We handle planning applications for all mineral and waste management related development (including wastewater infrastructure) in our area outside of the National Park.
You should contact the Lake District National Park Authority planning team if your development is in the Lake District National Park.
Make a comment or objection an application
Comments or objections must be made in writing and can be sent to us via email, post or via an online form accessible from within the online planning application register.
Email: MWPlanning@cumberland.gov.uk
Minerals and Waste Planning Team
c/o South Lakeland House
Lowther Street
Kendal
LA9 4DQ
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Personal details
Planning applications are public documents and your comments, including personal details, will form part of the planning application file and are available for other people to read.
We will publish your comments on our website.
Before we do this we will remove your signature, telephone number and email address. Your name and address will not be removed. It may be possible for others to browse your name and address through online search engines.
The council has the same legal responsibilities as any other publisher when publishing comments/responses on our website. In view of this, do not:
- refer to the personal character or motives of the applicant/s
- make any abusive or malicious comments
- mention hearsay or rumour
- use defamatory, slanderous or libellous language
We may decide not publish any such comments on our website. We will not take those specified comments into account when making a decision on an application.
Comments that can be taken into account
Comments should relate only to "planning matters". Legislation and Government guidance describe these matters as the "Local Plan" and other "material considerations" i.e. the content of local planning policy relating to the area and the impact of the proposal on the surrounding environment and infrastructure. Applications must therefore be determined in accordance with the Local Plan, unless other matters indicate that this would, in the case concerned, be inappropriate.
Examples of planning matters which can be taken into consideration include:
- Compliance with the Local Plan (for example - Local Planning Policy)
- Design out of keeping with the character of the area.
- Dominant and oppressive environment created by the proposal.
- Excessive noise, dust, smell or nuisance.
- Highway safety or traffic impact.
- Impact upon Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas or mature trees.
- Impact upon local wildlife and biodiversity
- Its position in respect of Government Planning Policy.
- Loss of privacy (for example - intrusiveness from overlooking development)
- Visual or Landscape Impact
Examples of issues that are not planning matters and therefore can not be taken into account are:
- Commercial harm to other businesses from competition.
- Devaluation of property
- Land ownership - for example - boundary disputes or matters referring to legal covenants.
- Loss of private view.
- Matters covered by other legislation (for example - Building Regulations and Environmental Permitting)
- Personal dislike of the applicant
- Objections based on moral, racial or religious opinion
- That a lot of people have objected
- The work was commenced without planning permission
All the relevant planning matters/issues raised in written representations will be taken into consideration in the determination of the planning application, whether the application is to be determined by delegated powers, or by committee.
For applications to be determined by committee, there is an opportunity for objectors to speak and express their views in person at the meeting.
If you are unsure of the status of an application or any of the above guidance please contact the Minerals and Waste Planning Team
Email: MWPlanning@cumberland.gov.uk
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