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Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs) and other guidance
SPDs provide more detailed guidance on policies and proposals within Local Plans.
SPDs do not have the same status as development plan documents, but have been produced and adopted by the council(s) following a formal process. They are material considerations when assessing development proposals.
We have also published additional guidance documents to assist in the interpretation of national and local policy when determining planning applications.
The SPDs and other guidance documents are listed by legacy council area below.
Westmorland and Furness
The following SPD is under preparation:
We are in the process of preparing a Design Code SPD for the whole council planning authority area (excluding those parts within the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks) that will set out the design standards we expect from new development.
More information can be found at Design Code for Westmorland and Furness
The following planning documents apply to the whole of the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area:
- Cumbria Wind Energy Supplementary Planning Document - Part 1 (PDF, 771kb)
- Cumbria Wind Energy Supplementary Planning Document - Part 2 (PDF, 600kb)
The following guidance documents apply to the whole of the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area:
- Cumbria Development Design Guide (PDF, 7.6mb)
- The Cumbria Good Lighting Technical Advice Note
- Cumbria Landscape Character Guidance and Toolkit - Part 1 (PDF, 4.5mb)
- Cumbria Landscape Character Guidance and Toolkit - Part 2 (PDF, 1.1mb)
- Cumbria Landscape Character Guidance and Toolkit Map Booklet (PDF, 9mb)
Barrow
Marina Village Residential Opportunity Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
We adopted the Marina Village Residential Opportunity Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) on 14 August 2025. This followed Cabinet approval on 22 April 2025.
Marina Village Residential Opportunity SPD – August 2025 (PDF , 3.33MB)
Adoption Statement – 14 August 2025 (PDF , 335KB)
Other supporting documents include:
- Consultation Statement – April 2025 (PDF , 573KB)
- Habitats Regulations Assessment (HRA) - December 2024 (PDF , 10.2MB)
- Schedule of Amendments - April 2025 (PDF, 314KB)
Paper copies
You can view paper copies during normal opening hours at the addresses below.
Barrow Library
Barrow Library
Ramsden Square
Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria
LA14 1LL
Barrow Town Hall
Barrow Town Hall
Duke Street
Barrow-in-Furness
Cumbria
LA14 2LD
Kendal Town Hall
Kendal Town Hall
Lowther Street
Kendal
Cumbria
LA9 4DA
Voreda House
Voreda House
Portland Place
Penrith
Cumbria
CA11 7BF
The SPD provides detailed guidance for this large brownfield residential site's development. It's located off Salthouse Road, to the southeast of the town centre. The site is allocated in the Barrow Borough Local Plan 2016-31 and is in Council ownership.
This SPD sets out a clear framework and principles for what is expected from the development at the site-wide level. This will ensure the development is sustainable and coordinated. The result will create an exemplar place and a thriving community.
Former Barrow Borough Council SPDs
The following SPDs were adopted by and apply to the former Barrow Borough Council area:
- Affordable Housing and Developer Contributions SPD (PDF, 747kb)
- Biodiversity and Development SPD (PDF, 2.63mb)
- Draft Green Infrastructure Strategy SPD (PDF, 6.4mb)
- Shop Front and Advertisement SPD (PDF, 2.8mb)
The following guidance documents were published by and apply to the former Barrow Borough Council area:
Eden
The following SPDs were adopted by and apply to the former Eden District Council local planning authority area.
- Shopfront and Advertisement Design SPD (PDF, 674kb)
- An Accessible and Inclusive Environment SPD (PDF, 1.79mb)
- Housing SPD - 20 April 2020 (PDF, 1.8mb) - provides detailed guidance on interpretation of policies that relate to housing in Eden Local Plan 2014-2032
- Management of Conservation Areas SPD (PDF, 1mb)
- 2010 Housing SPD (PDF, 1.2mb) - relevant in the judgement of planning applications on matters not covered by the 2020 Housing SPD
- North Pennines AONB Planning Guidelines SPD
The following guidance documents were published by and apply to the former Eden District Council local planning authority area:
South Lakeland
The following SPDs were adopted by and apply to the former South Lakeland District Council local planning authority area.
Development Briefs
- East of Milnthorpe Road, Holme - Development Brief (PDF, 2.2mb)
- East of Milnthorpe Road, Holme Development Brief – Supporting Contextual Information Document (PDF, 2.2mb)
- Green Dragon Farm, Burton-in-Kendal Development Brief (PDF, 2.8mb)
- Green Dragon Farm, Burton-in-Kendal Development Brief – supporting Contextual Information Document (PDF, 1.6mb)
- North of Sycamore Close, Endmoor Development Brief (PDF. 2.1mb)
- North of Sycamore Close, Endmoor Development Brief – Supporting Contextual Information Document (PDF, 1.6mb)
- Land north of Laurel Gardens, Kendal Development Brief (PDF, 4.2mb)
- Land west of High Sparrowmire, Kendal Development Brief (PDF, 2.8mb)
- Land south of Allithwaite Road, Kents Bank, Grange-over-Sands Development Brief (PDF, 4mb)
- Land off Cross-a-Moor, Swarthmoor Development Brief (PDF, 1.2mb)
- Scroggs Wood, Kendal Development Brief (PDF, 2mb)
- Kendal Parks, Kendal Development Brief (PDF, 2mb)
- South of Underbarrow Road, Kendal Development Brief (PDF, 1.8mb)
- Stainbank Green, Kendal Development Brief (PDF, 2.7mb)
- North of Kendal Road, Kirkby Lonsdale Development Brief (PDF, 2.4mb)
- South and east of Milnthorpe Development Brief (PDF, 1.8mb)
- Croftlands, Ulverston Development Brief (PDF, 6mb)
Other SPDs
The following guidance documents were published by and apply to the former South Lakeland District Council local planning authority area.