Dartmoor National Park Management Plan 2007-2012
Here is the Dartmoor National Park Management Plan for 2007-2012. It is the product of an extensive consultation process involving statutory agencies, local communities, amenity groups and individual members of the public.
The Management Plan is the single most important document for the National Park and should influence all major decisions affecting its future. Although produced by the Dartmoor National Park Authority, it is not just a plan for this Authority alone; it is a plan for the whole National Park; all those with an interest in Dartmoor’s future will be helping to deliver the Management Plan’s aspirations. The creation of sustaining partnerships between agencies and local communities will be essential to successful outcomes.
The Management Plan is the means of delivering the twin purposes of national park designation and reflecting the socio-economic duty.
The Management Plan has as its beginning a vision for Dartmoor in 2027, expressed in both words and images. Following on from this are a series of Ambitions, grouped under three themes: Sense of Place, Access for All and Business. These Ambitions are to be met by a series of Goals and Means to Achieve.
Woven through the Management Plan Ambitions are a number of cross-cutting themes that are of particular importance in ensuring a sustainable future for the National Park. These include climate change, the future of upland farming, transport social inclusion and the importance of developing an evidence-led approach to decision-making.
The Plan can be downloaded as PDFs below. Alternatively view the Management Plan text online.
- Foreward, Consultation, Contents - Pages 1-7
(PDF Help 200Kb) - Introduction - Pages 9-27 (PDF Help 673Kb)
- Sense of Place - Pages 29-55 (PDF Help 697Kb)
- Access For All - Pages 57-73 (PDF Help 468Kb)
- Communities & Business - Pages 75-93 (PDF Help 545Kb)
- Appendices - Abbreviations and Glossary - Pages 96-101 (PDF Help 772Kb)
Please note that to reduce file size pages 2,4,8,10,28,56,74,94 and 95 have been removed as they contained only photographs of Dartmoor. These pages are intact on the full document to download below.
- Download the Dartmoor National Park Management Plan in FULL (PDF Help 3.4Mb)
- Download the Dartmoor National Park Management Plan SUMMARY (PDF Help 1Mb)
Accompanying the Plan is an Environmental Report (PDF Help 597Kb) which sets out the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Sustainability Appraisal of the Plan's Ambitions and Goals. The purpose of SEA is to assess the environmental effects of the Management Plan, and to aid the decision making process during the preparation of the Plan.
Further to this a screening report for Appropriate Assessment has been completed. Appropriate Assessment is required of all plans that may have an impact on ‘European Sites’; areas designated because of their exceptional importance as habitat.
