Maureen Holding

Maureen is married to Alan and has three adult children and five grandchildren. She has lived in Brockenhurst for almost 14 years and is a member of the Parish Council. She worked as a Business Studies teacher in secondary and further education for almost 20 years. She served as a School Governor at Boldre for three years. Maureen has been a District Councillor since 1999 and is the Cabinet member for Employment, Health and Wellbeing. She is a member of the Development Control and Industrial Relations Committees of the Council and has served on Housing and Appeals. She fought for the retention of local cottage hospitals and served for five years on the local Primary Care Trust Board until it moved to Winchester. She is now involved in Practice Based Commissioning, Public Health and Maternity Services. She is keenly interested in the preservation of the Forest and tourism- and how the two mix. Maureen’s hobbies including gardening and flower arranging; she attends Brockenhurst Flower Club and is a member of the RHS and Hampshire Gardens Trust.

National Park Authority Committees and Panels

Planning Development Control Committee
Standards Committee (Deputy member)
Resources and Performance Committee

RepresentsAuthority on following external organisations

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Government Association (as reserve)

Involvement with external organisations (other than through the Authority)

New Forest District Council
Brockenhurst Parish Council
Age Concern, Hampshire
Association of Hampshire and Isle of Wight Local Authorities
Local Government Association Rural Commission
Local Government Association Urban Commission
South East Employers Organisation
South East England Regional Assembly
Hampshire Rural Committee
Hampshire Gardens Trust
Local Strategic Partnership
New Forest Public Health Group
Practice Based Commissioning Groups
Ashurst Maternity Unit Steering Group
Leader Plus Programme Decision Making Group
New Forest Tourism Association Management Committee