Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP) have announced that The Landscape Agency have been appointed to prepare a detailed Management Plan for the 500 acre YSP site with a view to removing it from English Heritage's 'At Risk' register next year.
The report will help further enhance the landscape at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, with particular focus on reconnecting the landscape between Bretton Park, the formal pleasure grounds and the area used by YSP. The plan will look at historical development of the site as well as its current condition in terms of ecology, trees, land management and access.
Patrick James, Managing Director of The Landscape Agency said: "Yorkshire Sculpture Park is already a wonderful setting for sculpture as well as a place for people to walk and visit. We are delighted to put together this plan to help further enhance the landscape."
The report, funded by Natural England's Environmental Stewardship Scheme, is due to be completed in April 2010. Proposals set out in the plan will also form part of a ten-year programme of works to enhance the landscape at the park.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park is keen to put positive steps in place to secure removal from English Heritage's 'At Risk' register. Peter Murray, Executive Director of YSP commented: "We are extremely pleased that Natural England is funding this crucial piece of work. This is a unique opportunity to protect and enhance the historic landscape that Yorkshire Sculpture Park sits within and to ultimately remove us from the 'Heritage At Risk' Register."
Margaret Nieke, Historic Environment Advisor for Natural England who are funding the report added: "This is an exciting opportunity for us. Tackling ?Heritage at Risk? sites and issues is a key priority for us and we are delighted by the strong working partnership that has already developed at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. This work will help place YSP firmly back on the map as an important and well-cared for historic park."