Professor Rowan-Robinson

Name: Professor Jeremy Rowan-Robinson

Address:

Little Lound
Oxenholme Lane
Natland
Kendal
LA9 7QH

Telephone Number: 015395 60569

E-Mail Address:

Appointed by: Secretary of State (National). Re-appointed for a 1-year term only. This position will be reviewed following the outcome of the review of the National Park's governance arrangements.

Until: 31 March 2015

First Appointed to the Authority: 1 November 2007

Current Committee Membership: Park Strategy and Vision Committee (Chair), Resources Committee, Audit Committee, Standards Committee, Development Control Committee

Background, particular interests and hobbies:

Educated at Eshton School, near Skipton and the Universities of Kent and Aberdeen (MA, LLM, LLD). Lived in Crook in the 1970s and worked as a solicitor for Westmorland and Cumbria County Council and the Lake District Special Planning Board.

Solicitor and Legal Associate of the Royal Town Planning Institute. Emeritus Professor of Law, Aberdeen University and until recently a consultant in Planning and Environmental Law within a firm of solicitors in Aberdeen. Member of the main board of Scottish Natural Heritage (1998-2004) and Chairman of its East Areas Board. Chairman of the Scottish Access Forum (2000-2004). Currently Chairman of the Paths for All Partnership.

Enjoys fell walking.

Author of Managing the Lake District National Park: the first 60 years (PDF)