Re-appointments to South Downs National Park Authority

Re-appointments to South Downs National Park Authority

November 3, 2016

Re-appointments to England’s National Park Authorities & the Broads Authority and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty Conservation Boards have been made by Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Andrea Leadsom. Each reappointment will take effect from 1 April 2017.

National Park Authority members have a primary responsibility to ensure that the Authority furthers the statutory purposes of the Park.

Eight existing members have been re-appointed to four-year terms on the following National Park Authorities and Broads Authority including Ian Phillips at the South Downs National Park Authority. Margaret Paren, SDNPA Chair, has also been re-appointed to a one-year term.

Lord Gardiner, on behalf of the Secretary of State has increased the number of consecutive years a Secretary of State Member is allowed to serve from 8 to 10 years and agreed to change the starting date for newly appointed Secretary of State Members from 1 April to 1 July.