Malvern Hills Conservators

The Malvern Hills Conservators are a body corporate responsible for the care and management of the Malvern Hills and Commons. They were established in 1884 and are governed by five Acts of Parliament, the Malvern Hills Acts 1884, 1909, 1924, 1930 and 1995.^[1][2][3] They became a registered charity in 1984.^[4]

Membership

The Conservators are a voluntary body of twenty-nine members. Eleven are directly elected under the Local Elections (Principal areas) Rules by the residents of the wards who contribute to the Conservators' funds through a levy in their Council Tax, seventeen are appointed by local authorities and one by the Church Commissioners.^[1][5]

Statutory duties

Under Acts of Parliament the Malvern Hills Conservators have the following statutory duties placed upon them:

• To prevent encroachment
• To keep the Hills and Commons as open space for recreation
• To conserve the Hills and Commons
• To protect the rights of commoners to graze their livestock on the land.^[1]

See also

• Malvern Hills

References

Further reading

• Hurle, Pamela (1984). The Malvern Hills: A hundred years of conservation. Phillimore. ISBN 0850334993. 
• Smith, Brian S. (1978) [1964]. A History of Malvern. Leicester, UK: Leicester University Press. ISBN 0904387313. 

External links

• Malvern Hills Conservators
• Malvern Hills Conservators National Archive
• Malvern Hills Act 1995 c. iii
• Malvern Hills Bill Hansard, 8 March 1993
• Malvern Hills Bill Hansard, 15 February 1994