A PROGRAMME of consultation has been launched to help determine the future of the Yorkshire Dales.

A group of 13 public, private and voluntary sector organisations operating in the National Park is asking people what they want to see happen there during the next five years.

People are being urged to answer three questions - what do they love about the National Park, how it could be improved and what are the most important issues to tackle over the next five years.

The answers will be used to help update the park’s management plan for the period 2018-2023. The plan sets out a long-term vision for the park and a list of specific objectives that the 13 organisations, and many others, will work together to achieve.

One of the organisations behind the survey is the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority. Chairman Carl Lis said it provided a great opportunity for residents, businesses and visitors to shape the future of the Park.

“I hear people in the street saying that ‘they’ should be doing this or that,” he said.

“The ‘they’ is shorthand for organisations which are perceived to have power or influence. Well, this survey is a chance for people to speak directly to those organisations.”

The consultation closes on July 3. There are a range of ways for people to respond - the online questionnaire at your.yorkshiredales.org.uk, by email to your.dales@yorkshiredales.org.uk, by postcards available at National Park centres, authority offices, Tourist Information Centres and other outlets or on social media using #yourdales