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Secretary of State appoints NPAs and AONB conservation boards 2021

Secretary of State appointments to National Park Authorities and Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty conservation boards.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

New appointments in 2021

Appointments have been made to two of England’s National Park Authorities (NPAs) and two Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) Conservation Boards.

The following appointments have been made for a term of four years until 30 June 2025:

Broads Authority:

  • Paul Hayden
  • Michael Scott

North York Moors National Park Authority:

  • Abida Nayyar

The following appointments have been made for a term of three years until 30 June 2024:

Chilterns AONB Conservation Board:

  • Geeta Ludhra

Cotswolds AONB Conservation Board:

  • Isabel Ross
  • Jane Hull

Reappointments in 2021

The following members were re-appointed for a second term until 30 June 2024:

Cotswolds

  • Nicholas Bumford
  • Catherine Le Grice-Mack
  • Garry King

The following members were re-appointed for a second term until 30 June 2025:

Dartmoor

  • Peter Harper

Lake District NPA

  • Michael Carter

New Forest NPA

  • Gavin Parker
  • Patrick Heneghan
  • David Bence

Northumberland NPA

  • Chris Mullin
  • Pippa Ross

Peak District NPA

  • James Berresford

The following members were re-appointed for a third term until 30 June 2023:

Dartmoor NPA

  • Naomi Oakley

Exmoor NPA

  • Linda Blanchard

North York Moors NPA

  • Sarah Oswald

Peak District NPA

  • Zahid Hamid

South Downs NPA

  • Ian Phillips

Updates to this page

Published 8 July 2021