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DartmoorDevelopment Management and Delivery DPD*
About this document
This development plan document, known as the 'DMD', sets out two main areas of planning policy:
- subject related policies (e.g. housing, employment, tourism) to advise and manage development
- site specific policies to set the planning framework for particular areas and land use
This document is a 'local plan', part of the Local Development Framework (LDF), and sits below the Core Strategy; the policies it contains will replace 'saved' policies in the Local Plan. Together with the Core Strategy its policies will form the basis for decision making for development in the Dartmoor National Park.
Preparation of the DMD
Preparing a development plan document requires a lot of information and input from a wide range of people and organisations. Before preparing the publication version we have been through two periods of public consultation on Issues Papers (March 2009) and the Consultation Draft (July 2011). Before the Plan is adopted, and can be used for decision making, it will have to go through an independent examination. You can find out more about how we prepared the DMD and the examination process on the Independent Examination page.
The Publication Version
The Publication Version is set out below, split into parts in order to make it easier to download. A summary of the main policy changes between the DMD and the current Local Plan has also been prepared - Summary of main policy changes 
(56kb PDF Help).
Part 1 - Background and Introduction 
(353 kb PDF Help)
Part 2 - Development Management Policies (1.3 Mb PDF Help)
Part 3 - Settlement Policies and Proposals (6 Mb PDF Help) please be aware that the file is very large, and requires a fast broadband connection. For convenience Part 3 is also available split into the individual settlements below.
Part 3 (Local Centres):
| Introduction (269 kb PDF Help) |
Moretonhampstead (175 kb PDF Help) |
| Ashburton (303 kb PDF Help) |
Princetown (178 kb PDF Help) |
| Buckfastleigh (344 kb PDF Help) |
South Brent (307 kb PDF Help) |
| Chagford (196 kb PDF Help) |
Yelverton (340 kb PDF Help) |
| Horrabridge (294 kb PDF Help) |
Part 3(Rural Settlements):
Part 4 (Annex) Gypsy and Traveller transit site assessment (120 kb PDF Help)
View the Interactive Proposals map 
Alternatively you can view the map as a PDF - Proposals Map (5.4 Mb PDF Help)** please be aware that this file is very large.
Commenting on the Plan
This 'publication version' is a formal stage in preparing the Development Plan. In earlier consultation stages, the National Park Authority considered responses and made revisions to the Plan. Following publication of the plan, all responses received will be submitted, together with the Plan, to the Planning Inspectorate in order for these to be considered at examination.
Consultation on the DMD closed on Wednesday 11 April 2012.
Keeping informed: This web site will be kept up to date with information on the DMD. You can also follow the National Park Authority on twitter and subscribe to Dartmoor National Park Authority news.
Contact us: If you have any questions about the document or the next stages in its preparation please contact the forward planning team on 01626 832093 or forwardplanning@dartmoor.gov.uk.
Supporting Information
The preparation of the DMD has been informed by an Environmental Report (Sustainability Appraisal and Strategic Environmental Assessment), Habitat Regulations Assessment (Appropriate Assessment) and an Equality Impact Assessment (328 kb PDF Help). A draft Infrastructure Delivery Plan (265kb PDF Help and a paper on the Monitoring of the DMD (23 kb PDF Help) have also been prepared. A notice of Publication (23 kb PDF Help is available.
*Please note: This document is called the Generic Development Control and Site Specific Policies Development Plan Document in the Dartmoor National Park Authority’s Local Development Scheme: First Review (March 2007).
**CORRECTION: Please note that County Wildlife Sites are annotated differently on the Inset Maps from the Proposals Map.
