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Following on from Roads, here is your chance to raise issues relating to the Peak District National Park Authority for the candidates for the County Council and European Parliament elections.  Look out for more posts on other topics.

Peak Park

Use the poll or comment below to have your say:

For matters already raised

Previously on this site concerns have been raised about the Peak Park Planning Service and the Authority’s responsiveness to Park residents.  However the Authority, with such as its visit to Parwich in January this year, has, we feel, made real steps to balance this.  Further PARWICH.ORG has found the Authority very responsive to our emails and posts here on the Blog.  Never the less in relation to the following external pressure may needed to achieve change:

The need for direct elections to the Peak Park Nation Park Authority Board

• Local responses favour the need for more accountability on the part of the National Park Authority, with some direct elections to the Board.

The need to protect the current balance in our ‘living and working community’?

• Promote and support the existing non-tourist related businesses
• Does the Peak Park Authority appreciate that our community is predominantly a place where people live and work?
• What can be done to protect the existing balance in our community, including the need for affordable housing?

The need for the Peak Park Planners’ to respond to valid local concerns

• Concern that the Peak Park Planners misuse their responsibility to the national interest to disregard local views.
• Concern that community projects such as the redevelopment of the Memorial Hall and affordable housing are only possible despite the Planning Service.
• Concern about the consistency of Planning Service recommendations: from application to application and when compared with the Authority’s own policies.

Obviously in relation to any of the issues raised, readers should also consider contacting candidates directly themselves.  Here are the email addresses for the prosective County Councilors:

Dovedale (includes Alsop en le Dale, Parwich and part of Pikehall):

• James Jennings of Darley Dale, Liberal Democrat: james@communityengine.org.uk
  james@derbyshiredaleslibdems.org.uk
• Simon Spencer of Ashbourne, Conservative: simon.spencer@derbyshiredales.gov.uk
• Colin Swindell of Elton, Labour: colinswindell@hotmail.co.uk

Wirksworth (includes Ballidon):

• Garry Purdy of Cromford, Conservative: garry.purdy@derbyshiredales.gov.uk
• Irene Ratcliffe of Wirksworth, Labour: irene.ratcliffe@derbyshire.gov.uk
• Josh Stockwell of Wirksworth, Green Party: joshstockell@hotmail.com