Meet the Members-the Decision Makers

Where do the Members come from?

The National Park Authority is composed of 24 members, 16 councillors appointed by the following local authorities who have land in the National Park. These authorities also make a financial contribution to the running of the Park.

Powys	8 members
Monmouthshire	2 members
Carmarthenshire	2 members
Merthyr Tydfil	1 member
Torfaen	1 member
Blaenau Gwent	1 member
Rhondda Cynon Taff	1 member

In addition, the Welsh Assembly Government appoints 8 members who may have experience or specialist knowledge of a particular area, such as environment, tourism, farming or community work. They are appointed through a recruitment process, and all vacancies are advertised in the Western Mail and on the Assembly’s website.

Terms of office for local authority members are usually for 4 years, until the next local government elections, and 3 years for Assembly appointed members (up to a maximum of three terms).

Who are the members?

Find out about our Members

Downloadable membership list

What do the members do?

The members of the National Park Authority:

Act as advocates of the National Park Authority and its purpose of conserving and enhancing the natural beauty, wildlife and cultural heritage of the area;
Make decisions and oversee performance through participation in Authority meetings, committees, advisory groups and working groups, applying the principles of National Parks and sustainable development to all decision making;
Represent the interests of all residents of the National Park;
Represent the National Park Authority on outside bodies;
Promote and support open and transparent National Park Authority services;
Promote and support good governance of the National Park Authority and its affairs.

All members are expected to follow codes and protocols to ensure they meet the high standards expected of them. Further details of these codes are available here

You can see all the member role descriptions here

Member Champion role descriptions are here

Members Allowance Scheme

The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority has an allowance scheme for its members reviewed on an annual basis. For the current year, 2010/11 this is as follows:

Allowances for all members
Basic Allowance (this is a nominal amount only, to comply with legislation as BBNP opt to pay an attendance allowance)	£12 pa
Attendance Allowance	£53.45per day
Mileage allowance	45p per mile

Special Responsibility Allowance	£ per annum

Chairman of the Authority	5,207.56
Deputy Chairman of the Authority	2,602.77
Chair, Planning, Access & Rights of Way	2,134.13

Chair of Audit and Scrutiny Committee	703.97

In addition members are able to claim subsistence while on official duty in response to receipts for the amount claimed.

Allowances paid to members for past financial years - it can be viewed here: Members Allowances

Members attendance at meetings can be viewed here: Members Attendance 2009/10

Members Attendance 2010/11

Please note that these listings include some former members.

Please contact Julia Gruffydd if you would like any more information.

Political map of local authority boundaries

A map which shows the boundaries of the Local Authorities which serve the National Park, and also some statistics which show how much of the National Park the authorities cover.

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