with outstanding that tells the ongoing story of generations of people opportunities to enjoy its special qualities interacting with their environment

A1 During Brexit transition, support A4 Continue to reduce the A7 Deliver co-ordinated programmes farmers and landowners to continue number of overhead power lines and of activity that enhance the distinctive to deliver a range of public benefits other equipment, including putting landscape, geology and cultural through national agri-environment another 20km of existing power lines heritage of the ‘ Dales’ scheme agreements and other similar underground by 2024. (by 2020) and the ‘Westmorland Dales’ initiatives, and monitor take-up. (by 2023). A5 Use the Dales Countryside A2 Maintain the National Park as a Museum and the Historic Environment A8 By 2022, develop a locally place where a true sense of tranquillity, Record to help local heritage groups to tailored, locally delivered, outcome- remoteness and solitude can be found, research, record and promote the stories focused environmental land and, by 2021, obtain Dark Skies of the National Park area, including management scheme to maintain, Reserve status to enhance and promote completing the enhancement of the restore and improve the outstanding enjoyment of its night sky. Historic Environment Record for the new natural capital and rural heritage of the area of the National Park by 2024. National Park. A3 By 2020, produce a simplified and updated Landscape Character A6 Help local people to restore, B1 Benefit a wide variety of users by B5 Through educational and skills- B9 Promote and encourage Assessment for the National Park, and repair and - where possible - bring back A9 By 2022, secure significant raising the standard of all public rights based activities, inspire 6,000 young responsible cycling by supporting world use it to support initiatives, policies and into use nationally important historical funding to repair, restore, and - of way so that 90% are ‘easy to use’ people from in and around the National class events that showcase the National plans to enhance local distinctiveness sites, buildings and structures so that where appropriate - find adaptive by 2023. Park to explore and enhance their Park, enabling the development of four and promote positive landscape change. less than 4% of scheduled monuments new uses for traditional field barns, environment each year. ‘cycle hubs’, and creating at least one and listed buildings are considered ‘at particularly those in Swaledale, further family-friendly cycling route Arkengarthdale and Littondale. risk’ by 2024. B2 Maintain and promote the B6 Run a cohesive programme of by 2023. Pennine Trails and other recognised inspirational, participatory activities long-distance routes, identify that attract at least 4,000 people B10 Maintain ‘green lanes’ and opportunities for new multi-user each year to find out more about the - where appropriate - manage use by routes, and campaign for the Coast- National Park’s special qualities. recreational motor vehicles, including to-Coast path to become a National enforcing any restrictions imposed by Trail by 2024. B7 Give people from all backgrounds Traffic Regulation Orders. an opportunity to enjoy and contribute to the National Park by providing Develop and launch an Carry out works to improve B11 B3 at least 7,000 volunteer days per annual farm and estate ‘open day’ access on appropriate public rights of year, with 15% coming from under- programme by 2020 to enable more way and established permissive routes, represented groups. people to experience and understand so that 262km (10%) are suitable for the roles that farming, food production, users of all ages and abilities by 2024. B8 Work with organisers of large- woodland and moorland management scale events to ensure they are well play in looking after the distinctive By 2024, provide 6,000 people B4 run, benefit local businesses, and landscape of the National Park. from under-represented groups with contribute to the maintenance of activity days that enable them to access the National Park’s natural capita the special qualities of the National Park, - for example, funding the cost of and so increase their understanding, maintaining the ‘Three Peaks’ route. enjoyment, health and well-being. 12 13 Objectives

Home to the finest variety of wildlife in England Resilient and responsive to the impacts of climate change, storing more carbon each year than it produces

