Thirsk and Malton MP Kevin Hollinrake, who recently became chairman of the Conservative Party, said the ban being introduced from September 30 to restore habitats for rare wildlife and reduce air pollution and flooding ignored clear warnings from the farming industry and fire chiefs and that it would increase the risk of wildfires.
There are about 5,500 hectares of deep peat (peat deeper than 40 cm) in the North York Moors National Park, the deepest peat of which is about six metres deep and represents a carbon store of 6,000 years.
However, much of the peatlands have been damaged by peat extraction for fuel, drainage for grazing and tree planting, while past management practices have damaged the peat and the characteristic vegetation that grows on it.
The Government says 80 per cent of peatlands across England are dried out and deteriorating and it is argued traditional burning of heather to maintain the habitat for enterprises such as grouse shooting also destroys wildlife.
Under the new rules, a ban will be extended on burning all peat over 30cm deep, increasing the impacted area threefold.
Environment minister Mary Creagh said: "Our peatlands are England's Amazon rainforest - home to our most precious wildlife, storing carbon and reducing flooding downstream. Burning on peatland releases harmful smoke ruining local air quality and damaging the precious ecosystems found in these iconic landscapes.
"Restricting burning will help us restore and rewet peatlands. These new measures will create resilient peatlands that are naturally protected from wildfires."
Responding to the ban extension, Mr Hollinrake said while the fire at Langdale Moor should have been a wake-up call to Government, particularly as at one point it had run out of control and threatened local settlements, including Robin Hoods Bay.
He said: "This isn't just about fire risk management - if you can't cool burn moorland, grouse shooting becomes unviable. Consequently, this also threatens the livelihoods of farmers, gamekeepers, beaters and the whole rural economy, from hospitality to retail to tourism, right across the North York Moors and beyond.
"Far from protecting wildlife, it will do the opposite. Curlews, Golden Plovers, Lapwings, Merlin and Black Grouse will disappear through loss of habitat and increased predation.
"What we are seeing is an ideological, class war position turned reality of a governme nt that doesn't understand a rural way of life combined with a leadership at Natural England that is determined to end driven shooting by the back door."
CLA Director North, Harriet Ranson, said the Langdale Moor wildfire had underlined the crucial role of managing fuel loads.
She said: "Even though the fire on Langdale Moor is now under control, the peat is still burning at 580 degrees today following the north Yorks fire - far more damaging than cool burns and more likely to happen if vegetation isn't appropriately managed.
"Defra's decision is jaw-droppingly non-scientific, and smacks of a policy decision made by those with no understanding or hands-on experience of appropriate land management, or in tackling wildfires when they do occur."