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Local Development Scheme (LDS)

We have to publish a Local Development Scheme (LDS) and keep it up to date.

The Local Development Scheme states which documents, when prepared, will make up the Local Plan for the area. The main purpose of the LDS is to ensure that the local community and stakeholders have a clear idea regarding the content of the local plan and the timetable for its preparation. Following local government reorganisation on 1st April 2023 and the creation of Cumberland Council, work has now commenced on a new Cumberland Local plan.  The Local Development Scheme relates to planning policy documents throughout the Cumberland Unitary Authority area.

You can read the Local Development Scheme below. 

LDS March 2024

 

In this section

Local Plan (Part 1)
Local Plan (Part 2)
Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD) & Guidance
Statement of Community Involvement
Annual Monitoring Reports and Five Year Land Supply
Conserving the natural and historic environment
Local Development Scheme
Neighbourhood Planning
Brownfield register
Evidence Base Reports Since 2020
Infrastructure Funding Statement
Nutrient Neutrality
Great Crested Newt: District Level Licensing
Council Strategy design

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