Joint Local Access Forum - What's New
JLAF recruitment for Year 8 is now underway - note the date of recruitment evening is Wednesday, 31 March at 6pm at Eastburn, Hexham.
The recruitment for new members of the JLAF for Year 8 (tenure 1 May 2010 to 30 April 2013) will be getting underway in February 2010 so please visit the forum member vacancies page for more information. Closing date for applications is Monday 15 March 2010.
Contact us at any time, however, if you'd like more information on becoming a member of the Joint Local Access Forum.
Joint Local Access Forum Position Statements
From time to time the JLAF will publish position statements. Two have been ratified by the members of the Joint Local Access Forum and are published here. A third - A Position Statement on Surfaces - is due to be ratified at the next meeting of the JLAF on 28 January 2010.
JLAF Position Statement on Access to Water (PDF format 32kb)
JLAF Position Statement on Mechanically Propelled Vehicles (PDF format 12kb)
Change of name and amended Terms of Reference
At their meeting on 24 July, 2008 it was agreed the name of the Joint Local Access Forum be changed to 'Northumberland National Park and County Joint Local Access Forum'. The amended 'Terms of Reference' were also agreed and can be found here.
New Members for Year 7
The recruitment process for Year 7 (1 May 2009 - 30 April 2010) has now concluded, following a successful recruitment drive, with the re-appointment of four members - Vic Brown, Pam Brooks, Eddie Carrington and Ted Liddle, and the appointment of four new members - Nick Rossiter, Conrad Clayton, Richard Seaman and Michael Catlin. Richard Cross retired from the JLAF having been a member since is started inMay 2003.
The representative from Northumberland County Council remains as Cllr Anthony Murray and the two National Park representatives as Peter Nicholson and Cllr Alan Sharp until the Annual Meetings of both organisations.
Chair and Vice Chairs 2009 - 2010
At the JLAF meeting on 23 April 2009, James Brown was elected Chair and Nicola Thompson and David Baines were elected as Vice Chairs, for Year 7 (1 May 2009 - 30 April 2010).
Annual Report 2008- 2009
Visit our reports and downloads page to read our latest annual report for Year 6 (2008 - 2009). The Annual Report for Year 7 (2009 - 2010) will be published next summer.
Action Plan for 2010
The latest edition of our Action Plan for 2010 will be available shortly the reports and downloads page. Please note - the Action Plan may be upgraded from time to time.
Decadal Review
The Forum is keen to hear from anyone who would like to help them in identifying anomalies with the conclusive map of open country and registered common land within Northumberland. Whilst, given the size of the task, we feel that the Conclusive Map produced by the Countryside Agency was a reasonable first attempt, we feel that errors and anomalies do exist.
Please use the attached form - the accompanying letter explains more about the Decadal Review. Please note - there is a blank page after the letter.
Decadal Review Form (PDF Format, 32Kb)
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