Councillor Ben Smith

Declarations

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Party : Conservative Ward : Greens Norton Elected : 10/05/2005 Pen Picture: Ben Smith has been a Northamptonshire County Councillor since 1987 and is Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Growth. He is Deputy Chairman of the Police Authority, a director of the River Nene Regional Park Company and a member of the Environment Agency's Anglian (Northern) Flood Defence Committee. Ben is an IDeA Peer Member and Peer Mentor and has undertaken consultancy work at a number of councils in England and Wales. He is a former member of the East Midlands Regional Planning Forum, the LGA Environment & Regeneration Executive and LGA Brownfield Land Task Group. After training as a landscape architect Ben returned to university to obtain an MSc in Environmental Resources. Between 1972 and 1985 he was the Chief Landscape Architect for Northampton Development Corporation and between 1985 and 2009 he was the principal of Benjamin Smith Design Associates. In 2002 he attended the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg and was the only councillor on the official UK delegation. Surgery Information:

Address: Leadership Support Northamptonshire County Council PO Box 136 County Hall Northampton Northamptonshire NN1 1AT   Home Telephone:   Work Telephone: 01604 237817   Mobile:   Fax:   Email: benz@btinternet.com   Web Site:   NOTE: The council is not responsible for any information contained on members' personal web sites.

Outside Representations

Date From	Date To	Name	Details
23/06/2005		Anglian Regional Flood Defence Committee (Northern)
23/06/2005		County Councils Network
23/06/2005		LGA Rural Commission
23/06/2005		Northamptonshire Police Authority
13/05/2010		River Nene Regional Park Company Board

Committee Membership History

Period	Committee	Role	Joined	Left
2010/2011
	Council	Member	14/05/2010
	Cabinet	Member	14/05/2010
2009/2010
	Council	Member	06/06/2009
	Development Control Committee	Chair	06/06/2009	13/05/2010
08/09
	Council	Member	16/05/2008
	Cabinet	Deputy Chair	16/05/2008
	Cabinet Member Decisions	Member	16/05/2008
	Milton Keynes Council and Northamptonshire County Council Joint Waste Disposal Committee	Member	16/05/2008
07/08
	Cabinet	Deputy Chair	10/05/2007
	Council	Member	10/05/2007
	Cabinet Member Decisions	Member	10/05/2007
06/07
	Cabinet	Member	11/05/2006
	Council	Member	11/05/2006
05/06
	Cabinet	Member	19/05/2005
	Council	Member	19/05/2005
	Cabinet Member Decisions	Member	19/05/2005

Statutory Declaration Of Interest

Declaration Date		Title	Approx. Size
22/07/2010		Declaration of Interests	114 Kb
27/07/2009		Declaration of Interests	106 Kb
10/05/2007		Declarations of Interst	160 Kb