Planning permission for up to nine dwellings has been requested from the council in outline.

Copeland Council has received a planning permission request for land to the north of Station Road, Drigg.

Although the application has been submitted in outline, early plans are to build nine dwellings.

Sunshine Properties West Coast Limited have submitted the application which involves a 0.71 hectare area of agricultural land.

The applicant said: "The application site is considered well related to the existing residential developments to the south and east, the road network and it is considered that the development of the site in the proposed form is possible without having any adverse impact on residential amenity to the surrounding properties.

They said: "The proposed developments visibility would be reduced as mentioned above by the existing natural vegetation around the site boundaries."

Homes would be located close to the Seascale settlement boundary and accessible from Drigg via train.

Sunshine Properties said: "It is therefore close to the local amenities of Seascale consisting of the Primary School, pubs, church and shops. Seascale is a Local Service Centre in the Borough as detailed in the Copeland Local Plan. Whitehaven, the Principal Town is accessible from Drigg via the train station."

In the early indicative plans, the applicant said: "The property will have a minimum of two in curtilage parking spaces, although the plots could accommodate more parking for cars. The dwellings in the surrounding area are generally in the form of detached dwellings."

Copeland Borough Council will first decide whether to approve development on the land in principle.

A reserved matters application will then be submitted by the developer providing more detail on their plans for the land.

The public can view and comment on all applications submitted to Copeland Borough Council for approval.

To view application submitted for your area, visit: https://www.copeland.gov.uk/planning/application-search