Members of a Carlisle City Council planning committee gave their final approval for development proposals for Carlisle airport on Friday.

Modified planning conditions for the Carlisle Airport planning approval were discussed and after assessing all the information and issues, Carlisle City Council's Development Control committee gave their backing for the £35 million plans.

The approval is now subject to more than 50 conditions.

The Carlisle Airport planning application was put forward by Stobart Air and includes the construction of replacement runway, a new passenger terminal and a new air traffic control centre.


The City Council recognised that the application was of major public interest, and to reflect the complexity and scale of the application, a large-scale consultation exercise was undertaken. In addition to comments received from local residents and businesses, as a result of the widespread publicity given to the submission, more than 50 statutory and non-statutory organisations, agencies and authorities were specifically asked to comment.

The application will now be referred on the Government Office for the North West. They will then decide if they are satisfied that the City Council is able to make the decision or whether they feel a public inquiry should be staged to debate the proposal. A planning inspector working on the Government's behalf would then make a final decision on the application.

(CD/JM)