I take lots of footage of the moor and recently decided to acquire a drone, hoping to acquire images such as your recent video of Bellever, which is wonderful. But there's no getting around the fact that Dartmoor Parks Authority forbid all recreational use of drones on the moor. Are you deliberately ignoring the byelaws, unknowingly contravening them, or do you have some sort of licence to fly? If the latter then how do you go about obtaining one as I would very much like to have one?
Hi Ralph, I’ve just recently decided to stop any further drone flying upon the Moor until I find out more information regarding common land and roads across the moor. I always followed the UK civil aviation regulations and took off/landed on what I deemed as public roads. The airspace over Dartmoor isn’t controlled by DNPA so as long as you have the landowners permission or you’re taking off or landing from public land/roads it’s fine to do so as long as you adhere to the CAA regulations but I wouldn’t advise flying until you know for sure, like myself.
@@pm69photography46 As a novice to drones it's all very baffling. The CAA regulations are easy to comprehend but they deal with safety regulations and restricted areas and not with permission to fly in any particular spot. All land is owned by someone and therefore in theory all flights could require permission from the landowner. In the case of Dartmoor the wording reads "No person shall release any power-driven model aircraft for flight or control the flight of such an aircraft on or over the access land unless he is authorised to do so by the Authority." so it makes no difference if you take off and land on a public road. The DNPA are very clear that they will not permit recreational use of drones. There's a similar situation on Bodmin moor but there the Bodmin Moor Commons Council forbid the use of drones whilst not having Rangers to enforce the policy, instead relying on members of the public to report offences to the BMCC point of contact. It is deeply frustrating as I live in Plymouth and am hemmed in by a naval danger area authority, National Trust land, DNPA all the way down to the outskirts of the city and a council run estate (Mount Edgecumbe) from whom I have been unable to receive a response to enquiries. It would have been much easier for DNPA to grant permission to all requests and then withdraw it if irresponsible flying was experienced. Maybe a lobby group as powerful as the wild campers is in order.
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I take lots of footage of the moor and recently decided to acquire a drone, hoping to acquire images such as your recent video of Bellever, which is wonderful. But there's no getting around the fact that Dartmoor Parks Authority forbid all recreational use of drones on the moor. Are you deliberately ignoring the byelaws, unknowingly contravening them, or do you have some sort of licence to fly? If the latter then how do you go about obtaining one as I would very much like to have one?
Hi Ralph, I’ve just recently decided to stop any further drone flying upon the Moor until I find out more information regarding common land and roads across the moor. I always followed the UK civil aviation regulations and took off/landed on what I deemed as public roads. The airspace over Dartmoor isn’t controlled by DNPA so as long as you have the landowners permission or you’re taking off or landing from public land/roads it’s fine to do so as long as you adhere to the CAA regulations but I wouldn’t advise flying until you know for sure, like myself.
@@pm69photography46 As a novice to drones it's all very baffling. The CAA regulations are easy to comprehend but they deal with safety regulations and restricted areas and not with permission to fly in any particular spot. All land is owned by someone and therefore in theory all flights could require permission from the landowner. In the case of Dartmoor the wording reads "No person shall release any power-driven model aircraft for flight or control the flight of such an aircraft on or over the access land unless he is authorised to do so by the Authority." so it makes no difference if you take off and land on a public road. The DNPA are very clear that they will not permit recreational use of drones. There's a similar situation on Bodmin moor but there the Bodmin Moor Commons Council forbid the use of drones whilst not having Rangers to enforce the policy, instead relying on members of the public to report offences to the BMCC point of contact. It is deeply frustrating as I live in Plymouth and am hemmed in by a naval danger area authority, National Trust land, DNPA all the way down to the outskirts of the city and a council run estate (Mount Edgecumbe) from whom I have been unable to receive a response to enquiries. It would have been much easier for DNPA to grant permission to all requests and then withdraw it if irresponsible flying was experienced. Maybe a lobby group as powerful as the wild campers is in order.