Members and Committees
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Committees
The main business of Northumberland National Park Authority is transacted at the meetings of the Full Authority
which take place in March, June, September and December. All Development Control matters are considered at meetings of the Development Control Committee which is scheduled to meet every month (usually the third Wednesday of the month). Matters relating to the Members' Code of Conduct. There are also a number of advisory Member/Officer Panels eg Strategic Leadership Panel and the Review Panel, as well as subject specific Working Groups and Task and Finish Groups.
Details of Forthcoming Meetings
The meeting of the Development Control Committee scheduled for Wednesday 24th March 2010 has been cancelled as there are no items of business to discuss.
The next meeting of the Development Control Committee is therefore scheduled for Wednesday 21st April 2010 at 10.30am at National Park Headquarters, Eastburn, Hexham. The agenda and reports will be made available five days before the meeting. If a site visit by the Development Control Committee is required the venue may change, in which case details will be made available on this website.
- Meetings of the Development Control Committee are open to the public. The Authority operates a Public Speaking Scheme for Development Control Committee meetings. Details are available by following the link. Please ensure that requests to take part in Public Speaking at the meeting are submitted to the Corporate Administration team in accordance with the instructions contained in the guidance document.
The next meeting of the Full Authority will be held on Wednesday 24th March 2010 at 1.30 pm at National Park Headquarters, Hexham. The agenda and reports will be made available five working days before the meeting. .
- Meetings of Northumberland National Park Authority are open to the public. Public Questions can be put to the meeting in accordance with the Authority's Public Question Time Scheme and must be received in writing ten working days before the meeting.
Membership
Twenty two Members are appointed to Northumberland National Park Authority to serve for a fixed term of appointment (renewable); six are appointed by Northumberland County Council in the May following local elections, ten are appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment to represent local, regional or national interests in April of each year when a vacancy arises; and six are appointed by the Secretary of State for the Environment through a group selection process following parish council elections to represent the four parish groupings in the National Park (Hadrian's Wall; North Tyne and Redesdale; Upper Coquet; Cheviot)
The 22 members of the Authority serve on various committees directly involved in the running of the National Park Authority and also on a number of outside bodies on which they represent the interests of Northumberland National Park.
