Quote from LDNP on the BMC article about the sales (which are not confined to this NP):
"Martin Curry, the Lake District NPA’s property services manager, argues that the sale of sites like Stickle Tarn will have little implication in practice. “Less than 4 per cent of land in the national park is actually owned by the NPA,” he says, “so land doesn’t have to be owned by us in order to be protected. Any properties we sell will either be sold with their existing access or with strengthened public access. And all the property that is CRoW access land will obviously continue to be open for access.”