The city region was behind only London in completed Help to Buy property purchases, with Cheshire also among the top six, according to research based on statistics released by the Ministry for Housing, Communities & Local Government.
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.
The £15.8m first wave of the Planning Delivery Fund has allocated money to the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Liverpool City Region and Eden Council.
South Lakeland Council has been recommended to approve plans by Story Homes to build 106 houses to the north of Endmoor village, 10 years after residential was first proposed at the site.
Proposals for more than 750 houses on agricultural land are due to be discussed by Carlisle Council’s development control committee on Friday, with three major schemes recommended for approval.
Eden Council has formally started the process to appoint a masterplanner for its long-term strategy to build around 8,000 new homes, infrastructure and schools in and around Penrith.
Masterplanner Gillespies, transport planner WYG, and Lambert Smith Hampton have been appointed to work up proposals for a 10,000-home Garden Village south of Carlisle.
