Membership

Membership to the Plymouth Local Access Forum (LAF) is balanced between three main interests, these being:

• Users of access land or public rights of way
• Owners and occupiers of access land or land crossed by rights of way
• Other interests considered relevant to Plymouth

Other interests relevant to Plymouth include, but are not necessarily limited to, tourism, outdoor education, sport and recreational provision, disability awareness, local business interest, the military, health promotion and wildlife and cultural heritage.

Forum members are appointed for a three year term of office and each year a third of members are up for renewal - meaning new members can be introduced each year.

Guidance from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) says that the forum will be made up of between 10 and 22 members of which three will be elected members of the Council (Councillors).

Current Forum Members

Name	Membership	Group
Ray Fairchild	Chair	Access user
Ian Stewart	Vice-Chair	Access user
Councillor Ken Foster	Member	Councillor
Councillor Nigel Churchill	Member	Councillor
Councillor George Wheeler	Member	Councillor
John Emery	Member	Access user
Patricia Hitchens	Member	Access user
David Pawley	Member	Access user
John Skinner	Member	Access user
Rupert Goddard	Member	Other interest
Beth Roberts	Member	Land owner
Stephanie Rodgers	Member	Land owner
Nick Attrill	Member	Other interest

If you would like to be on the forum please visit the LAF vacancies page or email the Forum Secretary at laf@plymouth.gov.uk who can email or post you an application pack.