About us
The Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority is an independent body within the local government structure, created by the Environment Act (1995). We provide some of the services that are similar to those provided elsewhere by district and county councils – for example we are the local planning authority and have a responsibility for the maintenance of rights of way in the Yorkshire Dales National Park. However, most of the things we do are unique to national park authorities.
Our role is very clearly defined by Parliament. For information about our statutory purposes and about how the Authority works, please visit our Authority section. This section also contains contact details for our 22 Members.(and 3 independent standards committee members).
The Authority also employs approximately 140 staff, who live in and around the National Park, and who are experts in the type of work they do. For information about our staff and organisational structure, visit our Staff section.
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The Authority strives to deliver high quality, efficient services that are effective in achieving the specific purposes for which we were established. For a comprehensive overview of our services and standards and to find out who to contact about specific queries, you can download a copy of our Services, Standards, and Performance leaflet by clicking the link below.
As a public body with an annual expenditure of over £6.5 million, the Authority has an ongoing procurement requirement for a range of goods and services. From time to time opportunities to tender for contracts may be advertised on this website. For more information visit our contracts and tenders section.
If you’d like to find out more about our plans and policies or simply to contact us - for example if you have a comment, compliment or complaint to make about our services, just click on the links below:
