Looking after

How we work to look after the National Park, conservation, ranger services, biodiversity and policies.

Gill Heath

Councillor Gill Heath

I am an elected councillor for Staffordshire Moorlands District Council and Staffordshire County Council. 

Contact me

If you want to contact me about the work of the Peak District National Park Authority you can do so in the following ways:

Telephone: 01538 381601

Email: gill.heath@peakdistrict.gov.uk

Address: Highfield House, Highfield, Leek, ST13 8SC

About Me

My husband and I are farmers who live five miles outside the National Park.  I have always had a connection with farming, having worked on my parents’ farm when I left school.

I am an elected councillor for both Staffordshire Moorlands District Council and Staffordshire County Council and also a member of the Staffordshire Police Authority.

What the national park means to me

Housing for young local people is an issue. We need to find more ways to accommodate our young people in the national park. If this happens it would, in turn, help the vibrancy of our communities and maintain our village schools.

Young people would not have to travel from the towns to work on farms, which would benefit the environment. This is a major issue at local, regional and national levels.

I understand the wish to see an increase in tourism but this has to be balanced by protection of the national park.

Membership of outside bodies

In my role as a Staffordshire county councillor I am a member of the following:
  • Representative on the Campaign for Rural England
  • Member of the Derby and Derbyshire Economic Partnership rural action group
  • Member of the Local Government Association Rural Commission
  • Member of the Rudyard Lake Trust board of trustees
  • Staffordshire Police Authority