The Cumbria Minerals and Waste Local Plan was adopted by the County Council in June 2000 after being considered at a Public Inquiry in Autumn 1997. The purpose of the plan is to set out detailed policies for guiding and controlling development for the supply of minerals and for the management of wastes for the period up to 2006.
A new system of development plans has been introduced by the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. The County Council is now preparing a Minerals and Waste Development Framework (MWDF) which will replace the current Local Plan. Most of the policies of the present plan are automatically saved until September 2007. The County Council has requested a Direction from the Secretary of State to 'save' some of the Local Plan policies until the MWDF has been adopted.
Minerals and Waste Planning Policy Team
Cumbria County Council
County Offices
Kendal
LA9 4RQ
01539 713425 / 01539 713548
01539 773439