A6. Help local people to restore, repair and – where possible – bring back into use nationally-important historical sites, buildings and structures so that less than 4% of scheduled monuments and listed buildings are considered ‘at risk’ by 2024. A scheduled monument is a nationally important historical building or site that is included in the Schedule of Monuments kept by the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. A building is listed when it is of special architectural or historic interest considered to be of national importance and therefore worth protecting. Rationale: Each scheduled monument (298) and listed building (2,128) is nationally important. The number of scheduled monuments has increased by almost half as a result of the extension of the National Park boundary in 2016. In 2017-18, 11 scheduled monuments (3.7%) and 75 listed buildings (3.5%) were assessed as being at risk. Just maintaining those levels will be challenging, unless significant new funding can be found. Lead partner: Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority Supporting partners: Natural England; Historic England; Settle-Carlisle Railway Development Company; Further information: YDNPA Cost over 5 years: £2,200,000 Funding shortfall: £1,200,000 Related objectives: A1; A5, A7, A8, A9; F5; F6 Ecosystem services: Sense of place and inspiration; Sense of history Trade-offs: Protecting archaeological sites can have impacts on the way that the is managed for habitats (C1), wildlife (C2); water quality (C3), and tourism development (E2). Restoring listed buildings can have implications for priority wildlife species – notably bats (C2). These impacts are managed and mitigated through the policies set out in the Yorkshire Dales Local Plan Baseline: 11 Scheduled monuments (3.7%) and 75 Listed buildings (3.5%) at risk (March 2018) Progress: 10 Scheduled monuments (3.4%) and 77 Listed buildings (3.6%) at risk (March 2019)
