John: The Director of Planning and Conservation provides leadership to ensure that we protect and care for the special qualities of the National Park and to help communities connect with and be supported by a thriving world-class landscape and all within it.
The key responsibilities of the role are to ensure that we have a good policy and regulatory framework for our statutory purpose to protect and care for the National Park; to delivery the policy and regulatory framework through planning services and through the provision of specialist and conservation advice and influencing on our estate and with other land managers; and to deliver policy on the ground through mechanisms such as landscape scale partnerships like the Moors for the Future Partnership and the South West Peak Partnership.