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Eden Local Plan
Local Plan documents adopted by the former Eden District Council.
The Eden Local Plan forms part of the existing Westmorland and Furness consolidated Local Plan framework.
Find out more about legacy Local Plans
The Eden Local Plan comprises the following documents:
- Eden Local Plan 2014 to 2032 (PDF: 1.4Mb / 140 pages)
- Interactive district-wide Policy map: The interactive map provides greater clarity and allows you to zoom into street level using the + and - zoom icons. You can pan around the map and move it using the arrow icons. On the left hand panel under 'Map Categories' turn on the Eden Local Plan 2014-2032 Policies data collection by clicking on the tick box next to it. You can turn on and off the layers you wish to view within the collection by clicking on the tick box next to each layer.
- Policy Map – Inset Maps of Towns, Key Hubs and Smaller Villages and Hamlets (PDF: 16 Mb / 51 pages)
- Policy Map - Eden district map (PDF: 271Kb / 1 page)
- Policy Map - Town inset maps: Alston, Appleby, Kirkby Stephen and Penrith (PDF: 110Kb / 1 page)
- Adoption Statement (PDF: 99 Kb / 2 pages)
- Sustainability Appraisal Report (PDF: 856Kb / 48 pages)
- Sustainability Appraisal Non-Technical Summary (PDF: 107Kb / 6 pages)
- Sustainability Appraisal Report - Appendix A (PDF: 219Kb / 24 pages)
- Sustainability Appraisal Report - Appendix B (PDF: 2Mb / 216 pages)
- Sustainability Appraisal Report - Appendix C (PDF: 2.6Mb / 137 pages)
- Sustainability Appraisal Report - Appendix D (PDF: 974Kb / 48 pages)
- Sustainability Appraisal Report - Appendix E (PDF: 874Kb / 52 pages)
- Sustainability Appraisal Report - Appendix F (PDF: 1Mb / 48 pages)
- Sustainability Appraisal Report - Appendix G (PDF: 151Kb / 5 pages)
- Sustainability Appraisal Addendum (PDF: 3Mb / 273 pages)
- Sustainability Appraisal 2nd Addendum (PDF: 928Kb / 26 pages)
The documents listed above are available for inspection at the following locations:
- Voreda House, Portland Place, Penrith CA11 7BF
- Alston Local Links, Alston Town Hall, Front Street, Alston CA9 3RF
- Appleby Library, Low Wiend, Appleby-in-Westmorland CA16 6QP
- Kirkby Stephen Local Links, The Old Grammar School, Vicarage Lane, Kirkby Stephen CA17 4QX
- Lazonby Co-op (Library Link), Henderson Buildings, Lazonby CA10 1BG
- Penrith Library, St. Andrew's Churchyard, Penrith CA11 7YA
- Shap Library Link, The Old Courthouse, Main Street, Shap CA10 3NL
You can purchase hard copies of the Eden Local Plan and Policy Map by contacting the Planning Policy team.
Background
Eden submitted its Local Plan to the Secretary of State for independent examination on the 23 December 2015. The Secretary of State appointed Planning Inspector, Melvyn Middleton BA(Econ) DipTP Dip Mgmt MRTPI, to undertake the examination.
Pursuant to section 23 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, modifications were made to the Eden Local Plan.
The Inspector appointed by the Secretary of State confirmed the main modifications which are set out in the published Inspector’s Report.
More modifications are included below as necessary technical changes resulting from representations received during the public consultations and at the hearing sessions held in 2016 and 2017.
- Inspector's Report on the Examination of the Eden Local Plan (PDF: 25 pages / 228Kb)
- Main and Further Main Modifications from the Inspector (PDF: 40 pages / 521Kb)
- Schedule of Additional Modifications to the Local Plan (modifications of a minor nature) (PDF: 581Kb / 33 pages)
- Schedule of Further Additional Modifications to the Local Plan (modifications of a minor nature) (PDF: 36 pages / 742Kb)
- Eden Local Plan Examination Library (PDF: 13 pages / 351Kb)
Eden Local Plan Evidence Base
Evidence documents produced following the adoption of the Eden Local Plan up to Local Government Reorganisation on 1 April 2023.