South Lakeland Local Development Framework

South Lakeland Local Development Framework

Land Allocations Development Plan Document

Emerging Options Consultations Edition January 2011

Lawrence Conway Chief Executive South Lakeland District Council www.southlakeland.gov.uk/ldf Alternative formats of this document are available by calling 01539 733333 ext.7102 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011

South Lakeland Local Development Framework

Land Allocations

Development Plan Document

Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011

1 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011

Introduction...... 5 What is this document for?...... 5 DPD Objectives...... 5 What consultation has taken place already? ...... 6 How do I have my say? ...... 7 Next Steps ...... 7 The Changing National Picture...... 8 2 Prioritisation - How do we allocate sites? ...... 9 Defining the Boundaries of Towns and Large Villages ...... 9 Finding and Prioritising Housing sites ...... 10 The balance between settlements ...... 10 How have sites been put forward for consideration? ...... 12 Which sites are excluded from consideration? ...... 12 How do we decide which sites should be developed and when?...... 12 How do we estimate Site Capacity? ...... 13 Phasing...... 14 Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Show People...... 14 Employment sites ...... 15 Existing Employment Areas...... 15 New Employment Allocations ...... 16 Strategic Employment Sites...... 17 Business and Science Park sites...... 17 General Employment sites and Mixed Use sites...... 17 Shopping and Town Centre Boundaries ...... 18 Recreation, Green Space and Green Gaps...... 19 Green Gaps ...... 19 Urban Green Space and Public Open Space ...... 19 3 Land Allocations - Kendal and Surrounding Area ...... 21 Kendal...... 22 Policy Context...... 23 Local Factors influencing the location of development; ...... 23 Development Boundary and overall Development Strategy ...... 24 Kendal Town Centre...... 25 Town Centre Boundaries ...... 25 Other Development Considerations...... 26 Housing sites ...... 26 Development Criteria...... 27 Land W of High Sparrowmire...... 28 Land north of Laurel Gardens...... 28 Land west of Appleby Road...... 29 Land east of Appleby Road ...... 29 Land at Kendal Parks (N and S) ...... 30 Land at Stonecross...... 30 Existing Employment Areas...... 32 Employment Allocations ...... 33 Scroggs Wood Strategic Employment Site ...... 33 Burton Road Business Park...... 33 Land south of K Shoes Factory, Natland Road...... 34 Development Criteria...... 35 Mixed Use sites ...... 36 Green Spaces and Open Spaces ...... 36 Green Gaps ...... 37 Kirkby Lonsdale...... 38 Policy Context...... 38 Local Factors influencing the location of development; ...... 38 Development Boundary and overall Development Strategy ...... 39 Kirkby Lonsdale town Centre...... 40 town Centre Boundary ...... 40 Housing sites ...... 41 Development Criteria...... 41 Existing Employment Areas...... 42 Mixed Use site at Fairbank ...... 42 Green Spaces and Open Spaces ...... 43 Milnthorpe ...... 44 Policy Context...... 44 Local Factors influencing the location of development ...... 44

2 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Development Boundary and overall Development Strategy ...... 45 Milnthorpe Village Centre ...... 45 Village Centre Boundary...... 46 Housing sites ...... 46 Development Criteria...... 47 Employment Areas ...... 47 Green Spaces and Open Spaces ...... 48 Green Gap...... 49 Kendal rural - Local Service Centres ...... 49 Policy Context...... 49 Arnside ...... 50 Burneside ...... 51 Burton in Kendal ...... 52 Endmoor ...... 52 Land north of Sycamore Close, Endmoor...... 53 Holme ...... 53 Levens ...... 54 Natland ...... 54 Oxenholme ...... 55 Storth and Sandside ...... 55 Kendal Rural Key Service Centre Policies...... 57 Development Criteria...... 58 Existing Employment Areas...... 58 Green Spaces and Open Spaces ...... 60 Small Centres and Countryside...... 61 4 Land Allocations – Grange-over-Sands and surrounding area...... 65 Grange-over-Sands and Kents Bank ...... 65 Policy Context...... 65 Local Factors influencing the location of development ...... 66 Development Boundary and overall Development Strategy ...... 66 Grange-over-Sands Town Centre...... 67 Town Centre Boundary...... 67 Housing sites ...... 68 Development Criteria...... 69 Existing Employment Areas...... 69 Mixed Use sites ...... 70 Berners Pool...... 70 Land South of Allithwaite Road...... 70 Kents Bank Road...... 70 Green Spaces and Open Spaces ...... 71 Green Gap...... 72 Grange/Cartmel - Local Service Centres ...... 72 Policy Context...... 72 Allithwaite ...... 73 Cark and Flookburgh ...... 73 Cartmel ...... 74 Small Centres and Countryside ...... 74 Rural Policies...... 75 Development Criteria...... 76 Existing Employment Areas...... 76 Green Spaces and Open Spaces ...... 77 5 Land Allocations – Ulverston and Furness ...... 79 Ulverston ...... 79 Policy Context...... 79 Local Factors influencing the location of development ...... 80 Development Boundary and overall Development Strategy ...... 81 Ulverston Town Centre ...... 81 Town Centre Boundaries ...... 82 Other Development Considerations...... 82 Housing sites ...... 83 Development Criteria...... 84 Land South of Ulverston - west...... 84 Land South of Ulverston - East...... 85 Existing Employment Areas...... 86 Employment Allocations ...... 87 Canal Head Strategic Employment Site...... 87 Lightburn Business Park...... 87

