Copeland Local Plan 2021-2039 Adoption
Cumberland Council adopted the Copeland Local Plan 2021-2039 on 5th November 2024.
The Copeland Local Plan 2021-2039 replaces the Copeland Local Plan 2013-2028: Core Strategy and Development Policies DPD and the remaining saved policies from the Copeland Local Plan 2001-2016.
The Local Plan provides the framework for guiding development and investment up to 2039 in the former Copeland area of Cumberland outside the Lake District National Park. The Local Plan includes a number of Strategic and Development Management policies and land allocations that provide a framework for growth, infrastructure provision and contribute to decision making on future planning applications.
The adopted Local Plan comprises:
- Copeland Local Plan 2021-2039
- Copeland Local Plan 2021-2039 Appendices
- Copeland Local Plan Proposals Map North
- Copeland Local Plan Proposals Map South
Following the completion of the Examination in September 2024 the Council received the final Inspector's Report on 23rd September 2024, which found the Copeland Local Plan to be 'sound' subject to the incorporation of the Main Modifications she identified. The Copeland Local Plan (as amended by the Main Modifications) was adopted at Council on 5th November 2024.
Any person aggrieved by the adoption of the Copeland Local Plan 2021-2039 may make an application to the High Court under Section 113 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 on the ground that:
- the document is not within the appropriate power;
- a procedural requirement has not been complied with.
Any such application should be made promptly and, in any event, no later than the end of the six-week period beginning with the day after the date the Local Plan was adopted (i.e. six weeks from 6th November 2024).
The Copeland Local Plan 2021-2039, together with the Adoption Statement, Sustainability Appraisal and the Inspector’s Report can be viewed below.
Local Plan 2021-2039 Adoption Statement
Copeland Local Plan 2021-2039 Appendices
Copeland Local Plan 2021-2039 Proposals Map North
Copeland Local Plan 2021-2039 Proposals Map South
Sustainability Appraisal Adoption Statement
Sustainability Appraisal Integrated Assessment Report – December 2021
Sustainability Appraisal Integrated Assessment for Addendum – July 2022
Sustainability Appraisal (SA) of the Main Modifications
Copeland Local Plan Inspectors Final Report