C1 Support farmers and landowners D1 Work with farmers and D4 Create a railhead at Horton D8 Develop and implement ‘Circular to restore and manage landscape-scale landowners to ensure that at least Quarry and continue other measures Economy’ strategies that reduce litter mosaics of priority habitats, so that: 70% of all woodland is in active to reduce road haulage limits from and waste in the National Park, and a) all the blanket bog in nationally management by 2023, including quarries by 50% compared to 2011. increase recycling in line with the and internationally important wildlife positive management of conifer National Waste Strategy. sites is ‘recovering’, and 50% of the plantations to increase suitable habitat D5 Work with farmers and other land in such sites has reached for red squirrels and black grouse. landowners to deliver landscape-scale ‘favourable’ condition by 2024; natural flood management projects in Support landowners to create at the Aire, Eden, Lune, Ribble, Swale, Ure b) 30% of the priority habitats D2 least a further 450 hectares of native and Wharfe catchments. outside nationally designated wildlife broadleaved and mixed woodland sites are in good condition by 2024; that enhances the National Park’s D6 By 2020, produce an online, landscape by 2024, with priority given interactive habitat network map c) at least one landscape-scale to projects that strengthen habitat that helps farmers and land managers ‘nature recovery area’ has been networks, increase carbon storage and to develop connected, climate-resilient created by 2021. help to reduce flooding. habitats.

C2 Work with farmers and D7 Support land managers to create By 2030, restore all landowners to achieve and maintain D3 more resilient landscapes through the degraded blanket bog/deep stable or increasing populations for development and implementation of peat habitat to ecologically and 90% of priority species by 2026, strategies that reduce the risk and hydrologically functioning bog that including the UK ‘red-listed’ upland spread of invasive non-native species, is actively sequestering and storing birds — black grouse, curlew, hen and respond to threats from pests and carbon, and is being managed harrier, lapwing, merlin, skylark and diseases that threaten the environment sustainably. yellow wagtail — for which the of the National Park. National Park is renowned, and those of international importance.

C3 Work with farmers and landowners to improve the condition of the Aire, Eden, Lune, Ribble, Swale, Ure and Wharfe, so that at least 90% of all rivers achieve ‘good ecological status’ Photo: Natural England by 2027.

C4 Work with farmers in C5 Work with moorland managers Wensleydale to demonstrate the and other key stakeholders to devise benefit of ‘high nature value’, low-input and implement a local approach to end farm systems through a five-year trial illegal persecution of raptors, including of a ‘payment by results’ approach to independent and scientifically robust agri-environment funding. monitoring, and co-ordinated hen harrier nest and winter roost site protection. 14 15 Objectives

Providing an outstanding range of benefits for the nation Home to strong, self-reliant and balanced communities based on its natural resources, landscape and cultural with good access to the services they need heritage, which underpin a flourishing local economy

F4 Provide basic mobile phone F7 Determine the demand from F1 Support the completion coverage across the National Park to local communities and visitors for bus E3 Promote the National Park as a E6 Develop and promote new of 400 dwellings in a range of reduce ‘not spots’, and ensure 4G services to and within the National leading sustainable tourism destination, events, festivals and attractions based tenures, sizes, types and prices, (or better) services are available on all Park, and use that information to including enhancing the locations of on the National Park’s special qualities by 2024. networks in the four service ‘hubs’ and work with operators and community four National Park Centres to create and local distinctiveness, so that at least their surrounding ‘spoke’ settlements transport providers to provide ‘visitor hubs’ that promote local 10% of visitors each year are coming by 2021. services that meet the needs of local Undertake a five-year programme distinctiveness and assist destination for the first time. F2 communities (with Grassington, , of measures to promote the National promotion for local activities, F5 Through ‘Great Place: Lakes Reeth and Sedbergh linked throughout Park as a place to live for younger, accommodation, food and itineraries. By 2023, provide at least 20 and Dales’ deliver a programme of the year to their nearest main service E7 working-age households (18 to apprenticeships that focus on the skills research and investment in local centre and railway station), and link the 44-year-olds) to help halt the decline By 2020, undertake a costed audit that are essential to maintaining the culture, arts and heritage so as to main visitor destinations to the main E4 in their numbers. of the public benefits ofsustainable National Park’s special qualities. retain and attract younger people and visitor catchments. land management, and use it to support businesses to the rural corridor linking Retain access to services – like an increase in the total level of funding Deliver at least one significant F3 Skipton to Grasmere. E8 primary schools and GP surgeries - that to support farmers and landowners economic development project in are essential to the long-term viability undertaking that management. each of Craven, Eden, Richmondshire, F6 Use the Sustainable Development of local communities, using the four and South Lakeland, and increase the Fund and other funding sources to main service ‘hubs’ (Grassington, number and quality of jobs so as to support 20 new local projects each Hawes, Reeth and Sedbergh) and their E5 Support the development of increase gross value added (GVA) by year that bring economic, social surrounding ‘spoke’ settlements to rail services and related economic 10% by 2024. and environmental benefits to the uses along the Leeds-Settle-Carlisle create economies of scale. National Park. Railway, and measures to re- E9 Support sustainable farm instate other lines to and within businesses, rural business innovation E1 Connect Grassington, Hawes, the National Park, including the and diversification, so as to increase Reeth and Sedbergh to fibre-to-the- reinstatement of the Wensleydale the average less favoured area farm premises broadband by 2024, and Railway to Garsdale, starting business income to match the national secure at least the Universal Service with the stretch from to average wage and increase the number Obligation (10mbps) for the rest of the Aysgarth by 2024. National Park. of jobs within the sector to 3,250 full- time equivalents by 2025. E2 Improve the quality, variety and marketing of the tourism ‘offer’ to encourage more overnight stays and more visitors in the quieter months, so that the value of tourism grows by at least 5% in real terms by 2024.

