Readers have been sharing their opinions about proposals to build 10,000 new houses.

Proposals for a sustainable new community south of Carlisle are developing at pace and the business case is set to be submitted to Government by Summer 2023.

Carlisle City Council’s Place Panel is set to meet next Thursday, July 21, to discuss a number of issues around economic growth.

And councillors will receive an update on The St Cuthbert’s Garden Village project, a scheme to build 10,325 new homes south of Carlisle over the next 30 years.

It is hoped that the new community will herald an economic boom for Carlisle and is one of the council’s key economic priorities.

The report reveals that the business case will be submitted to Government by Summer 2023 so the priority has been “to appoint suitably qualified and experienced legal and financial advisors” to support the project.

“Good progress” has been made in the early planning stages of the scheme.

A number of risks to the project have been identified as part of the project management.

An overriding risk is that “a failure to plan comprehensively for the growth of St Cuthbert’s would result in growth occurring to the south of the city in a much more fragmented and incremental nature.”

The plans are not without controversy, however, as our readers showed.

Ian Robinson said: “It’s all very well building all of these new homes but you have to have the infrastructure in place.

“Schooling, hospitals, dentists, bus services, the list goes on.”

Andy Sabin-Hope responded to that remark: “They always forget to create capacity in the services until it’s too late and the developers have gone.

“They should make them build all the things you mention before they build new homes.”

Craig Johnston echoed this: “Can anyone tell me what the strategy is to provide amenities and services for all these new builds?

“If we need additional properties, why can’t we use derelict land nearer to the city centre, convert shops etc. and perhaps have a plan to convert properties above the shops into accommodation?

Sammy JB said: “This isn’t levelling up for our citizens already here.

“Where are the high-paid, high-skilled jobs?

“Just more people putting a drain on our existing services and environment.”

READ MORE: Business case for 10,000 homes south of Carlisle will be submitted in 2023