Consultations
Current consultations
Links to all the consultations that we run will appear in this section of the website.
Hartington Town Quarter Neighbourhood Plan Referendum: 8 July 2026
The question that will be asked in the referendum is:
Do you want the Peak District National Park Authority to use the neighbourhood plan for Hartington Town Quarter to help it decide planning applications in the neighbourhood area?
The referendum area is identified on the map included with this statement. It is identical to Hartington Town Quarter Neighbourhood Area and Hartington Town Quarter civil parish.
More information can be found on our Hartington Neighbourhood Plan page.
Recent consultations
Local Plan Preferred Approach Consultation: 3 November – 21 December 2025
The National Park Authority’s Policy & Communities team are seeking views on new policy for house building and business development, transport, protecting green spaces and the environment. The new Local Plan will identify where development can and cannot take place in the National Park for the next 20 years, so we're expecting it to be of interest to everyone that lives and works in, visits or does business in the National Park, as well as those that care for it.
The Peak District National Park Authority is required to carry out the public consultation in accordance with Part 2 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 as amended and Regulation 18 of the Town and Country Planning (Local Planning) (England) Regulations 2012).
Tree Preservation Order TPO 106/2026 - The Brooklands, Coombs Road, Bakewell DE45 1AQ Grid Reference: SK 22516 68568
On 3 February 2026 the National park made the above tree preservation order.
A copy of the order is available by following the link below. In simple terms, no one is allowed to cut down, top or lop without our permission any of the trees described in the Schedule of the order and shown on the map.
We have made the order because it is expedient in the interests of amenity to protect the trees. All of these trees are obvious and prominent when viewed from directly to the south of Coombs Road. This is not only on a vehicular route - as a quiet lane it is a popular route for pedestrians, whose enjoyment of that route is enhanced by the amenity of the trees proposed for TPO. The trees are also seen collectively from many viewpoints further east along Coombs Road, as well as from many public viewpoints within the wider landscape to the south. Most of the trees - and especially group G1 - can be seen collectively from the public footpath which traverses the fields to the north of the Brookland. These same group of trees are highly dominant in the view from several residences on Brooklands Bank - and they continue to remain significant in the landscape when viewed from far further to the west on Station Road, from where others among the TPO trees are clearly seen. Taken collectively, the trees are one of the most significant planned landscape collections of amenity trees within Bakewell's built environment. They form the town's easternmost tip and they soften the form of the built environment in the landscape, while also providing an appropriate setting for the grand and listed main house at The Brooklands. The site is proposed for development, and the possible threats to these trees is multiple.
The order came into force, on a temporary basis, on 3 February 2026, and will remain in force for six months. During this time we will decide whether the order should be given permanent status.
People affected by the order had a right to object or make comments on any of the trees or woodlands covered before we decide whether the order should be made permanent. The deadline for objections and comments was 10 March 2026.
Local Plan Review - Survey for businesses, farmers and land managers
The Authority wants to hear from local businesses, farmers and land managers to help shape new planning policy. The new Local Plan will support statutory National Park purposes and duty and the Authority’s ambitions for nature recovery, net zero and thriving and sustainable communities.
We want to hear from businesses across all sectors and sizes on issues such as current and future investment, diversification, innovation, staffing, and demand for land or premises.
The surveys were available to complete until 1 July 2025.
Further details on the survey can be found on the businesses, farmers and land managers web page.
Call for Sites
This consultation is one step in a statutory process that must be undertaken by local authorities preparing a local plan. It will help us to identify possible sites that could be brought forward in the local plan to support national park purposes and duty and deliver our ambition for thriving and sustainable communities.
We were asking landowners, developers, community groups, and individuals to put forward sites to be considered for
- the development of new homes and businesses
- nature recovery, renewable energy and open space
- designation as Local Green Space.
Submissions were open between 10 March – 5 May 2025.
Further details can be found on the Call for Sites web page.
Active Travel Consultation
We asked groups and members of the public to let us know how to improve access for walking, cycling, disabled users, and horse riders in the Peak District National Park.
We’re consulted on a high-level network of routes for more active travel. This includes everyday trips like walking to the shops or cycling to work, as well as longer journeys for leisure.
The consultation used interactive mapping for providing details of favourite locations and suggested improvements.
The consultation ended on 16 March 2025.