PLAN: Active planning applications in the Lake District Here are the latest Lake District National Park planning applications currently under review. Erection of one local needs dwelling and one affordable local needs dwelling, Lower Garden, Wreay Mansions, Wreay, Matterdale, Watermillock. For Mr Sam Bunting. Proposed store, plant room, parking and terraces, Bryen Beck Farm, Cartmel Fell, Windermere. For Mr John Hughes. LBC, proposed store, plant room, parking and terraces, Bryen Beck Farm, Cartmel Fell, Windermere. For Mr John Hughes. Proposed kitchen extension, the erection of an outbuilding and the provision of a pedestrian gateway,The Cruck Barn, Berrier, Penrith. For Mr & Mrs Cluksza.
WORK has begun on a new community of 88 sustainable homes on the edge of a Cotswold village. The homes, at Orchard Field in Siddington, near Cirencester, have been designed to be as low energy as possible. Each Cotswold stone or red brick home will have solar panels embedded into the roof, 45cm thick walls filled with eco-friendly insulation, triple glazing and airtight interiors to eliminate draughts and allow the energy-efficient heating system to cut bills by up to 70 per cent compared to standard -new-built houses. Housebuilder Stonewood Partnerships is developing the environmentally friendly community as joint venture with retired architect Nicholas Arbuthnott, whose vision inspired the scheme.