Dartmoor National Park Authority

Dartmoor National Park Local Plan: First Review 1995-2011 (Adopted Version)
On 13th August 2004, the Dartmoor National Park Authority formally adopted the Dartmoor National Park Local Plan: First Review 1995-2011 (Adopted Version)    (PDF Help 14,208kb). You can view the adopted policies, proposals, written statement and proposals map here. Alternatively you can view the Local Plan Table of Contents with hyperlinks to different sections of the Plan. (The table of contents sits in the Planning section of this website.)

Dartmoor National Park Management Plan (2007-2012)
The Dartmoor National Park Management Plan (2007) is a statutory document which includes the policies, objectives, priorities and five year targets for ensuring the conservation, sustainable management and public enjoyment of the area's special qualities.

The National Park Management Plan is a plan for the whole National Park, not just the National Park Authority. The creation of sustaining partnerships between agencies and local communities will be essential to the successful delivery of the Ambitions and Goals therein. Threading through the Management Plan are several important cross-cutting themes, reflecting important current issues: climate change; the future of upland farming; transport; social inclusion; evidence and research and sustainable development.

Local Development Framework Documents

New planning legislation, which changes the way development plans are prepared, came into force in 2004.  A portfolio of documents called the Local Development Framework will replace the Dartmor National Park Local Plan.  The Local Development Framework comprises:

A Local Development Scheme.(LDS) This sets out the preparation programme for the documents that will form the Local Development Framework for the Dartmoor National Park.

A Statement of Community Involvement, (SCI) sets out the consultation and participation scope and arrangements for each local development document in the Local Development Framework to ensure that documents are sound with respect to community involvement and public participation.

A Core Strategy Development Plan sets out the vision, aims and strategy for spatial development in the Dartmoor National Park up to 2016. It provides the framework for the formulation of the Development Control and Site Specific Policies, and Minerals and Waste Policies.

The Development Control and Site Specific Policies document contains the more detail development control policies, and policies relating to specific settlements in the Dartmoor National Park.

The Minerals and Waste Policies document sets out the policies for minerals and waste development in the Dartmoor National Park.

An Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) contains information on the implementation of the Dartmoor National Park Local Development Scheme.