The Members of the National Park Authority meet as a body four times a year to determine issues of policy and strategy and to set the content of important documents that guide how the National Park Authority operates.
Tuesday 15 December, 2026, at 1:00 pm
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Tuesday 29 September, 2026, at 1:00 pm
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1. Agenda
2. Minutes of the meeting held on 30 June 2026
5. National Park Management Plan Annual Report
6. Dales Woodland Strategy 2020-2030
7. Prioritisation of Work Programmes for 2027-28
9. Appointment of Member Champion for Corporate Management
10. Chair’s Report
11. Acting Chief Executive’s Report
12.Member Feedback on Partnership Representation and Member
Champions’ Reports
12.E – Report from YDNPA Delegation to UK National Parks Conference 2026
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Tuesday 30 June, 2026, at 10:30 am
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1 – Agenda
4 – Minutes held on 31 March 2026
7a – Appointment of Members to Committees
7b – Appointment of Members to Partnerships
7c – Appointment of Member Champion for Planning and Sustainable Development
8 – Adoption of Yorkshire Dales Local Plan 2025 – 2040
9 – Yorkshire Dales Design Guide
10 – Media Procedure and Protocol
11 – White Rose Forest
12 – Attendance at the UK National Parks Conference 2026
13 – Progress on Authority Objectives 2025-26
13 – Annex – End of year progress Corporate Plan
14 – Public Rights of Way Annual Report 2025-26
14 – Appendix – Public Rights of Way Report
15 – Joint Working with the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust
15 – YDNPA YDMT – Annex Annual Review 2025-26
16 – Chair’s Report
17 – Acting Chief Executive’s Report
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Tuesday 31 March, 2026, at 1:00 pm
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Item 2 – Minutes of the meeting held on 16 December 2025
Item 5 – Cultural Heritage Strategy Cover Report
Item 5 – Annex Cultural Heritage Strategy
Item 6 – Yorkshire Dales Design Guide Cover Report
Draft Yorkshire Dales Design Guide
Item 7 – Amplifying Youth Voice Application
Item 8 – Budget 2026/27 – Medium term Financial Strategy
Item 9 – Treasury Management Strategy
Item 10 – Dales Countryside Museum Collections Management Framework
Item 10 – Appendix DCM Collections Management Framework
Item 11 – Appointment of Member to Audit and Review Committee and Sub on Planning Committee
Item 12 – IP Extension of Term of office
Item 13 – Scheme of Members’ Allowances 2026/27
Item 15 – Chief Executive’s Report
Item 16 – Member Feedback on Partnership Representation and Member Champion Sustainable Development
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Tuesday 16 December, 2025, at 1:00 pm
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Item 2 – Minutes of the meeting held on 30 September 2025
Item 5 – National Park Authority Objectives 2026-27
Item 6 – Planning Enforcement Plan
Item 7 – Review of Planning Code of Practice
Item 7 – Appendix – Planning Code of Practice
Item 8 – Adoption of the Clapham Neighbourhood Plan 2025 – 2030
Item 9 – Recruitment of Chief Executive
Item 10 – Appointment of Member Champion for Recreation Management
Item 11 – Local Nature Recovery Strategies – Late Item
Item 12 – Joint working with Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust (YDMT)
Item 12 – Appendix – YDMT Strategy 2025-2028
Tuesday 30 September, 2025, at 1:00 pm
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Approved Minutes NPA 30 September 2025
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Item 2 – Minutes of the Meeting held on 24 June 2025
Item 5 – National Park Management Plan Annual Progress Cover Report
Item 5 – National Park Management Plan Annual Progress Report
Item 6 – Statement on Youth Participation
Item 7 – Public Creation Order for Garsdale – Hawes multiuser route
Item 8 – The Prioritisation of the National Park Authority work programmes for 2026/27
Item 9 – Marske Conservation Area
Tuesday 24 June, 2025, at 10:30 am
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Item 1 – Membership of the Authority
Item 5 – Draft Minutes 25 March 2025
Item 8a – Appointment of Members to Committees
Item 8b Appointment of Members to Partnerships
Item 8c Appointment of Member Champion for Natural Environment
Item 9 – National Park Management Plan 2025-2030
Item 10 -Cover Report Carbon Reduction Plan 2025-30
Item 10 – Carbon Reduction Plan 2025-2030
Item 11- Biodiversity Net Gain Section 106 Agreements
Item 12 – Yorkshire Dales Local Plan Submission
Item 13 – Yorkshire Dales Active Travel Plan
Item 14 – White Rose Forest Strategic Plan 2025-50
Item 15 – Progress on Authority Objectives 2024-25
Item 15 – Annex progress on Authority Objectives
Item 16 – Public Rights of Way 2024-25
Item 16 – Appendix – PROW 2024-25
Item 18 – Joint Working with the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust [YDMT]
Tuesday 25 March, 2025, at 1:00 pm
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Approved Minutes 25 March 2025
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Item 2 – Minutes of the meeting held on 17 December 2024
Item 5 – Budget 2025-26 and Medium Term Financial Strategy
Item 6 – Authority response to the draft National Park Management Plan
Item 7 – Treasury Management and the Prudential Code for Capital Finance
Item 8 – Scheme of Members Allowances 2025-26
Item 9 – Non Attendance of a Member
Item 10 – Communication Strategy
Item 11 – Member officer protocol/Roles and responsibilities of Members
Item 12 – Guidance on seeking to further the purposes of Protected Landscapes
Item 14 – Chief Executive’s report
Item 15 – Member feedback and Member Champions report – Sustainable Development
Tuesday 17 December, 2024, at 1:00 pm
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The Meeting recording is not available. Please refer to the Minutes when published as the record of the meeting.
Item 2- Minutes of the Meeting held 01 October 2024
Item 5 – National Park Authority Objectives 2025/26
Item 6 – Update on Local Nature Recovery Strategies
Item 7 – Yorkshire Dales Local Plan Publication Stage and Report of Consultation on Housing Sites
Item 8 – Local Development Scheme
Item 9 – Clapham Neighbourhood Plan
Item 10 – Appointment of co-opted young Members to Finance and Resources Committee
Item 11 – Appointment of Member to Finance and Resources Committee
Item 14 – Chief Executive Report
(Including NPUK Report on UK National Parks Conference 2024)
Tuesday 1 October, 2024, at 1:00 pm
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Item 2 – Minutes of the meeting held on 25 June 2024
Item 5 – Fundamental Review of Priorities
Item 6 – Co-option of young Members
Item 7 – Deadline for Public Questions/Statements
Item 8 – Appointment of Member Champion – Development Management
Item 11- Member feedback & member Champion Reports – Corporate Management & Promoting Understanding