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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.

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Yorkshire Dales National Park

  • Limestone pavement, © Britainonview / Martin Brent.
  • Twisleton Scars, © Martin Priestley.
  • Swaledale sheep, © Britainonview.
  • Hay meadow in Malham, © Rick at Fortybelowzero.

Malham Cove, © PrĂ­amo Melo.