It is hoped that a former quarry could be transformed into a holiday destination.
Plans have been submitted for 40 lodges at Boaterby Quarry in Cotehill, near Armathwaite in Eden.
Cumberland Council has received a planning application Stephen Dixon, of Edenhall to change the use of 14 hectares of agricultural land.
The application also includes a bid for 60 permeable car parking spaces as well as two spaces for light goods vehicles.
According to a planning document, which was submitted in support of the application, the site is now disused as a quarry and primarily used for grazing.
Previously Cumbria County Council had proposed that it be used as a landfill site and the statement added: “At the time the access to the site was upgraded to highways standard to permit the access and egress of many vehicles based on this purpose.
“A decision was taken by the council after the work was complete, not to proceed with the site as a public refuse tip. Since that time the land immediately surrounding has been grazed by livestock and the excavated area has naturally filled with water over time.
“The application seeks to create a park for lodges to be sited. The area if very peaceful, with great access, away from the main A6, and would add to the growing number of holiday lodges in the wider Cumbrian area, which is not yet at capacity in respect of demand.
“It would also bring much needed economic input to the locality through use of local public houses and other facilities, such as farm shops and visitor attractions.”
The lodges would be timber clad units. The site is surrounded on three sides by farmland and to the west is the access point to Peter Gate Road which provides a continuous boundary.
The report states: “The proposed development will introduce a lodge park and associated infrastructure onto the site.
“Parking and built infrastructure will introduce an engineered element into the landscape but this will only be visible from within the site.
“An assessment of the likely residual visual effects of the proposed development demonstrates that effects are localised and the location of the site benefits from its position with sparsely populated landscape and sloping contours falling away from Peter Gate Road.”
