Owl says: how come Dorset is so enthusiastic then? It, too, has assets but seems happy to use them for the greater good.

Of course, assets can be bought by developers … but it is much harder to develop a national park … and our LEP would be very unhappy, as where would those EXTRA 176,000 houses go, over and above those in Local Plans.

http://www.sidmouthherald.co.uk/news/plans_for_east_devon_national_park_dismissed_as_opportunistic_approach_on_region_s_assets_1_4645079