Rural Payments Agency
To confirm if a flood mitigation feature is permanently ineligible, temporarily ineligible or eligible for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) funding, call 01609 773751.
Environment Agency
Swale, Ure, Nidd and Wharfe
Claire Tunningley, 07776 170320,
claire.tunningley@environment-agency.gov.uk
Aire and Calder
Rachel Kipling, 020 3025 6702,
rachel.kipling@environment-agency.gov.uk
Ribble
Helen Dix, 020 3025 1290,
helen.dix@environment-agency.gov.uk
Lune
Liz Cheslett-Davey, 07920 535860,
liz.cheslett-davey@environment-agency.gov.uk
Eden
Natalie Bibby, 07833 360131,
natalie.bibby@environment-agency.gov.uk
Natural England
Natural Flood Management leads, Yorkshire and Humber
Natural England Area Team, 07789 747519,
ynl.hub@naturalengland.org.uk
Natural Flood Management lead, Cumbria
Tim Nicholson, 07836 615146,
timothy.nicholson@naturalengland.org.uk
Chris Turner, 07771 977355,
christopher.turner@naturalengland.org.uk
Forestry Commission
National Park in North Yorkshire
Joost Van Schijndel
joost.vanschijndel@forestrycommission.gov.uk
National Park in Cumbria or Lancashire
Barbondale and edge of Lunesdale – Andy Bennett, 07584 34272, andy.bennett@forestrycommission.gov.uk
East Cumbria – Paul Clavey, 07554 338006, paul.clavey@forestrycommission.gov.uk
Rivers Trusts
Yorkshire Dales (for Swale, Ure and Wharfe)
Charlotte Simmons,
charlotte.simmons@ydrt.co.uk
Ribble
Jonny Walker- 01200 444452
info@ribbletrust.com
Lune
Tim Pitt- Trust Manager, 07949242655
tim@luneriverstrust.org.uk
Eden
Andy Dyer, 01768 866788,
office@edenrt.org
Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority
Development planning, 01969 652345,
planning@yorkshiredales.org.uk
General number for teams listed below: 0300 456 0030
Historic Environment:
herinfo@yorkshiredales.org.uk
Wildlife:
wildlife@yorkshiredales.org.uk
Trees & Woodlands:
trees@yorkshiredales.org.uk
Farm Conservation (including agri-environment support): farming@yorkshiredales.org.uk
Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust
015242 51002, info@ydmt.org
Woodland Trust
Cumbria: Pete Leeson, 01476 581111, PeterLeeson@woodlandtrust.org.uk
Yorkshire Peat Partnership
Rosie Snowden, Peatland Programme Manager, 01756 796895,
rosie.snowden@yppartnership.org.uk or info@yppartnership.org.uk
Existing flood management projects
Upper Aire Project:
Suzie Knight, 07879 645030,
suzie.knight@ywt.org.uk
Princes Countryside Fund NFM project for Wensleydale and Wharfedale:
Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust: Charlotte Simmons, charlotte.simmons@ydrt.co.uk
Farmer-led Natural Flood Management groups
Wensleydale – Hannah Fawcett, ,
hannah.fawcett@yorkshiredales.org.uk
Swaledale – Carol Moffat, 07917 666514,
carol@thefarmernetwork.co.uk
Wharfedale – Abigail Mace 07468 913724,
abigail.mace@ydrt.co.uk
Lune catchment – Hannah Fawcett, 07818 048750,
hannah.fawcett@yorkshiredales.org.uk
Ribblesdale – Adrian Shepherd, 015242 51002,
adrian.shepherd@ydmt.org