Member champions

Individual Members of the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority are appointed to champion the eight areas of the Authority’s work:

• Conservation of the Natural Environment

• Conservation of Cultural Heritage

• Recreation Management

• Promoting Understanding

• Planning

• Forward Planning

• Corporate Management

• Climate Change

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.

Please refer to the Member details section for confirmation of which Member is a Champion in a particular area.