“For a thousand years this has been a country where men lived who knew how to build and how to work in stone... These Yorkshire builders showed a craftsmanship comparable with the village architecture of the Cotswolds.” Arthur Hobhouse, Report of the National Parks Committee, July 1947.
National guidance requires that design codes are “based on a vision for how a place will develop in the future” and “need to be developed with the local community and is likely to be an important part of the community engagement process.”
There is no prescribed way for what a vision may cover or how long it needs to be.
Ideally, we want our vision to articulate how we want our built environment to look and function in the future. It should inspire good design across the National Park. We also want to be clear it is not just about protecting what we have, it is about adding to cultural heritage for future generations to enjoy.
Do you have any thoughts on what a vision may contain?
Let us know using the form at the bottom of this page.
Some options?
To help provoke thoughts, we have produced three possible visions. None of these are fixed or decided upon – they are food for thought.
Option 1 – A short vision
“New development will be designed in a way that respects the past whilst embracing the future. Quality design will maintain and create beautiful, distinctive, resilient and tranquil places.”
Option 2 – A longer version
New development will:
- Maintain the longstanding tradition of craftmanship and will shape the cultural heritage of the North York Moors long into the future
- Be of a quality that makes it an asset to the National Park
- Create even more beautiful, distinctive, resilient and tranquil places
- Respect and help restore the natural world that we are all dependent on
Option 3 – A short vision with a set of principles
“New development will be designed in a way that respects the past whilst embracing the future. New development in the North York Moors will adhere to the following principles. It must:
- Respect the North York Moors’ special qualities – in particular ‘a place with strong, visible links to its cultural heritage,’ and help shape the cultural heritage of the future
- Be landscape-led. New development will respond to and respect the unique combination of elements and features that make our landscapes so distinctive
- Respect and help restore the natural world that we are all dependent on
- Contribute to clearly navigated places that can be accessed using all transport modes
- Respect the form, layout and appearance of our places, and be of a quality that makes it an asset to the National Park
- Use natural resources sustainably, recognise environmental limits, and help adapt to our changing climate
- Provide pleasure, inspiration and spiritual well-being; and places where calm and quality of life can be appreciated