Consists of all 24 members of the National Park Authority.  Training in planning matters is obligatory before members can vote in committee.   In 2006 this committee replaced the former Development Control Committee and the Access and Rights of Way Committee.  

The PAROW Committee meets every 6 weeks and is responsible for:

• Making decisions on planning applications.
• Enforcement of planning control.
• Making recommendations to the Authority on the Development Plan.
• Policy issues on minerals and waste.
• Making decisions to divert, widen, create and extinguish public paths.
• Making recommendations to the Authority on access and rights  of way   policy.
• Making decisions on changes to the Definitive Map of rights of way.
• Making traffic regulation orders under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
• Making decisions under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.

Agendas and papers.

Other Committees

• National Park Authority

• Internal Review Committee

• Standards Committee

• Area Advisory Forums