Kingmoor wins appeal over Carlisle housing

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.

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.

The consultation into the Government’s proposed standardised method for calculating housing need closes this afternoon, and planners, advisors and housebuilders continue to warn that the method could impact growth in the North West.