The Lake District National Park is home to many inspiring business and entrepreneurs who rise to the challenge of aspiration, imagination and creativity.

These businesses are vital in providing the National Park with jobs and sustainability.

LDNPA supports businesses in the following ways:

• Management Plan for the English Lake District, in particular setting out how that is achieved through the strategies for a prosperous economy (in section 3.2)
• Planning policies for the National Park; the Local Plan Part 1 (Core Strategy) and Part 2 (Allocations of Land) show how LDNPA will deliver the Vision for the National Park strategically and spatially by 2025. They contain criteria or area based core policies which guide development in the National Park. LDNPA is currently reviewing these polices and allocations through the Local Plan Review, so will be subject to change.
• Business Task Force is how LDNPA works directly work with local businesses (more info below).

Watch the video below to see three examples of businesses that are thriving in the Lake District following recent redevelopments.

Business Task Force

This forum brings provides knowledge and expertise to help achieve the prosperous economy theme of the Vision.

You can find out more information here.

Aims 

• help deliver tangible benefits for businesses and the National Park
• strengthen the experience of visitors to the National Park
• build understanding, respect, trust and collaboration between businesses, the Lake District National Park Authority and other public sector organisations

Who runs it?

It is coordinated by the Lake District National Park Authority and meets quarterly.

It has an independent chairman, appointed by the group.

Important issues are reported to the full Partnership meetings, you can find details of those meetings here.

See all polices related to business and investment

• Policy 02: Presumption in favour of sustainable development
• Policy 03: Spatial strategy
• Policy 07: Design and development
• Policy 14: Allocations of land
• Policy 15: Showcase Areas
• Policy 17: Job creation and employment space
• Policy 18: Retailing and town centres
• Policy 19: Sustainable tourism and holiday accommodation
• Policy 20: Agricultural and land-based rural business diversification
• Policy 21: Renewable and low carbon energy
• Policy 22: Sustainable access and travel
• Policy 23: Vehicle parking to improve sustainable transport
• Policy 27: Developer contributions and infrastructure
• Policy 28: Major developments
• Policy 30: Minerals safeguarding areas