About Us
Who we are
Dartmoor Land Use Management Group is an independently chaired management group which brings together farmers, landowners, environmentalists and other statutory bodies.
The Group’s creation was one of the principal recommendations from the independent review of Protected Site management on Dartmoor commissioned by Defra Ministers in 2023, chaired by David Fursdon. This is often referred to as the Fursdon Review.
Phil Stocker has been appointed by Defra ministers to be the independent Chair of the DLUMG, following an open recruitment process. Read Phil Stocker's biography.
The Group’s remit covers the whole of the Dartmoor National Park and all relevant aspects of land-use within its boundaries. Its role in relation to the management of Protected Sites includes ancient monuments and archaeology as well as ecological designations.
The Fursdon report can be read in full on the government website.
The Government response
The review made 42 separate recommendations including the creation of the DLUMG and the DLUMG has itself been charged with implementing the government’s response to 26 of the recommendations.