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Member champions


Since July 2006, members of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority have been appointed each year as 'champions' to support, encourage and represent the seven areas of the Authority’s work:

  • Conservation of the natural environment
  • Conservation of the cultural heritage
  • Recreation management
  • Promoting understanding
  • Development control
  • Forward planning
  • Corporate and democratic core functions

Their key roles are:

  • To represent and champion the individual service internally and externally.
  • To assist officers with the implementation of the Authority’s policy and to develop future policy proposals for consideration by the Authority and its committees.
  • To report back to the Authority and its committees on their brief.
  • To act as a 'sounding board' for senior officers regarding the discussion of new ideas and initiatives, bringing the 'member perspective' to these discussions.

The following members were appointed to be member champions in 2008/09 (click on each member's name to learn more about them):

Area of responsibility

Member(s) appointed

Conservation of the natural environment Deborah Millward
Conservation of the cultural heritage Roger Harrison-Topham
Recreation management Malcolm Petyt
Promoting understanding Steve Macaré
Development control John Blackie
Forward planning Yvonne Peacock and Shelagh Marshall
Corporate and democratic core functions Kevin Lancaster

For further information about the member champions, please contact the Secretariat Team on secretariat@yorkshiredales.org.uk.



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