Planners are poised to give the green light for up to 1,000 new homes across Carlisle as the city’s housing boom shows no sign of slowing.

Seven separate bids go before members of the city council’s development control panel on Friday ( JAN 5) including proposals for:

An outline bid indicating up to 480 properties on the western edge of the city between the A595 Wigton Road and Orton Road;

198 properties off Durranhill Road, next to Barley Edge;

and Riverside housing association hopes for 40 affordable homes for rent off Beverley Rise, Harraby.

Local developer Story Homes also has applications before Carlisle planners for:

81 homes south of the A69 at Scotby;

41 properties in Wetheral;

The first 91-home phase of a larger plan to create up to 250 properties at Carlisle Road, Brampton;

There is also an outline planning application for a residential development at Cumwhinton, potentially for up to 15 homes.

Proposals to transform the western edge of the city are back on the table.

An outline application from C&D Rural indicates that about 59 acres of land around Newhouse Farm could create 480 homes.

The site – earmarked for residential development in the city’s 2015-30 Local Plan – would be accessed by Orton Road.

The land borders St Edmund’s Park, the A689 western bypass and the Brackenleigh development off Wigton Road too.

ESH is also creating new homes at Suttle Close and the Charles Church development continues at nearby Peter Lane.

The outline proposals are being recommended for approval with conditions and subject to a legal agreement being completed first.

The Section 106 deal would include major contributions towards the costs of existing sports pitches in the area, road and bus improvements, as well paying Cumbria County Council more than £1.25m to help create more secondary school places.

The proposals say that the site would be developed in five phases ranging from 70 to 122 houses.

The redundant Newhouse Farm does not form part of the application but is expected to be subject to its own proposals “in due course”, councillors have been told.

Objections have been raised to the early proposals.

There are questions over whether such a large development is needed when the city’s long-term aim is to create the St Cuthbert’s Garden Village from Wigton Road to the M6.

There are worries too that a new development would create a “major hazard” along Orton Road, a popular link to the western bypass.

Cummersdale parish council says investment would be needed to expand local schools. It has also provided evidence to show that traffic along Peter Lane and Junction Street has increased and is nearing capacity.

A report to the city council’s development control committee says the proposals are “acceptable in principle”.

It states: “The application is in outline with all matters reserved for subsequent approval.”

Concluding, it adds: “The proposal would be acceptable in principle.”

Finer details would be agreed at a later stage in the planning process.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the city, Taylor Wimpey’s plans for almost 200 homes off Durranhill Road are being recommended for approval with conditions, despite opposition.

The application was deferred by councillors last month.

Residents who live on neighbouring Barley Edge have concerns, not least about the impact on traffic. They fear that increased traffic could pose a major risk to safety.

One said they were “never under any illusion that further building wouldn’t take place on Durranhill Road, but 198 new dwellings is simply preposterous”.

Following discussions, it has been agreed that the developer – if planning consent is granted – will pay £110,000 to part fund improvements on nearby Warwick Road as well as put in other contributions towards alternative travel options.

In outlying areas, there are recommendations for planners to back proposals from local firm Story Homes to build 81 homes off the A69 at Scotby, close to Wheelbarrow Hall and the Henry Lonsdale home.

Wetheral parish council is among those raising concerns about the proposals, particularly because it would be near “an already busy and hazardous junction on the dual carriageway” on the A69.

Access for emergency and refuse vehicles could also be hampered, according to objectors. They also say there will be a squeeze on school places, particularly primary education.

Story Homes may also get planning permission to build 41 properties at Steele’s Bank in Wetheral, near the community hall and Wheatsheaf pub.

The parish council wants to see more bungalows in the proposals.

Story Homes also hopes to win backing for its plans to create up to 250 new homes at Carlisle Road in Brampton.

Its application for 91 properties – including a number of five-bedroom homes – is also due to be considered by city council planners on Friday.