Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs)

Supplementary Planning Documents (SPD) are produced as a supplement to the Local Plan produced by the City Council. The aim of the document is to indicate how the City Council interprets the policies of the adopted Local Plan in a particular circumstance. Some guidance applies to the whole district and will deal with a particular issue; others apply to only part of it such as an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Documents can also be site specific, especially where development is proposed such as the sites allocated in the Local Plan.

Supplementary Planning Documents are prepared in consultation with the community and set in the context of national planning policies. Once adopted by the City Council, the document will be used by planning officers and the Development Control Committee when considering planning applications.

Supplementary Planning Documents are available free from the City Council.

Adopted Supplementary Planning Documents

• St Cuthbert's Garden Village Strategic Design (April 2021)
• Affordable and Specialist Housing (February 2018)
• Achieving Well-Designed Housing (April 2011)
• Energy Efficiency (March 2011)
• North Pennines AONB Planning Guidelines (Jan 2011)
• North Pennines AONB Building Design Guide (Jan 2011)
• Land at Garlands Planning Brief (July 2010)
• Trees and Development (Nov 2009)
• Designing Out Crime (Nov 2009)
• Urban Design Guide and Public Realm Framework (July 2009)
• Denton Holme and Longsowerby Design Statement (Jan 2007)
• Burgh by Sands Parish Design Statement (Nov 2003)
• Moor Road Longtown Development Brief (July 2003)
• Land South West of Viaduct Estate Road Development Brief (Sept 2002) - Not available online
• Morton Masterplan and Development Framework (Jan 2001)
• Good Practice in the Design, Adaption and Maintenance of Buildings in the North Pennines AONB (May 2000) - Not available online
• Countryside Design Summary (June 2000)
• Carlisle Airport Development Brief (Consultation Draft) (Oct 1999)
• Kingmoor Park Development Guide (April 1999) - Not available online
• Agricultural Buildings Design Guide for the North Pennines AONB (1998) - Not available online
• Shopfronts Design Guide (Nov 1994)

County-wide Supplementary Planning Documents

We are working in partnership with Cumbria County Council, the Lake District National Park Authority and other Cumbria District and Borough Councils to produce county wide Supplementary Planning Documents. These will provide guidance to help developers put together development proposals. Currently only the Cumbria Wind Energy SPD (2007) has been produced and adopted on a county wide basis. More information is available following the link below.

Cumbria Wind Energy Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)