16 17 Delivering the objectives

The achievement of the objectives set out in this Management Plan will require the commitment and efforts of a wide range of organisations and individuals. Local communities, landowners and the people who live and work in the National Park, volunteers, and visitors all have an important role to play, as do the 100 parish councils and parish meetings.

More specifically, the organisations listed below have committed to working together to achieve one or more of the objectives set out in this Management Plan. A full list of the organisations involved in delivering each particular objective will be available at www.yorkshiredalesmanagementplan.org.uk

Access The Dales Cumbria Strategic Flood Partnership Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Northern Upland Chain Local Upper Aire Land Management Project Yorkshire Dales Historic ACTion with Communities in Cumbria Cumbria Tourism Grassington Festival Nature Partnership Upper Dales Community Partnership Environment Group Aire Rivers Trust Cumbria Wildlife Trust Hanson UK NYNet Ltd Upper Wharfedale Bus Community Yorkshire Dales Landscape Research Trust British Association for Shooting & Dales and Bowland Community Interest Historic England Pennine National Trails Partnership Interest Company Yorkshire Dales Local Access Forum Conservation Company Housing Associations People’s Trust for Endangered Species Ure Salmon Trust Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust Broadband for the Rural North Dales Farmer Network Lancaster City Council Public Health England Welcome to Yorkshire Yorkshire Dales Moorland Group Campaign to Protect Rural England Dales Rural Estates Network Lancaster and Skipton Rail User Group Ribble Rivers Trust Wensleydale Railway Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Chrysalis Arts Dales Tourism Network Lancashire Constabulary Richmondshire District Council Western Dales Community Bus Service Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust Community First Yorkshire Dales Way Association Lancashire County Council Royal Society for the Protection of Birds White Rose Forest Yorkshire Peat Partnership Council of Northern Caving Clubs Dales Woodland Forum Land Access & Recreation Association Rural Payments Agency Woodland Trust Yorkshire Water Craven District Council Eden District Council Leeds City Council Settle Area Freight Quality Partnership York, and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership Yorkshire Wildlife Trust Craven Pothole Club Eden Rivers Trust Leeds-Lancaster- Settle-Carlisle Railway Development Cumbria Constabulary Electricity North West Community Rail Partnership Company Yorkshire Dales Biodiversity Forum Yorwoods Cumbria County Council Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway Lune Rivers Trust Skipton and East Lancs Rail Action Yorkshire Dales Biosecurity and Invasive Partnership Non-native Species Working Group Cumbria Farm Environment Partnership Environment Agency Lunesdale Archaeological Society South Lakeland District Council Yorkshire Dales Farmer Network Cumbria Farmer Network Experience Community Moorland Association Sport England Yorkshire Dales Farming and Land Cumbria GeoConservation Field Studies Council National Trust Superfast North Yorkshire Management Forum Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership Forestry Commission Natural England Tarmac Cumbria Peat Partnership Friends of A Dales High Way Network Rail The Wainwright Society Friends of DalesBus North Yorkshire County Council Trail Riders Fellowship Friends of Dales Countryside Museum North Yorkshire Police Friends of the Northern Hill Farming Panel Friends of the Settle-Carlisle Line Northern Powergrid Friends of the Three Peaks Northern Rail

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