Although not a policy or strategy, the Yorkshire Dales National Park Landscape Character Assessment was published in 2002 with the aim of recording the character of the landscape in the Yorkshire Dales National Park in an objective, value free way. The intention was that it could be developed into landscape strategies and guidelines, or used to guide planning policy or inform development control decisions.
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Contents and executive summary
Part one: Landscape Character Assessment
Figure 1: The study area
Figure 2: Regional LCAs
Figure 3: Character assessments undertaken by neighbouring authorities
Figure 4: Character areas boundary map
Dales and dales fringe character areas
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Swaledale and Arkengarthdale
1. Upper Swaledale
2. Arkengarthdale
3. Mid Swaledale -
The Cumbrian Fells
4. Dentdale and Deepdale
5. Garsdale
6. Rawthey Valley
7. Lune Valley -
Wensleydale
8. Upper Wensleydale
9. Mid Wenshleydale
10. Lower Wensleydale
11. Cotterdale
12. Widdale
13. Sleddale
14. Raydale
15. Bishopdale
16. Waldendale
17. Coverdale -
The Craven Dales
18. Kingsdale
19. Upper Chapel-le-Dale
20. Lower Chapel-le-Dale
21. Ingleton Glens
22. Upper Ribblesdale
23. Mid Ribblesdale
24. Lower Ribblesdale
25. Crummackdale -
Malhamdale and southern / south western dale fringes
26. Malhamdale
27. Newton and Otterburn Moor
28. The Southern Valleys
(those enclosed by Winterburn Moor, Rylstone Fell and Flasby Fell)
29. South Western Dales Fringes
30. The Southern Dales Fringes -
Wharfedale and Littondale
31. Langstrothdale
32. Upper Wharfedale and Littondale
33. Wharfedale-Craven Fault Area
34. Mid Wharfedale
Upland character areas
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The Yorkshire Moors and Fells
36. Northern Gritstone Moors and Fells
37. Three Peaks and Central Moors and Fells
38. Eastern Gritstone Moors and Fells
39. Limestone Moors
40. Southern Gritstone Moors and Fells
Part two: Quality of life capital assessment
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Figure 5
Quality of life assessment of landscape elements: Why do they matter? -
Figure 6
Quality of life assessment of Park-wide landscape elements: Benefits -
Figure 7
Contribution made by landscape elements to landscape character: Dales and dales fringe character areas -
Figure 8
Contribution made by landscape elements to landscape character: Upland character areas
