March 2010

AGENDA  

MEETING:  YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK AUTHORITY

VENUE:  The National Park Office, Yoredale, Bainbridge

DATE/TIME:  Tuesday, 30 March 2010 at 10.30am

Business

1. Minutes of the meeting held on 26 January 2010.

2. Public Questions/Statements.

3. Exclusion of the public from the meeting during the consideration of Item Nos 22 and 23 on the agenda on the grounds that they each involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972.

4. Apologies for absence.

5. Declarations of lobbying.

6. Chairman’s Report.

7. Member Champion Activities.

8. Treasury Management and the Prudential Code for Capital Finance – Report of the Treasurer.

9. Chief Executive’s report.

10. Yorkshire Dales Development Framework 2010 – 2021: Draft Housing Development Plan.

11. English National Park Authorities Association:  Update on Activity and Priorities – Presentation by Paul Hamblin (ENPAA Director).

12. Action Plan 2010/11.

13. Interpretation Strategy 2010 - 2015.

14. Conservation Areas – Character Appraisal and Review:

• Dent

• Sedbergh.

15. Authority Position Statement on Re-introduction and Translocation of Species.

16. Review of the Corporate Governance Policy.

17. Proposed changes in relation to the Authority’s Annual meeting.

18. Member Development Scheme.

19. Review of Protocol on Member/Officer relations.

20. Member Feedback.

21. To receive the Minutes of the meetings of the:

• Planning Committee held on 12 January and 9 February;

• Access Committee held on 14 January;

• Finance and Resources Committee held on 4 February;

• Audit and Review Committee held on 25 February 2010

and to consider any recommendations contained therein that are not dealt with elsewhere on the agenda.

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Private reports – circulated to members only

22. Update on developments at the Dales Countryside Museum.

23. Update on proposed disposal of 72A Main Street, Sedbergh.

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24. Such other business as, in the opinion of the Chairman, should, by reason of special circumstances be considered as a matter of urgency.

DAVID BUTTERWORTH
CHIEF EXECUTIVE

National Park Offices, Yoredale, Bainbridge

22 March 2010