Response from Mr Thomas Harland, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
1. Mr Thomas Harland, Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority : 12 Dec 2017 15:29:00
Before completing this online representation please tick the box to show that you have read the guidance notes accompanying this consultation.
I have read the guidance notes.
Paragraph No.
2.1.7
1.1 Do you consider the DM DPD to be legally compliant?
Yes
1.3 Do you consider the DM DPD to be sound?
Yes
1.5 Please give details of why you consider the DPD is not legally compliant or is unsound or fails to comply with the Duty to Cooperate. Please be as precise as possible.
If you wish to support the legal compliance or soundness of the DPD or its compliance with the Duty to Cooperate, please also use this box to set out your comments.
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority welcomes the policy protections afforded to the special qualities and setting of the Yorkshire Dales National Park (Policy DM1, Criterion 8). Paragraph 2.1.7 could however be broadened in scope, since it only refers to the visual and landscape quality implications of the policy. Since the policy makes reference to both setting and 'special qualities', para 2.1.7 should reflect this. 'Special qualities' is short hand for a range of important characteristics, including the historic/cultural environment, wildlife, and less tangible qualities such as tranquillity, all of which could be affected by development taking place outside the National Park boundary. The special qualities are defined in Appendix 2 of the Yorkshire Dales Local Plan (2015-30).
2.1 If your representation is seeking a modification, do you wish to participate at the oral part of the Examination?
No, I do not wish to participate at the oral examination
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