Contact key officers

Contact details for the directors, deputy and assistant directors and section heads are listed below.

Building Control Manager
Name: Alaistair Richmond
Main duties: Building Control (Building Regulations).
Email address: building.control@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Mansion House, Friargate, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7YG

Chief Executive
Name: Rose Rouse
Main duties: Head of Paid Services.
Email address: chief.exec@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Town Hall, Corney Square, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7QF

Corporate Services (Director)
Name: Matthew Neal
Main duties: Corporate Services, Commercial and Governance.
Email address: dcls@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Town Hall, Corney Square, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7QF

Commissioning and Technical Services (Assistant Director)
Name: Jane Langston
Main duties: Contract Management, Corporate Health and Safety and Facilities.
Email address: engineer@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Mansion House, Friargate, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7YG

Communication Officer
Name: Vacant post
Main duties: To manage the Council's Public Relations.
Email address: communication@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Town Hall, Corney Square, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7QF

Community Services (Assistant Director)
Name: Robert Docherty
Main duties: Environmental Protection, Housing, Health and Safety, Food Safety, Community Safety Partnership, Community Wardens and Licensing.
Email address: env.health@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Mansion House, Friargate, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7YG

Finance (Assistant Director)
Name: Peter Notley
Main duties: S151 Officer, Accountancy and Audit.
Email address: fin.man@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Town Hall, Corney Square, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7QF

Governance (Assistant Director)
Name: Lisa Tremble
Main duties: Monitoring Officer, Legal Services, Elections and Democratic Services.
Email address: dcls@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Town Hall, Corney Square, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7QF

IT Services Manager and Senior Supplier for Digital Innovation
Name: Ben Wright
Main duties: IT Services, IS and IT Strategy.
Email address: IT.Manager@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Town Hall, Corney Square, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7QF

Leisure and Communities Services Manager
Name: Doug Huggon
Main duties: Leisure including Community Engagement, Equalities and Eden Community Fund.
Email address: communities.team@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Mansion House, Friargate, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7YG

People and Place (Director)
Name: Les Clark
Main duties:
Email address:
Address: Eden District Council, Town Hall, Corney Square, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7QF

Planning and Economic Development (Assistant Director)
Name: Oliver Shimell
Main duties: Economic Development, Town Centres and Tourism.
Email address:
Address: Eden District Council, Mansion House, Friargate, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7YG

Planning Policy Manager
Name: Kevin Hutchinson
Main duties: Planning Policy
Email address: loc.plan@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Mansion House, Friargate, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7YG

Planning Services Development Manager
Name: Nick Atkinson
Main duties: Development Control (Planning).
Email address: planning.services@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Mansion House, Friargate, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7YG

Head of Policy Performance and Human Resources
Name: Bibian McRoy
Main duties: Employee Relations, Organisational Development, Performance Management and Information Governance.
Email address: human.resources@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Town Hall, Corney Square, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7QF

Head of Revenue and Benefits
Name: Suzanne Fairer
Main duties: Housing and Council Tax Benefits, Benefit Investigations, Council Tax, Business Rates and Sundry Debtors.
Email address: rev.ben.man@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Town Hall, Corney Square, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7QF

Head of Transformation and Customers
Name: Vacant post
Main duties: Contact Centre and Alston Local Links.
Email address: customer.services@eden.gov.uk
Address: Eden District Council, Town Hall, Corney Square, Penrith, Cumbria CA11 7QF