Plans for four homes to be built in Cumwhinton have been granted approval by Carlisle City Council.

The development on Station Road had been under review since last March.

The plan that has been submitted with the application shows two single-storey properties at the southern end of the site and two two-storey dwellings on the northern end.

According to a summary provided by Carlisle City Council, the plans had received multiple objections over recent months.

In fact, Wetheral Parish Council are described as having raised concerns about "the level of development in Cumwhinton in recent years and consider that this application should be refused," the documents state.

The plan also received a negative appraisal from John Stevenson MP who expressed a view that the houses fall outside the Local Plan.

Application documents state that Mr Stevenson commented:

"When we are looking at new buildings and their locality that they should be built in line with the agreed Local Plan which has been through consultation and that we should be concentrating our efforts on ensuring that the Garden Village is a success.

It continued stating: "He considers that any application (unless there are extremely good grounds for it) which falls outside the Local Plan should be rejected as a matter of principle."

It was ruled by the planning committee, however, that there should be no limit placed on the amount of homes built in the area.

The application summary states: "It is acknowledged that Cumwhinton has had a large amount of new housing

development in recent years. There is, however, no policy which limits the number of dwellings that each settlement can accommodate."

They added, therefore, that "the proposal would be acceptable in principle.

"In all aspects, the proposal is considered to be compliant with the relevant polices in the adopted Local Plan."

The ruling can be viewed alongside other documents on carlisle.gov.uk.

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