Cumberland: The executive committee of the council is scheduled to convene on Tuesday, October 15, starting at 10.30 a.m. at Cumbria House in Carlisle. The adoption of the Copeland Local Plan 2021-2039 will be discussed, and it is advised that they bring the proposal to a full council meeting for approval. In April 2023, Cumberland and Westmorland & Furness, two new unitary authorities, were established to replace seven previous councils.
Adopting Of Local Plan
As part of the service transfer, the local plan was adopted. They took the place of the following previous local authorities: the councils of Cumbria County, Carlisle, Allerdale, Copeland, Eden, South Lakeland, and Barrow-in-furness.
A local plan serves as the area’s comprehensive development strategy, defining acceptable sites for new development and the standards and specifications that must be met in order for it to proceed. Local plans have a minimum of 15 years on them. In addition to attracting investment, it helps communities and developers feel more certain.
New Copeland Local Plan
Before the Local Government Reorganization, the Copeland Borough Council had completed four extensive public hearings on draft versions of the Plan in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. The new Copeland Local Plan would substitute the Core Strategy and Development Management Policies document, which was adopted in December 2013.
The report states that in order to give the Copeland area a current local plan for planning purposes during the early years of the new unitary authority, it was decided to proceed and finish the production of the draft local plan, which would be adopted by either Copeland Council or Cumberland Council.
Primary Changes To The Copeland Local Plan
The Planning Inspectorate released the Inspector’s Report on September 16, 2022, and it was sent to the Secretary of State for Independent Examination. It lists all the changes that the council has to make to the submitted local plan documents to ensure that they are sound and comply with the law.
The council must approve these significant changes in order to implement the Copeland Local Plan, and they are legally binding. The primary changes made by the inspector have now been incorporated into the documents that were filed to the Secretary of State, along with a few other minor adjustments that officers have found to guarantee the accuracy and timeliness of the local plan.