The Department for Education has consulted local authorities and early years providers on its proposals for funding local authorities for the new early years free entitlements for 2 year olds and Under 2s and in July 2023 published illustrative local authority level hourly funding rates.
This consultation aims to seek the views of all Westmorland & Furness schools, academies and private, voluntary and independent (PVIs) providers on the funding formulae that Westmorland &...More
You're a vital part of this development and we value your thoughts on our plans to create an incredible new wildlife site right in your neighbourhood.
Funded by the Cumbria Coastal Community Forest (CCCF), which has a vision to plant 150ha of trees over the next five years, this initiative brings numerous benefits to our area:
More diverse wildlife
Cleaner air
Reduced flood risk
Stronger climate resilience
New opportunities for recreation and tourism
Better...More
What is the consultation about?
Westmorland and Furness Council is in receipt of funding from house builders to provide additional school places for children. This is intended to meet additional demand for school places as a result of recent housing developments in the Penrith area. This is known as ‘Section 106 funding’ and its purpose is to make sure that there are sufficient school places for the existing local population as well as those living in new housing. This...More
On Friday 6 October the Department for Education published revised provisional funding allocations for 2024 to 2025 for the schools national funding formulae. This has had an impact on the Westmorland & Furness school funding formula consultation which was launched on Wednesday 27 September. The consultation document and figures have now been updated and the deadline for responding to the consultation has been extended to Friday 20 October.
A national funding...More
As part of its ongoing monitoring of the supply of housing land, Westmorland and Furness Council is undertaking its annual exercise of contacting owners/agents/developers of sites allocated for development, as well as unallocated sites of 10 or more dwellings that have been granted planning permission.
The purpose of this exercise is to collect information on development intentions including timescales, likely build-out rates and any barriers that are delaying sites from coming...More
The Westmorland & Furness Health and Wellbeing Board (HWB) has produced a draft local Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment (PNA) outlining services which will help to ensure residents have good access to local pharmacy services. This is a statutory HWB responsibility as set out under the NHS (Pharmaceutical and Local Pharmaceutical Services Regulations) 2013 (SI 2013 No. 349).
The last PNA for former Cumbria was published in October 2022 and although there is a requirement to update the PNA...More
Westmorland and Furness Council are the responsible authority for the Local Nature Recovery Strategy. The council are working in partnership with Cumberland Council, Lake District National Park, Cumbria Local Nature Partnership and a range of stakeholders to develop a strategy aimed to recover nature at a landscape scale in Cumbria. This survey forms part of our public engagement which will feed into the strategy development. You can find information about the pilot strategy in Cumbria ...More
Allithwaite and Cartmel parish is preparing a Neighbourhood Plan. The Parish Council submitted its Neighbourhood Plan to the South Lakeland District Council in November 2022. We are now publishing the submission documents for a 6 week consultation that will run from Thursday 2 February to Thursday 16 March 2023.
The submitted Neighbourhood Plan and accompanying supporting documents can be viewed via our Neighbourhood Plan webpage here
Comments can be made using the response form...More
What is the Revised Cartmel Conservation Area Management Plan (CAMP)?
Local Authorities are encouraged to define the special architectural or historic interest of a Conservation Area through regular character appraisals and the creation of management plans.
Conservation area appraisals and management plans are important because they identify what parts of an area are special in terms of its architectural and historic interest. They tell us what buildings and features are important...More
What is the Cartmel Conservation Area Management Plan?
Local Authorities are encouraged to define the special architectural or historic characteristics of a Conservation Area through regular character appraisals & management plans.
Conservation area appraisals and management plans are important because they identify what parts of an area are special in terms of the architectural and historic interest. They tell us what buildings and features are important and should be preserved and...More
What is the Local Plan Review?
South Lakeland District Council is reviewing the Local Plan for South Lakeland, which applies to the areas of the district outside of the National Parks.
Our Local Plan carefully considers the housing and the economic growth that our area needs to continue to thrive, while also protecting our local and historic character, special landscapes and environment. It allocates sites for housing and other developments, such as new employment...More
South Lakeland District Council is reviewing its Local Plan, which will involve reviewing sites that are currently allocated for development. Information about the Local Plan Review can be found on our website .
This Call for Sites exercise will inform a key piece of evidence for the Local Plan review: the Strategic Housing and Economic Land Availability Assessment (SHELAA). The purpose of the Call for Sites is to gain up to date information about land that has potential for...More
What is the Local Plan Review?
South Lakeland District Council is beginning a review of the Local Plan for South Lakeland, which applies to the areas of the district outside of the National Parks.
Our Local Plan carefully considers the housing and the economic growth that our area needs to continue to thrive, while also protecting our local and historic character, special landscapes and environment. It allocates sites for housing and other developments, such as new employment sites,...More
What is the Local Plan Review?
South Lakeland District Council is beginning a review of the Local Plan for South Lakeland, which applies to the areas of the district outside of the National Parks.
Our Local Plan carefully considers the housing and the economic growth that our area needs to continue to thrive, while also protecting our local and historic character, special landscapes and environment. It allocates sites for housing and other developments, such as new employment sites,...More
South Lakeland District Council is starting a review of its Local Plan which will involve reviewing sites that are currently allocated for development. Information about the Local Plan review can be found on our website .
This Call for Sites exercise will inform two key pieces of evidence for the Local Plan review: the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA) and the Employment Land and Premises Review (ELPR). The purpose of the Call for Sites is to gain up to date...More