RURAL development expert Mark Shucksmith has received an OBE in the New Years Honours list.

Professor Shucksmith is professor of planning at Newcastle University.

A leading authority on rural housing, social exclusion and development, he spent eight years as programme director for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation's Action in Rural Areas programme.

Prof Shucksmith also served as a member of the Affordable Rural Housing Commission during 2005-06 and is currently also a Commission for Rural Communities commissioner.

Other honours of interest include:

CBE
John Coughlan. Director of Children's Services, Hampshire County Council. For services to Local Government. (Romsey, Hampshire)

Ms Lucy Manuela de Groot. Executive director, Improvement and Development Agency. For services to Local Government. (London, N19)

Bryan Mark Gray, MBE. Chairman, North West Regional Development Agency. For services to Business and to the community in the North West. (Wigan, Lancashire)

Richard John McCarthy. Director-General of Housing and Planning, Department for Communities and Local Government. (Tunbridge Wells, Kent)

Councillor David Parsons. Leader, Leicestershire County Council and chairman, East Midlands Regional Assembly. For services to Local and Regional Government and to the Voluntary Sector. (Leicester, Leicestershire)

Nicholas Campbell Paul. Chairman, Advantage West Midlands. For services to Business. (Malvern, Worcestershire)

OBE
Ms Caroline Breakey. For services to Rural and Community Development in Northern Ireland. (Craigavon, Armagh)

Keith James Datchler. For services to Conservation and to Environmental Land Management. (Battle, East Sussex)

Professor Elphin Wynne Jones. Principal, Harper Adams University College. For services to local and national Agricultural Higher Education. (Newport, Shropshire)

Carl Henry Lis. For services to the community in the Yorkshire Dales. (Carnforth, Lancashire)

Dr Randal William Richards. Formerly chief executive, Research Councils UK. For services to Science. (Marlborough, Wiltshire)

Professor David Mark Shucksmith. Professor of Planning, Newcastle University. For services to Rural Development and to Crofting. (Stocksfield, Northumberland)

Arnold Roy Vandermeer. For voluntary service to the community in Hertfordshire. (St. Albans, Hertfordshire)

MBE
Miss Sheila Mary Astbury. For voluntary service to the community in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. (Shrewsbury, Shropshire)

Mrs Monique Claire Marie Barnes. For voluntary service to the community in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. (Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk)

Dr Marlene Anne Behennah. For voluntary service to the community in Mevagissey, Cornwall. (St. Austell, Cornwall)

Mrs Dorothy Mary Bell. For services to the Heritage Centre in Bellingham, Northumberland. (Hexham, Northumberland)

Mrs Valerie Anne Bennett. For voluntary service to the community in Whatlington, East Sussex. (Battle, East Sussex)

Mrs Pamela Blofield. For voluntary service to the community in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. (Shrewsbury, Shropshire)

Mrs Lindsay Marie Burr. For services to Business and to the community in Ryedale, North Yorkshire. (Malton, North Yorkshire)

Dr Albert Roy Cooksey. For voluntary service to the Coniston Mountain Rescue Team in Cumbria. (Broughton-in-Furness, Cumbria)

David Niel Curwen. For services to the Environment and to the community in the Cotswolds. (Stroud, Gloucestershire)

Mrs Marguerite Stella Davies. For voluntary service to the community in Aldeburgh, Suffolk. (Aldeburgh, Suffolk)

David Francis De Val. For voluntary service to the community in Chinnor, Oxfordshire. (Chinnor, Oxfordshire)

Nigel John Embry. Chief executive, Farm Stay UK. For services to the Tourist Industry. (West Byfleet, Surrey)

Ms Marianne (Mrs Cutts) Hood. Chair, Independent Advisory Beacon Panel. For services to Local Government. (Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire)

Russell Andrew Greenwood. Administrative Officer, Food and Farming Group, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. For public and voluntary service. (London, SW1P)

Gordon Cyril Jenney. For voluntary service to the community in the East Riding of Yorkshire. (Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire)

Eric John Wallis. For voluntary service to the South West Coast Path Association. (Ermington, Devon)

Mrs Carole Wendland. Senior Executive Officer, Low Cost Home Ownership Division, Department for Communities and Local Government. (Longfield, Kent

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