Exmoor National Park Authority Committees.
The main business of the Authority is conducted at
Authority Committee meetings held five times each year.
The
Planning Committee considers planning applications and other development management matters.
The
Discretionary Budget Sub Committee considers applications to the Partnership Fund from Authority projects and from communities, external groups, businesses or individuals for funding for projects which focus on the achievement of National Park purposes, with a weighting to projects that also provide community and economic benefits.
The
Standards Committee meets to ensure and maintain high standards of conduct by Members and Officers of the Authority.
Meetings of the Authority and its committees are held at the Authority’s Headquarters at Exmoor House, Dulverton.
The meetings calendar can be viewed
here. The agendas for all meetings of the Authority and its committees are placed on the Authority’s website one week in advance of the meeting.
Public Participation at Meetings
With the exception of very occasional confidential matters, all of the formal business of the meetings of the Authority and its committees is conducted in public session. Members of the public are welcome to attend meetings of the National Park Authority or its committees that are open to the press and public. There is public question time at meetings when the Chairman will allow members of the public two minutes to ask questions, make statements, or present a petition relating to any item on the Agenda for that meeting.
For further details, or if you wish to speak at a meeting or to submit a question to be read out, please contact Carol Carder, Corporate Support Officer, by email, in writing or by telephone by 4pm on the working day before the meeting, indicating a brief summary of the matter you wish to raise. Email: cacarder@exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk Tel: 01398 322229 or 01398 323665
The
Exmoor Local Access Forum is an independent statutory advisory body set up by Exmoor National Park Authority in 2002 under the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000. The Forum advises the National Park Authority, Natural England, the two local highway authorities covering the area and other statutory bodies about improvement of public access to land for open-air recreation and enjoyment. The Forum meets twice a year at different venues across the National Park and members of the public are welcome to attend.
The Exmoor Consultative and Parish Forum meets 5 times a year and provides a forum for consultation and discussion of matters of principle affecting the National Park and an opportunity to promote better understanding between the National Park Authority, local communities and other bodies having an interest in the National Park. The Forum meets at different venues across the National Park and members of the public are welcome to attend.
The meetings calendar can be viewed
here. The agendas for meetings of the Exmoor Local Access Forum and the Exmoor Consultative and Parish Forum are placed on the Authority’s website one week in advance of the meeting.
