Story Homes’ Cockermouth plan set for approval

Developer High Grange is set to get the go-ahead to add a further 65 houses on a seven-acre plot at its Keekle Meadows scheme in Cleator Moor.

Penrith-based housebuilder Genesis Homes has outlined proposals for 47 properties in Frizington on a 14-acre site off the B5294, cutting nearly 100 houses from an original application submitted earlier this year.

Acting as administrator, Duff & Phelps has reached a landmark in the development of the Backbarrow Ironworks site in the Lake District into 43 homes.

Homes England’s outline planning application for 370 houses at Harras Moor, just off the A595 outside Whitehaven, will go before Copeland Council’s planning committee tomorrow.

Eden District Council’s planning officers have recommended that committee deny planning permission for a 15-bungalow affordable housing scheme on the edge of Sockbridge and Tirrill.

Acting on behalf of Kingmoor Park Properties, How Planning has secured outline planning approval on appeal for up to 300 new homes at Harker Industrial Estate on the outskirts of Carlisle.

John Swift Homes is aiming to start on site by the summer with the construction of 26 homes in the village of Lamplugh, Cumbria, having gained planning consent despite local opposition.

A wide-ranging discussion at the Cumbria Update covered growth sectors such as nuclear and advanced manufacturing, as well as the challenges posed by the county's topography, and large-scale masterplans being brought forward by local councils.