When new developments are proposed often there is a period for public consultation, to allow the public to comment on planning applications. For information on current consultations and how you can make your views heard see below.

What's new?

Landscape conservation charity Friends of the Lake District has a new Planning Officer, Kate Willshaw, who started this week.

A planning application has been submitted to South Lakeland District Council for the siting of 3 wind turbines near Killington reservoir, reference: 2012/0845.

To help explain the latest Government reforms to the English planning system, CPRE (the Campaign to Protect Rural England) has produced a series of new guides to lead people through the planning labyrinth.