Plans to build 20 homes in a West Cumbrian village will be discussed next week.
Copeland Borough Council’s development panel is set to meet in Whitehaven at 2pm on Wednesday and will be asked to give a verdict on a proposal to build 20 detached homes on land north of School Brow in Moresby.
Details on access, appearance landscaping, layout and scale are included in the application. Planning approval for a residential development has previously been given approval.
The case officer’s report, which recommends that plans are approved, reads: “The proposed development is to comprise self-build housing.
“The applicant proposes to provide all the required infrastructure including access and services etc to serve each individual plot, with the plot purchasers free to design and build their own dwellings subject to agreed limitations in relation to scale and layout and an approved design code prepared by the applicant.”
If councillors agree with the officer’s recommendation, the development will be approved, subject to a series of conditions.
These include a legal agreement with the council, compelling the developer to make a £224,000 contribution to primary education for the creation of an additional 20 school places.
