Whitehaven Golf Course

There have been two chains of debate on this blog about Whitehaven Golf Course.

* One relating to the planning aspects where it is clear that the developer failed to one of the conditions of the planning approval relating to the siting, and

* Concerns over whether the council obtained "Best Value" for the sale of the freehold of the course. This is also the subject of a complaint to the Auditor.

Unless and until the Auditor's report brings a new perspective to bear I stand by my earlier comments on this blog about the sale of the course, but in the interests of accuracy I have removed comments about the planning permission on some earlier posts which further investigation has established were not correct.

The current planning situation is that

1) The course was built in the wrong place and in breach of one of the conditions

2) This breach of planning control has not yet been resolved or regularised

3) The course was built in a location which obstructs a right-of-way.

4) An application to move the right of way around the golf course has been
submitted to the County Council and a proposal to do so is currently out to
consultation.

5) I am now advised that when a decision has been made about the right of way,
Copeland council's planners intend to take whatever action appears appropriate
in the light of that decision, to regularise the planning position.


I stand by my previously expressed view that this issue should be taken to Copeland's Planning panel.

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