Lake District National Park Planning Committee
The committee members are a mix of members from the national park authority and include county district city and borough councillors.
Lake district national park planning committee. Its role is to consider planning applications enforcement issues and other matters in the lake district national park which relate to the town and country planning act. You can find out how this. Our development control committee meets each month to consider planning applications and enforcement issues and other matters relating to the town and country planning acts. The national park authority owns around four per cent of the site and other members of the lake district national park partnership including the forestry commission and united utilities ltd own a further 16 per cent.
We are the local planning authority for the lake district national park. The secretary of state for the environment also appoints local parish councillors and members who have an understanding and specialist knowledge about the issues that affect the national park. Links to district council and national park planning departments contact details and websites. All members of the planning committee receive specialist training.
Planning application search tool you can also see planning applications online which were lodged with the lake district national park authority from 1983 until 30 august 2005. Development control planning services development management. The lake district national park authority looks after this unique corner of england encouraging people to enjoy and understand its beauty and helping those who live and work here. The lake district national park.
A substantial number of individual cultural and natural sites within the english lake district are designated and have legal protection. You can view planning applications and associated photographs drawings documents and decision notices for applications lodged from 31 august 2005.