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
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
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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The county council wants to hear your views on potentially changing the home-to-school-transport options available to those living in the Gosforth, Seascale and St Bega’s primary school areas. Full details of the consultation can be found on the School Organisation website (link included...More
What is a Public Space Protection Order?
Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPOs) were introduced as part of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 and if used correctly allow local areas to counter unreasonable and persistent behaviour that affects the quality of life...More
Penrith Town Council wishes to develop and implement a 5 year Arts and Cultural Strategy for Penrith. Such a strategy will have a number of benefits for the town such as increasing the number of tourists and visitors and regeneration and revitalisation of the town centre. We are asking...More
Cumbria County Council is responsible for the fourth biggest road network in the country which includes 7,900 km of roads, 4,000 km of footpaths and lots of cycleways. It’s our job to make sure that they are all in the best possible condition and to make improvements for all our customers. ...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 survey has been set up to collect feedback on use of Penrith Town Council’s 'Your Ideas - Dialogue' Platform, which was used to begin a conversation with people in Penrith about how to tackle Climate Change. Our managed online conversation platform offered people in Penrith an opportunity...More
Penrith Town Council believes that community engagement is the cornerstone of good local governance, and an integral component in how we conduct our affairs and how we reflect the expressed needs of our local community. ‘Having your Say‘ is a way of participating in what the Council does or...More
Penrith Town Council Officers and Councillors work as a team to deliver high quality services to the Penrith Community. We hope to get it right most of the time and would love to hear from you when we do. If we do sometimes get things wrong, or you feel our services are generally not up to...More
Allerdale Borough Council budget 2021/22 budget consultation
Like other local authorities we have faced significant funding reductions over the past few years and the next years will see increasing pressure on the Council’s finances. We have already made savings of £9.4m over the past 8...More
Councils are able to change council tax discounts given on certain properties and so the Council is reviewing the discounts offered for empty dwellings and the level of council tax premium charged on long term empty dwellings.
The Council wants to encourage home owners to bring empty homes...More
Facing an uncertain financial future together
Cumbria County Council has delivered savings of £273m during the last 10 years.
This year the cost of dealing with COVID-19 has applied greater pressure on the council’s budget, and on our finite resources, as we battle to protect the...More
Local residents, businesses, students and visitors are again being given the opportunity to have their say on ambitious new proposals for a new campus for the University of Cumbria at the historic Citadels in Carlisle.
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Our old Parish plan ran from 2013-2018 and so the time has come to renew it.
A Parish Plan is a community-led plan with the following purposes:
To set out a vision of what is important to the community
To find out how to safeguard valued local features for the future
To...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 Council (the local...More
National Funding Formula
A national funding formula was introduced for schools from 2018-19 and as in previous years in 2021-22 local authorities will continue to decide, following consultation with their schools and Schools Forum, whether this formula is applied or a locally...More
Cumbria County Council recognises the importance of preventing and reducing drug and alcohol related harm. Effective alcohol and drug treatment and recovery services have a wide range of positive results, including improved health and wellbeing of individuals and families, safer communities, and...More