Management Plan - North York Moors National Park

AIM■ More affordable homes to meet local needs will be provided and new developmentwill protect and enhance the National Park’s landscape and built heritage.POLICIESC9. Opportunities for affordable housingschemes to meet the needs of localpeople will continue to be identifiedand delivered through partnershipworkingC10. All new development will be of ahigh quality design and will conserveand enhance the built heritageC11. Development proposed outsidebut close to the boundary of theNational Park will be assessed toestablish whether there will be any harmto the setting of the National ParkMEANS TO ACHIEVELocal Development Framework CorePolicy KPartnership workingLocal Development Framework CorePolicy GLiaison with adjoining Local PlanningAuthoritiesHow Management Plan progress will be reportedKEY PARTNERSNational Park AuthorityRural Housing EnablersHousing AuthoritiesRegistered ProvidersParish CouncilsNational Park AuthorityArchitects and agentsNational Park AuthorityAdjoining planningauthorities5.5 TransportThe scattered settlement pattern and population of the NationalPark means that services and facilities are dispersed andgenerate the need to travel, not just between settlements butacross the National Park boundary to larger outlying urbancentres such as York, Middlesbrough and Scarborough. Aconsequence of this is that car ownership within the NationalPark is relatively high with 87% of households owning at leastone car compared to the regional and national averages of 70%and 73% respectively 70 . Conversely, some urban communitiesjust outside the Park have far lower levels of car ownership.For many residents there are limited transport choices toaccess services. In rural areas the use of private vehicles is oftenthe only means of transport and this is likely to remain the casefor the foreseeable future. Where public transport servicesoperate they do not always meet the needs of the user bothin terms of scheduling and affordability. The Esk Valley Railwayprovides a service between Middlesbrough and Whitby,connecting the villages in between.INDICATORNumber of affordable homesbuilt per yearAverage house pricesTARGET / DESIRED DIRECTION OF CHANGEAt least 75 built by 2017n/a – State of the Park indicatorIt is believed that 93% 71 of the 6.4 million tourists who visit theNational Park each year arrive by private vehicle. Traffic dataindicates a 23% increase in the number of vehicles travellingthrough or to the National Park between 1998 and 2009 72 ,however there has been a decrease of 13% between 2009and 2010. Future monitoring will show whether this is thebeginning of a downward trend or an anomaly.70 2001 Census Data: Table KS1771 North York Moors National Park Recreation and AccessStrategy (North York Moors National Park Authority, 2008)72 Saltergate Traffic Counter108 www.northyorkmoors.org.uk