Management Plan and actions
The Partnership's Plan 2010 - 2015
The Management Plan for the National Park is called ‘The Partnership’s Plan’. This is because it has been developed by many members of the Lake District National Park Partnership.
Part 1 of Partnership's Plan (PDF) - What the Lake District looks like now
Part 2 of Partnership's Plan (PDF) - Where we want to be
Part 3 How we are going to realise the Vision - sections below:
Part 3a Partnership's Plan (PDF) - A prosperous economy
Part 3b of Partnership's Plan (PDF) - World class visitor experiences
Part 3c of Partnership's Plan (PDF) - Vibrant communities
Part 3d of Partnership's Plan (PDF) - Spectacular landscape, wildlife and cultural heritage
Part 4 and Annexes of Partnership's Plan (PDF) - Implementing and monitoring the Partnership's Plan
The Plan on CD
CD copies of The Plan are also available, at a cost of £2.50 (including postage and packing). Please call 01539 724555, email hq@lakedistrict.gov.uk or write to:
Lake District National Park Authority
Murley Moss
Oxenholme Road
Kendal LA9 7RL
Background to The Plan
The Partnership’s Plan (The Plan) incorporates suggestions and comments from other organisations and individuals who are not formally part of the Partnership. These were gathered during the consultation stage in Summer 2010. You can view them in Comments on the Partnership's Plan (PDF)
The Partnership approved The Plan at their 7 September meeting in 2010. You can view details of all Partnership meetings online.
The Plan is now ‘live’ and happening. The Partnership has committed to reviewing the actions contained within it every year.
The actions are subject to a sustainability appraisal to identify any potential negative outcomes on the environment, economy or community. You can read it here: Sustainability Appraisal of the Partnership’s Plan 2010-2015 Actions 2011 (Word document)
How will progress be monitored?
The Plan is only current at the time it was written. Many factors will affect and influence the accuracy of content, decisions of all the Partners and the actions within it. Monitoring progress on the Plan's delivery is therefore essential.
We intend to review the plan every year, allowing us to adjust priorities and approaches when faced with new factors such as significant changes in our financial circumstances.
It was agreed in the LDNPP 13 December 2010 meeting how we will monitor the Plan. The Lake District National Park will lead the review, monitoring and reporting of the Plan,. The Partnership Plan sub group will consider the results of monitoring activity, helping push delivery of the Plan when appropriate, and will lead the review of the Plan every year.
Partnership Plan sub group: established in 2009, this helps deliver the detail of The Plan. The sub group meets more regularly than the full Partnership and is responsible for overseeing the monitoring and review of The Plan. You can read about the Members of the subgroup (Word document)
Monitoring reports
- LDNP Partnership Priority Actions as of 5 March 2012 (Excel spreadsheet)
- LDNP Partnership Actions as of 5 December 2011 (Excel spreadsheet)
- LDNP Partnership Actions as of 27 June 2011 (Excel spreadsheet)
- LDNP Partnership Actions as of 28 February 2011 (Excel spreadsheet)
These give an update on progress on all the actions in the Partnership Plan. The Partners leading each action provide an update on delivery of the action and assign a status to each action, based on the following:
- Complete -we have completed the action within the timescale
- Green - we are likely to complete the action as things are going according to schedule
- Amber - we may have problems completing the action within the timescale
- Red - we are very unlikely to complete the action within the timescale
What else will be done?
The risks to delivering the Plan need to be understood and managed. The sub group will regularly consider how we manage those risks as part of the monitoring and review.
The sub group will review the performance indicators in the Plan especially in light of changes by Government. This includes replacing the National Indicator Set with a single list of data and scrapping the Place Survey.
In June 2011 the Partnership will receive an update on all monitoring activity, including actions, data for performance indicators and updates on risks to delivery. This will provide the context for the Partnership Plan sub group to lead the 2011 review of the Partnership Plan, in particular the actions. This annual review of the Partnership's Plan will help us address issues that arise, whilst remaining on course towards achieving our Vision. Following the annual review an updated version of the Partnership’s Plan will be published each year.
The Partnership has also agreed performance measures and targets that monitor the condition of the National Park.
Every year we will produce:
- A progress report and
- A ‘State of the National Park’ report.
The National Park Authority has to review its Management Plan at least every five years.
Other useful documents
The Plan on CD
CD copies of The Plan are also available, at a cost of £2.50 (including postage and packing). Please call 01539 724555, email hq@lakedistrict.gov.uk or write to:
Lake District National Park Authority
Murley Moss
Oxenholme Road
Kendal LA9 7RL