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An update on how some of our apprentices are getting along a few months into their roles.

Copeland Borough Council - Unaudited Statement of Accounts 2022-23

This page intends to provide archive information of the process to adoption of the Copeland Core Strategy and Development Management Policies DPD.

To view the adopted Local Plan, visit the Copeland Local Plan 2013-2028 Core Strategy and Development Management Policies webpage.

Copeland Council Summary of Achievements 2021-22.

Thihs document details some of the things we've been doing in the past year to help make Copeland a better place to live, work and visit.

Copeland Empty Homes Policy 2016

 Copeland Borough Council

Equality and Diversity Statement 2016-2020

The mission for Copeland Borough Council is

‘To make Copeland a better place to live, work and visit’.

One of the core values which underpins this mission is a commitment to

‘Treat everyone equally, fairly and with respect’.

Copeland Borough Council is committed to meeting the legal duties placed upon it by the Equalities Act 2010; and to promoting equality and diversity in its role as a community leader, service provider and employer.

In line with The Equalities Act (2010) and the Public-Sector Equality Duty (PSED), Copeland Borough Council is committed to improving the equality of opportunity for all; and reducing discrimination in employment and service delivery on the grounds of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and sexual orientation (known collectively as protected characteristics). 

Copeland Borough Council will seek to foster good relations across all protected characteristics in its capacity as a public body, including its decision-making, policy development, budget setting, procurement and commissioning, service delivery and employment functions. 

Rural and social isolation are recognised as  locally relevant issues in relation to equality of opportunity and access, as such they will also be considered in equality impact assessments and monitoring.

The Council will be assisted to achieve its equality objectives through good practice and the support of the Equalities Champion.

• CBC Equality and Diversity Scheme and objective 2016-2020

• CBC Corporate Strategy 2016-2020

Copeland Housing Technical Paper

Copeland Housing Viability Study 2011.

On the 9th May 2017, Copeland Borough Council announced that it could not demonstrate a five-year supply of housing sites.  To support and encourage sustainable development in the short term the Council adopted an interim housing policy.

 As of 26th November 2020 the Council is now able to demonstrate a five year supply of deliverable sites as shown in the Five Year Supply 2020 document. The Interim Housing Policy is therefore no longer up-to-date and has been revoked.

Copeland Landscape Character Assessment 2021