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Cumbria Wind SPD
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Draft Cumbria Wind Energy Supplementary Planning Documents
 
Cumbria Country Council are working in partnership with the Lake District National Park Authority and the Cumbria District and Borough Councils to produce county wide Supplementary Planning Documents. These will provide guidance to help developers put together development proposals. The first guidance document will cover wind energy development, and the second will cover landscape character. They will support the policies and proposals of the emerging Local Development Frameworks and be adopted by each local planning authority.

Cumbria Wind Energy Supplementary Planning Document

Following on from preliminary consultation carried out earlier this year, Cumbria County Council want to hear your views on the full guidance we are producing to help decide where wind farms might be built in Cumbria.

A summary of the representations CCC received earlier this year and how they have dealt with them is contained in the Statement of Consultation which can be downloaded below.

Why does Cumbria County Council need guidance on wind farms?

Wind farms are becoming part of our landscape. Their numbers across Cumbria and the country have grown substantially over the last ten years. As the Government wants the UK to generate more of its energy from sustainable sources, to help reduce carbon dioxide emissions and combat climate change, the trend is likely to continue.

Cumbria County Council and the local planning authorities in Allerdale, Carlisle, Copeland, Eden, South Lakeland and the Lake District National Park are, together, producing guidance to help decide where wind farms might be best located.

The guidance comes in three parts which make up the "Cumbria Wind Energy Supplementary Planning Document - Consultation Draft".

The consultation also includes a "Sustainability Appraisal Report" which sets out how the guidance will help Cumbria become more sustainable.

Your comments are being sought on these between 30 October until 4pm on Friday 8 December 2006.
What to do next

Copies of the full guidance and Sustainability Appraisal report can be downloaded below, along with a leaflet summarising what the document is all about. You can also find here a statement of who we have already consulted with and a statement setting out what the document is about and where it can be viewed.

Cumbria Wind SPD Part 1
Cumbria Wind SPD Part 2
Cumbria Wind SPD Part 3
Sustainability Appraisal Report
Summary Leaflet
What people have said already (Statement of Consultation)
What the documents say and where you can find them (Statement of Matters)

If you would like to send us your comments please click below to download a word version of the response form. When you have completed this please email or post to the contact below.

Response Form (Word Document)