Planning Guidance /
Planning is important to the quality of people’s lives. It shapes the places where people live; allows the creation of vibrant, healthy, sustainable communities; protects and enhances the natural and historic environment; ensures everyone has access to green space and unspoiled countryside; and supports the economic development which is vital to creating jobs and ensuring continuing prosperity.
The Government’s White Paper, Planning for a Sustainable Future, sets out a wide-ranging package of reforms to streamline the planning system and improve the ability of local authorities to shape their local communities to ensure a stronger approach to supporting sustainable economic development.
Allerdale and Copeland Borough Councils, along with West Lakes Renaissance, Cumbria Vision and Cumbria County Council, aim to grasp the opportunities offered by the White Paper to raise aspirations on design quality and put good design at the heart of all developments requiring planning permission.
Planning policies will be set to support this goal alongside the promotion of a ‘design guide’ that will provide detailed planning guidance on design quality for developers.
