The Planning Policy team is responsible for the planning policies that guide development in the area outside the Lake District National Park.
Cumberland Council inherited the local development plan documents of each of the former Councils including the Cumbria Minerals and Waste Local Plan documents. These documents will continue to be used, in the relevant former Council areas, to decide planning applications until they are replaced by new Cumberland Local Plan documents.
The reports are PDF files and may not be suitable for assistive technology.
Local Plan part 1
The Local Plan (Part 1) forms a key element of the development plan for the area of Allerdale outside the Lake District National Park. It sets out the strategic and development management policies that will guide development up to 2029.
Local Plan part 2
The Local Plan (Part 2) forms a key element of the statutory development plan for the parts of Allerdale outside the Lake District National Park. Part 2 identifies or 'allocates' land to deliver the strategy and contains additional supporting policies to guide development.
Allerdale Local Plan part 2 policies maps
Supplementary planning documents (SPD) and guidance
We have produced a number of supplementary documents which add more detail to the policies in the Local Plan. The documents provide further information to guide particular types or aspects of development.
Guidance documents
Climate change checklist
We have pledged to work towards carbon neutrality from our estate and activities by 2030, and towards a net zero Cumbria by 2037.
Annual Monitoring Report
The Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) contains a number of monitoring statistics, including progress made towards the Local Plan. The publication of the AMR enables the council to publish a comprehensive set of data about the borough that is easily and publicly accessible, to meet a wide range of data requests that Planning Services receives.
Five Year Land Supply Reports
The Five Year Land Supply reports set out the council's position with regards to demonstrating a five year supply of deliverable housing land.
Brownfield land register
We have to prepare, publish and maintain a brownfield register. The register consists of two parts:
- Part 1 is a list of sites which could be considered suitable for residential development on brownfield land (previously developed land)
- Part 2 is made up of sites which have been taken forward from Part 1 of the register and given Planning Permission in Principle (PIP)
Infrastructure Funding Statement
The council is required to produce an Infrastructure Funding Statement to summarise the details of s106 Agreements attached to planning permissions in each year; s106 Agreements secure contributions towards necessary infrastructure to accommodate new development.
To support the Statement, the Council is required to publish a set of Excel documents to identify the developer agreements, the contributions received and the transactions which took place in the monitoring year.