Members of the AONB Partnership include conservation bodies, landowner and community representatives, interests such as recreation and tourism, and individual members.
Papers from all the Partnership meetings are available on Shropshire Council's website.
Shropshire Hills AONB Partnership members:
Local Authorities
- Cllr Heather Kidd – Shropshire Council
- Cllr Cecilia Motley (Vice Chair) – Shropshire Council
- Cllr Dan Morris – Shropshire Council
- Cllr Chris Turley – Telford & Wrekin Council
- Cllr Hilary Luff – Shropshire Council
Statutory Bodies
- Mr Alan Jones – Environment Agency
- Mr Bill Klemperer – Historic England
- Ms Hazel McDowall – Natural England
- Mr Wayne Barnes – Forestry England
Non-Statutory Bodies
- Ms Gillian Binks – Caring for God’s Acre
- Mrs Sarah Bury – Campaign to Protect Rural England
- Lady Veronica Cossons – Shropshire Wildlife Trust
- Mr Alex Carson-Taylor – Country Land & Business Association (Chair)
- Mrs Hilary Claytonsmith – The Strettons Civic Society
- Mr Charles Edwards – The Ramblers
- Mr Pete Carty- National Trust
- Mrs Carol Griffiths – National Farmers Union
- Mr Rob Harris – Land, Life & Livelihoods
- Ms Janet Cobb - Middle Marches Community Land Trust
- Ms Rhona Goddard – Butterfly Conservation
- Mrs Sue Lee – Long Mynd & District Bridleways Association
- Mr Leo Smith – Shropshire Ornithological Society / Upper Onny Wildlife Group
- Mr Jim Bunce - Long Mynd Adventure Camp
Parish Council Representatives
- Ms Ruth Houghton, Bishop's Castle Town Council
- Mr John Long, Acton Burnell, Frodesley, Pitchford, Ruckley and Langley Parish Council
- Mr Mark Hughes, Llanfair Waterdine Parish Council
- Mr Steven Pennington, Cardington Parish Council
- Mr John Luck, Church Stretton Town Council
- Mr David Mills, Craven Arms Town Council
Individual Members
- Ms Alison Caffyn
- Mr George Chancellor
- Mr Adrian Cullis
- Ms Gillian Preece
- Ms Fiona Williams
- Mr Andrew Wood
Strategy & Performance Committee
This is a sub-group of the AONB Partnership. Their role is to scrutinise and advise on the work of the AONB staff team.
- Mr Alex Carson-Taylor – Country Land & Business Association (Chair)
- Cllr Cecilia Motley (Vice Chair), Shropshire Council
- Hilary Claytonsmith (Vice Chair), The Strettons Civic Society
- Ms Fiona Williams, individual member
- John Long, Parish Council representative
- Cllr Heather Kidd, Shropshire Council
- Cllr Chris Turley, Telford & Wrekin Council
- Ms Janet Cobb - Middle Marches Community Land Trust
Officers from the two councils also attend the Committee:
- Pete Banford, Shropshire Council
- Mark Latham, Telford & Wrekin Council
Please contact us if you would like to see papers from the Committee meetings.