Dartmoor Training Area
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Integrated Land Management Plan (ILMP)
Environmental
Management
System
(EMS)
Integrated Land Management Plan (ILMP)
Dartmoor Training Area Objectives
Military Use
Estate Management
Nature Conservation and Woodland
Historic Environment
Landscape
Natural Resources
Access and Recreation
Relationships with Local Communities
Military Use
MIL 1
To deliver to the three Armed Services and their cadet organisations,
cost effective and safe training facilities to enable them to achieve
their objectives.
MIL 2
To maintain and, where possible, improve Dartmoor Training Area’s
characteristic landscape in order to provide the variety of terrain and
man-made features essential for the achievement of light force training
objectives.
MIL 3
To maintain routes and tracks as necessary for the safety and
rescue of military personnel, the distribution of training across Dartmoor
Training Area and the achievement of tactical training objectives.
MIL
4
To ensure public safety before, during and after military training.
MIL 5
To manage DTA and undertake training in ways which ensure that,
where possible, its conservation and access qualities are not diminished
and have regard for the National Park purposes.
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Estate Management
EM 1
To ensure that an estate of the right size and quality is available
to support the delivery of military objectives.
EM 2
To manage and develop
the estate effectively and efficiently in line with acknowledged best
practice and sensitive to social and environmental considerations.
EM
3
To encourage sustainable agricultural systems in support of public
benefits across Dartmoor Training Area.
EM 4
To ensure that wherever
possible, clearance of livestock supports both live firing and the delivery
of Environmentally Sensitive Area Scheme objectives.
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Nature Conservation and Woodland
NC 1
To maintain or restore across Dartmoor Training Area the full diversity
and extent of moorland habitats, particularly blanket bog, upland and
lowland heath, tors and valley mires, and the transitions between them,
through the continuation and further development of ecologically sustainable
management.
NC2
Continue to support the Dartmoor BAP
NC 3
Maintain and where possible
enhance the current extent and condition of Rhôs pasture on enclosed
freehold land.
NC 4
Re-establish a mosaic of heather of differing maturity
and structural diversity on freehold land.
NC 5
Maintain and, where appropriate,
enhance or re-establish species rich pastures, including hay meadows
on MOD freehold enclosed land.
NC 6
To encourage the public’s understanding
and appreciation of the wildlife resource of Dartmoor Training Area where
this does not conflict with conservation objectives and landlord agreements.
NC 7
Maintain the current extent of boundary features across our freehold
land where this delivers cultural, agricultural and biodiversity benefits.
NC 8
Undertake with stakeholders regular monitoring and research of
habitats and species to inform management for nature conservation objectives.
W
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To maintain the status of native woodland across Dartmoor Training
Area by managing military use of these locations and through woodland
management on Ministry of Defence freehold land.
W 2
To seek opportunities
for the establishment of new native shrub thicket and woodland for military
training on MOD freehold land and where appropriate through landlord
agreements.
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Historic Environment
HE 1
To protect, maintain and enhance Scheduled Monuments across Dartmoor
Training Area.
HE 2
To protect the historic landscape across Dartmoor
Training Area.
HE 3
To continue to safeguard Dartmoor Training Areas
significant historic military artefacts.
HE 4
To undertake and maintain
a condition assessment of key archaeological and cultural heritage features.
HE
5
To promote the historic environment resource by means of access, and
interpretation, on and off site, for public enjoyment and education,
within the constraints of military activity and conservation needs.
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Landscape
LS1
To reduce visual intrusion of military structures and activities
into the landscape across Dartmoor Training Area.
LS 2
To consider landscape
issues in all development proposals.
LS 3
To protect the historic landscape
across Dartmoor Training Area.
LS 4
Maintain the current extent of boundary
features across our freehold land where this delivers cultural, agricultural
and biodiversity benefits.
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Natural Resources
NR 1
Ensure that military activities do not impact on the quality or
quantity of surface and ground water within the river catchments across
Dartmoor Training Area.
NR 2
To protect and maintain the key geological
features across Dartmoor Training Area by ensuring that military activities
do not effect their conservation.
NR 3
To protect soils against erosion
caused by military activities and agricultural practices, access and
recreation on Ministry of Defence freehold land.
NR 4
Reduce, where possible,
greenhouse gas emissions and pollution of air with gas and particulate
emissions.
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Access and Recreation
AR 1
To improve quality and extent of public access and recreation across
Dartmoor Training Area where applicable.
AR 2
To improve public information
about access and recreation opportunities, safety and countryside protection.
AR
3
To reduce the effects of visual intrusion odour, noise, dust and vibration
on public accessing Dartmoor Training Area.
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Relationships with Local Communities
RLC 1
Promote Dartmoor Training Area as a good neighbour, which works
with local communities to minimise disturbance and maximise positive
social impacts.
RLC 2
To achieve a positive image of military integration
into and support for the Dartmoor community.
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