On 6 September 2017 Cumbria County Council adopted the Cumbria Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2015-2030.
The Plan sets out the Council's vision and strategy for waste management and minerals development within Cumbria outside the two National Parks. It identifies what minerals extraction and waste management development should go where, why they should go there and how, by doing so, it can make other land use and infrastructure systems function better. It provides policies for the assessment of new minerals and waste development proposals that seek to secure good design and mitigate their impacts upon surrounding land uses, environmental assets and the wider community. The Plan replaces the Cumbria Minerals and Waste Development Framework's Core Strategy and Generic Development Control Policies documents that were adopted in 2009.
The Plan, its Adoption Statement and associated supporting documents are available to view and download below:
Cumbria Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2015-2030 [pdf - 11.8mb]
Policies Map Key [pdf - 0.2mb]
Policies Map - Part 1: Site Allocations and Broad Areas [pdf - 3.4mb]
Policies Map - Part 1A - Allerdale North [pdf - 2.1mb]
Policies Map - Part 1B - Allerdale South [pdf - 3.2mb]
Policies Map - Part 1C - Copeland North [pdf - 2.1mb]
Policies Map - Part 1D - Furness Peninsula [pdf - 2.2mb]
Policies Map - Part 1E - South Lakeland East [pdf - 4.0mb]
Policies Map - Part 1F - Eden [pdf - 4.2mb]
Policies Map - Part 1G - Carlisle [pdf - 4.4mb]
Policies Map - Part 2: Minerals Safeguarding Areas [pdf - 5.6mb]
Policies Map - Part 3: Minerals Consultation Area [pdf - 2.7mb]
Policies Map - Part 4: Environmental Designations (Historic Environment, Landscape and Nature Conservation) [pdf - 5.3mb]
Policies Map - Part 5: Flood Risk [pdf - 2.5mb]
Policies Map - Part 6: Technical Safeguarding Areas [pdf - 4.5mb]
Adoption Statement [pdf - 0.1mb]
Sustainability Appraisal (incorporating Strategic Environmental Assessment) - Adoption Statement [pdf - 0.2mb]
Sustainability Appraisal [pdf - 1.2mb]
Appendices 1-4 of the Sustainability Appraisal [pdf - 2mb]
Appendices 5-7 of the Sustainability Appraisal [pdf - 2.1mb]
Site Assessments [pdf - 18.5mb]
Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) [pdf - 5.2mb]
HRA Maps for North Cumbria [pdf - 10.2mb]
HRA Maps for South Cumbria [pdf - 9.4mb]
HRA Maps for West Cumbria [pdf - 11.6mb]
Paper copies of the above documents are available for inspection during normal office hours, Monday to Friday, at County Offices, Busher Walk, Kendal, LA9 4RQ and also at Cumbria House, 117 Botchergate, Carlisle, CA1 1RD.
Any queries in respect of the adopted Cumbria Minerals and Waste Local Plan 2015-2030 should be directed via email to: mwlp@cumbria.gov.uk or telephone: 01539 713 548.
Background
Inspector's Report (June 2017) [pdf - 1.25mb]
Main Modifications (Spring 2017)
Examination Documents (Winter 2016)
Submission Documents (Autumn 2016)