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Corporate Leadership Team

Details of our Corporate Leadership Team are available.

Finance

We publish our annual accounts and monthly expenditure of over £500.

Consultations

View a list of current consultations, including details of how to respond.

We carry out public consultations on a range of issues, including our budget, policies and governance.

Local Validation List consultation

We are currently running a consultation on the official adoption of a Local Validation List.

Licensing

We regularly receive applications for new, or variations of, premises licences that are available for inspection and comments.

Copeland borough councillors

Copeland Council has a Directly Elected Mayor and 33 councillors representing 17 wards. To view contact details, attendance records and declarations of interests for the Mayor and our councillors, click here.

Cumbria county councillors

Cumbria County Council has 84 divisions and has one councillor representing each. To search for your county councillor, click here.

We are currently leading on two major regeneration projects in the borough.

Towns Fund

We were invited by the Government to bid for up to £25 million for Millom and Cleator Moor.

In November 2022 The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities announced both Town Deal bids had been successful.

Millom received £20.6 million and Cleator Moor £22.5 million.

Our Parks & Open Spaces team maintains 354 hectares of council-owned land. This includes two public parks, 14 play areas, five open cemeteries, 12 churchyards and over 200 hectares of woodland. Our open spaces cover 25 per cent of our major towns and are highly valued by our communities.

Maintenance regimes vary according to how often it is needed and the type of site it is. These range from regularly mown amenity areas like Castle Park to semi-natural habitats such as woodlands, wetlands and flower-rich grasslands. These latter sites have a higher value for wildlife.

The free of charge car parks we operate are:

Bigrigg
Chapel Street

Cleator Moor
Market Square
Jacktrees Road
Church Street
Rear Main Street
Keekle Terrace

Whitehaven
Beck Bottom, Hensingham
Main Street, Hensingham

Frizington
Frizington Road

Distington, Parton and Pica
Main Street (all)

View and comment on planning applications

Apply for planning permission

Copeland Local Plan 2021-2038: Examination

Local Validation List public consultation

We are currently running a consultation on the official adoption of a Local Validation List.

Planning

Our planning department receives and decides on planning applications. We also offer pre-application advice for anyone interested in making an application.

View and comment on licence applications

View animal inspections ratings

Join Best Bar None Whitehaven

Find an accessible taxi

Our Licensing team deals with a variety of different licensing issues.

Consultation

We are currently reviewing our statements of licensing policy and gambling policy.

Homelessness and housing advice

If you are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless, we can offer support and advice.

We offer a specialist service to support victims of domestic abuse.

Access the Public Body Homeless Referral and Self-Referral Link.

Access our pest control service

Check current food hygiene ratings

Report a noise or nuisance

Get help with flooding

Our Environmental Health team helps keep the borough safe. This includes emergency planning, pest control, health and safety, food hygiene, noise complaints and flooding

Food hygiene

Find out what we do in relation to food hygiene, and view a full list of all current food hygiene ratings.

Pest control

We offer a comprehensive pest control service.

Copeland Borough Council

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