As reported to the Cumbria Schools Forum on 18 January 2022, some revisions to the Cumbria LA Scheme for Financing Schools are required.
Any changes that are made to the LA Scheme for Financing Schools must be consulted with all maintained schools before being approved by the...More
Following many requests from residents, Cumbria County Council would like to invite comments and feedback on a proposed Community Parking Management Scheme for the area known locally as the ‘Back Streets’.
The proposed scheme was identified as the recommended solution to...More
St Bees Parish Council would like to hear ideas from young people about the facilities and activities you would like to see in St Bees.
We value your responses, as we will use your ideas to help understand how we could best improve provision of leisure opportunities for young...More
Cumbria’s Health & Wellbeing Board would like your help to answer some questions about how you use your local pharmacy. This will help us to understand the services you need.
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Allerdale Borough Council has begun the process of setting its budget for the 2022/23 financial year. This will be approved in February 2022. The council wants to hear your views as it prepares that budget.
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In accordance with the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003, South Lakeland District Council is required to publish a statement of its licensing policy at least every five years. It is designed to set out the council’s ambitions, strategies and policies relating to licensing for the next...More
Penrith Town Council submitted its draft Neighbourhood Plan, to Eden District Council in August 2020, under Regulation 15(1) of the Town and Country Planning Neighbourhood Planning (General) Regulations 2012,
to arrange for its examination.
The examination of the Penrith Neighbourhood...More
Even in our final year we remain committed to protecting frontline services
for the most vulnerable - and we will work closely with partners to ensure
this remains a priority for the two new councils.
Cumbria County Council has a very strong track record in protecting the delivery of...More
Eden District Council are preparing a Character Area Appraisal and Management Plan (CAAMP) for Appleby Conservation Area as part of their statutory duty to preserve and enhance the heritage asset.
Read more about the Appleby Conservation Area Character Appraisal and Management Plan
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South Lakeland District Council has a statutory duty to provide every property in their area with an individual, authoritative address, name roads and allocate house numbers, or names to new property.
We are consulting on a new document ‘Street Naming and Numbering Guidance and...More
All schools must have admission arrangements that clearly set out how children will be admitted, including the criteria that will be applied if there are more applications than places at the school. Admission arrangements are determined by admission authorities.
Cumbria County...More
A national funding formula (NFF) was introduced for schools from 2018/19 and as in previous years, in 2022/23 local authorities will continue to decide, following consultation with their schools and Schools Forum, whether this formula is applied or a locally determined formula is used.
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South Lakeland District Council is reviewing its Local Plan, which will involve reviewing sites that are currently allocated for development. Information about the Local Plan Review can be found on our website .
This Call for Sites exercise will inform a key piece of evidence for...More
What is the Local Plan Review?
South Lakeland District Council is reviewing the Local Plan for South Lakeland, which applies to the areas of the district outside of the National Parks.
Our Local Plan carefully considers the housing and the economic growth that our...More
Each year we carry out a Business Premises Survey to help provide an up-to-date assessment of the supply and demand of business premises in South Lakeland. This helps us to better plan for how much land we need to allocate for employment uses through our Local Plan. We also use this survey to...More
This consultation is about the future of St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, Mountain View, Cockermouth, Cumbria CA13 0DG.
The school’s governing body, the Diocese of Lancaster and Cumbria County Council have been working very hard to keep the school thriving and successful, but in...More
Please refer to the document at the bottom of this page, 'Draft Cumbria Transport Infrastructure Plan' before and throughout completing the survey.
The Cumbria Transport Infrastructure Plan (CTIP) has been developed by Cumbria County Council and Cumbria LEP, setting the policy...More
Eden District Council is starting a partial review of its Local Plan to consider climate change and design matters . Read more about the Eden Local Plan Partial Review .
The Council is keen to complete the partial review and adopt the new policies, in as short a timescale as possible...More
Local authorities are required by law to publish a Short Breaks Statement of services for disabled children and young people and their families, under the Children Act 1989 and the Breaks for Carers of Disabled Children Regulations 2011.
A Short Breaks Statement explains...More
This consultation is to gather views on the proposed improvements to the
A595 at Grizebeck before subitting a planning application in Summer 2021.
The scheme seeks to improve the A595 from Chapels to Grizebeck.
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BT are currently running a 90 day consultation in respect to the potential removal or ‘adoption’ of BT payphone kiosks across South Lakeland.
If you have any comments on one of the identified payphones in your local area, the Council would appreciate your input. Specifically whether...More
We are holding a consultation on proposals to improve the cycling and walking network in Kendal and the surrounding area, in order to promote more active travel and tomake everyone feel confident they canwalk or cycle.
The consultation focusses on shorter urban journeys in Kendal but we...More
We are holding a consultation on proposals to improve the cycling and walking network in Carlisle, in order to promotemore active travel and tomake everyone feel confident they canwalk or cycle.
Details of the proposed routes are included in this consultation document.
Wewant you to...More
We are holding a consultation on proposals to improve the cycling and walking network in Barrow-in-Furness, in order to promote more active travel and to make everyone feel confident they can walk or cycle.
Details of the proposed routes are included in this consultation document.
We want...More
Help us, to help you – How can we improve the way information is distributed within the highways department?
Feedback from focus groups held with highways staff earlier this year highlighted that communication and engagement with employees was an area for improvement. ...More
Seeking your views to help Milnthorpe thrive!
Milnthorpe Matters is an informal group made up of local representatives from community groups, local charities, public services, businesses and councils. We are seeking your feedback to help shape Milnthorpe's future.
We want to ensure...More
his public consultation is being undertaken to gather your feedback on the latest design, so we can make the scheme the best it can be prior to the submission of a planning application in Summer 2021.
Scheme plans (PDF 11MB)
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