Flood prevention cash for homes in Eamont Bridge and Brougham
Eden District Council has been awarded £68,400 from the Departmental for Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) to help 12 households in Eden to improve their flood prevention measures. Read more about DEFRA funding award.
Online services disrupted this weekend
Electrical rewiring work at the Town Hall on Saturday 13 March means disruption all day to online services. You will not be able to use online payments, forms, mapping and our site search on this day. The main website is unaffected. We apologise for an inconvenience this may cause.
More information on planned site maintenance
Have Your Say on Local Strategic Partnership’s action plan
Eden Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) is holding a public consultation for you to ‘Have Your Say’ about developing their 2010-2014 action plan based around the draft Eden Sustainable Community Strategy and the LSP’s key priorities of developing a healthy environment, a vibrant economy and strong society. Read the draft Sustainable Community Strategy and ‘Have Your Say’ on the action plan.
Sainsbury’s step in to Penrith New Squares
Sainsbury’s have informed Eden District Council of their wish to ‘Step In’ and take over the Penrith New Squares scheme as proposed by Lowther Manelli Properties Limited. Sainsbury’s wish to resolve a number of practical issues in the next two months. The Council has agreed to allow Sainsbury’s this further time and will consider the development again at its meeting on 13 May 2010. Read more about Penrith New Squares.
Nominate your Eden local heroes
Do you have a local hero in your community? Perhaps they go that extra mile to make a real difference helping others? Or organise community or sporting activities? Why not recognise their hard work and nominate them for an Eden Local Heroes Award run in conjunction with The Cumberland and Westmorland Herald. Find out more and complete an online Local Heroes nomination form.
Council's Response to Natural England's proposals to extend National Parks
Eden District Council has agreed its formal response to consultation proposals from Natural England to designate new areas of National Park(s) within Eden District. Natural England's consultation closes on 17 March 2010 and people can still make their individual response to the proposals via Natural England’s website. Read Eden District Council's formal response.
Have your say - let us know what scrutiny should look at this year
Councillor Keith Morgan talks about a consultation to see what you think we should be scrutinising this year. Watch the video or 'Have Your Say' about the Scrutiny Work Plan Topics.
Penrith and Eden Museum temporary closure for improvement works
Penrith and Eden Museum is closed so work can be done to improve the disabled access. It is hoped it will open again April 2010. For details of previous exhibitions, events and collections see Penrith and Eden Museum.
Online advice to help Eden beat the credit crunch
The aim of credit crunch section on this website is to help residents and local businesses through the Credit Crunch. The web pages list a range of help, services and information we and other agencies offer to support people through this difficult economic time. Read more about help to beat the Credit Crunch.
The new forward plan
For all key decisions we will take in the next four months see the Forward Plan.
