4:10pm Sunday 7th March 2010
Reviews of the conservation status of parts of the Yorkshire Dales National Park are being carried out online.
In the spotlight at the moment are the Settle-Carlisle railway line and the village of Langcliffe.
Conservation status was given to the railway line in 1991 to help preserve and enhance the character and appearance of the area of special architectural interest.
Stuart Parsons, the authority’s member champion for conservation of cultural heritage, said: “Every conservation area has a distinctive character that has been shaped over time by its natural and man-made surroundings.
“This appraisal is an opportunity to reassess the railway line and to evaluate and record its special interest.”
Robert White, the authority’s senior conservation archaeologist, said: “We are looking for comments and suggestions from the individuals and groups that live in the former railway cottages and who use the railway line and, of course, from other stakeholders such as Network Rail, who own much of it, and the voluntary groups who do so much to promote it.”
Plans to conserve and enhance the special character of Langcliffe have also been published online. The authority has assessed the quality of the built environment in the conservation area to identify ways it could be improved.
There will be a public meeting at Langcliffe Institute on Monday between 6pm and 7pm, before the parish council meeting.
Assistant building conservation officer Gaby Rose said: “We have a rolling programme of reviews to ensure each of the 37 conservation areas within the national park has an up-to-date character appraisal and management plan.
The appraisal documents can be viewed on the national park authority’s website at yorkshiredales.org.uk
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