Members of the Cabinet 2024/25

The Leader of the Council, Councillor Stephen Cooksey is supported by a Cabinet.

Portfolio details

  • Annual Plan including corporate strategy
  • Communications
  • Governance Statement
  • Relations with Districts and County
  • Shared Prosperity Fund
  • Audit – Internal and External
  • Asset Investment
  • Finance and Budget
  • Finance policy
  • Revenues and Exchequer
  • Transformation
  • Benefits and Benefit fraud
  • CIL Spending Applications
  • Community Grants
  • Corporate Fraud and Investigation
  • Insurance
  • Performance Management
  • Risk Management
  • Strategic and Business Planning
  • Building Control
  • Conservation Area Enhancement & Promotion of Heritage Assets
  • Development Management
  • Gatwick
  • Land charges
  • Local Plan
  • Neighbourhood Plans
  • Street naming. Numbering and name plates
  • Planning enforcement
  • Planning Policy
  • Planning support
  • TPO’s
  • CIL Allocations Policy
  • Affordable Housing and Housing Services
  • Asylum Seekers and Homes for Ukraine
  • Homelessness
  • Environmental Health
  • Waste and Recycling
  • Street Cleaning
  • Garden Waste scheme
  • Community litter picks
  • Winter preparations
  • Volunteering Scheme
  • Licensing
  • Youth Services and Youth
  • Governance and revision of Constitution
  • Boundary Review
  • Committee System Review
  • Customer Services
  • Business continuity
  • Data Protection and Data Quality
  • Democratic Services
  • Electoral Services
  • Freedom of Information
  • Legal services
  • Emergency Planning
  • Human Resources
  • Equalities and Community Relations
  • Health and Safety
  • Anti-Social Behaviour
  • Community Safety
  • JET and Enforcement
  • Active Travel – Cycling, walking policy liaison with County
  • Climate Change Action Plan
  • Climate change projects and grant applications
  • County and District Liaison on Climate Change
  • Countryside conservation and biodiversity
  • Green policies
  • Trees on Council land
  • Water Refill Scheme
  • LCWIP
  • Wellbeing
  • Fairfield Centre
  • Mole Valley Life – Telecare, Out-of-hours services, Lone worker advice
  • Community Transport
  • Safeguarding
  • Facilities Management
  • Procurement
  • Property
  • ICT – Digital Strategy
  • Transform Leatherhead
  • Major grant applications
  • Projects as determined
  • CCTV
  • Business Advice and Support
  • Car Parking Strategy and Parking Enforcement
  • Coast to Capital LEP
  • Dorking Foundry
  • Economic Development
  • Opportunity Dorking
  • Pippbrook House
  • Town and village centres other than Leatherhead including rural areas
  • Working with Partners to promote economy and attract external funding
  • Leisure policies
  • Allotments
  • Arts, Sports and Cultural Development
  • Arts Alive
  • Cemeteries
  • Children’s Playgrounds
  • Dorking Halls
  • Leisure Centres and Leisure Contract Monitoring
  • Liaison with theatres (including Leatherhead Theatre) and dramatic arts
  • Holiday Activities for children
  • Monitoring grounds maintenance contract
  • Meadowbank
  • Meadowbank Stadium
  • Parks and Open Spaces
  • Sports Development
  • Tourism
  • Tourist Information