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Cllr Ben Smith

Since 1987 Ben Smith has been a Northamptonshire County Councillor and is currently Chairman of the Council's Environment & Transport Scrutiny Committee and Deputy Leader of the Opposition. He is a member of the Welland and Nene Flood Defence Committee and Litchborough Parish Council.

After training as a landscape architect, Ben returned to university to obtain an MSc in Environmental Resources. He is the principal of Benjamin Smith Design Associates. The practice is registered with the Landscape Institute and retains corporate membership of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment. Between 1972 and 1985 he was the Chief Landscape Architect for Northampton Development Corporation.

In 2002 he attended the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg and was the only councillor on the official UK delegation.