(AGENPARL) – lun 09 dicembre 2024 Please find our latest news release below.
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Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Yoredale | Bainbridge | Leyburn | DL8 3EL
News Release [YDNPA 4cm_BLACK]
Draft Local Plan published
Bainbridge, 9 December 2024
Members of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority will meet next week to consider a draft set of planning policies that will guide development in the National Park for the next 15 years.
The “draft Local Plan text” has been made public today in advance of the meeting (click the first link on the page). An accompanying report has also been published (see agenda item 7).
The new Local Plan, which will be subject to formal public consultation early next year, includes details of the sites within the National Park for the building of new homes to meet the Local Plan target of 750 dwellings. This is to assist local housing authorities and house builders to enable the development of much needed affordable homes alongside, and cross-subsidised by, open market homes. Feedback from a recent public consultation on future housing sites will also be discussed at the meeting to agree which sites should be included.
The introduction of a principal occupancy condition on all new homes is an important new policy contained within the draft Local Plan. It is designed to ensure all new housing is permanently occupied rather than used as second homes or holiday lets. The Local Plan will also support the development of the rural economy and gives greater prominence to climate change and nature recovery.
Member Champion for Sustainable Development Richard Foster said: “I would like to thank members of the public and all the organisations and businesses that have fed into the development of this new Local Plan, which will undergo a final and more formal stage of consultation early next year before being submitted to the Planning Inspectorate for examination.
“I would also like to thank our partner organisations, particularly North Yorkshire and Westmorland & Furness Councils who, as the housing authorities, are ultimately responsible for building the affordable homes we need here.
“There is a lot in this draft, with 52 new policies to consider. These policies seek to support farm businesses, and cover housing, the rural economy, traditional buildings, landscape and wildlife, amongst other things.
“I’m looking forward to seeing the ten individual development plans that we inherited when the National Park expanded in 2016 finally becoming one single document. This will make it much simpler for our communities and help us to respond more effectively to the economic, social and environmental challenges we face”.
It is expected that a draft Local Plan for further public consultation will be published in early 2025.
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Note to Newsdesk
Image: “The most recent affordable housing completed in the National Park is in Bainbridge. Credit – Broadacres”
The draft Local Plan applies to the areas of Cumbria and Lancashire that became part of the National Park in 2016, as well as to the North Yorkshire area of the National Park, and in so doing replaces ten existing Local Plans.
1. The Yorkshire Dales National Park is one of 15 National Parks in the UK. It is administered by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority, which has two main purposes: “to conserve and enhance the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage” and “to promote opportunities for the understanding and enjoyment of the special qualities of the National Park”. In carrying out these purposes, the Authority has a duty “to seek to foster the economic and social well being of local communities”. The National Park Authority comprises 25 members, made up of unitary, county and city councillors and members appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment to represent parishes or in recognition of their specialist skills or knowledge.
1. All of our work is guided by the vision for the future of the National Park set out in the Yorkshire Dales National Park Management Plan: “Through their passion for this special place, local people and businesses 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.”