3 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Other allocations...... 87 Development Criteria...... 88 Canal Head Mixed Use site ...... 88 Green Spaces and Open Spaces ...... 91 Green Gap...... 91 Furness - Local Service Centres ...... 92 Policy Context...... 92 Broughton in Furness ...... 92 Great and Little Urswick...... 93 Greenodd/Penny Bridge ...... 94 Kirkby in Furness (including Sandside and Beckside) ...... 94 Swarthmoor ...... 95 Small Centres and Countryside ...... 95 Rural Policies...... 95 Development Criteria...... 96 Land off Cross a Moor ...... 96 Existing Employment Areas...... 98 Green Spaces and Open Spaces ...... 99 Green Gaps ...... 99

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Introduction

What is this document for?

1.1 South Lakeland District Council is the Local Planning Authority for South Lakeland District outside the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks. The Council and its partner organisations in the community have a vision of making South Lakeland the best place to live, work and visit. Through planning, we work towards this by managing our needs for new development and helping to shape the way our towns and villages function. The Council’s planning policies are set out in a suite of documents called a Local Development Framework (LDF). The key documents are:

• The South Lakeland Core Strategy adopted in October 2010, which contains the overall vision for the area and explains broadly how much development is proposed and where it will be built. The ambition is to deliver 400 dwellings and 4 hectares of employment land each year until 2025; • The Land Allocations Development Plan Document , which, when adopted, will allocate land for housing, employment, shopping and open space and other uses. This Emerging Options Consultation is a stage in developing the Land Allocations Document; • The Kendal Canal Head Area Action Plan , currently in preparation, which deals with the regeneration of this strategically important area; • The Statement of Community Involvement which sets out how the Council engages communities in decision making; • Saved policies from the South Lakeland Local Plan, adopted in 1997 and amended in 2006. This old plan is gradually being superseded.

DPD Objectives

1.2 The objective of this document is to make South Lakeland the best place to live, work and visit and achieve the 1Core Strategy vision and objectives by identifying:

• Sites for housing, employment and other development; • Design and infrastructure requirements for major sites; • Land to be safeguarded for recreation and other purposes; • Green Gaps to prevent settlements losing their identity; • Development boundaries for towns and large villages; • Town Centre and Primary Shopping Areas areas which are the preferred locations for town centre and shopping uses. 1.3 This document is informed by the SLDC Core Strategy, the South Lakeland Sustainable Community Strategy, Government policies, the plans of neighbouring Districts and National Park Authorities (which make up over

1 Set out in full in Para 1.37 of the Core Strategy

5 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 60% of the District area and 30% of the population) and those of Cumbria County Council (who plan for minerals and waste). This document will also not allocate land within the Kendal Canal Head Area. Land uses in this area will be determined through the Kendal Canal Head Area Action Plan. Once adopted, the Allocations DPD will replace a number of policies in the South Lakeland Local Plan. 1.4 The document is divided into four sections as follows:

• Part 1 is this introduction; • Part 2 describes how the Emerging Options have been selected; • Parts 3-5 describe land allocations in the Kendal, Grange/Cartmel and Furness areas respectively; • Part 4 is a schedule of plans identifying the Emerging Options sites and other sites put forward.

What consultation has taken place already?

1.5 Government regulations 2 set out how to prepare a Development Plan document. The Council’s Statement of Community Involvement sets out arrangements for consulting local communities. 1.6 The Council began to prepare the Land Allocations document by consulting on a discussion paper on Issues and Options between December 2008 and March 2009. In considering issues and options and Emerging Options for the Core Strategy, the Council also consulted on possible broad directions of growth for the District’s main towns and villages between April and May 2008. The Consultation Statement describes what has already been done to consult local communities, who was consulted, what they said and how this has shaped this document. 1.7 A large evidence base has been prepared to support this document and the rest of the Local Development Framework. This includes studies of housing needs, land availability, flood risk, recreation and open space needs, retail capacity and town centre health, employment land needs, landscape character and transport. 1.8 All sites put forward which meet the minimum size requirement have been subjected to Sustainability Appraisal (SA). Where sites might impact on internationally important nature conservation sites, they have also been screened to identify whether Appropriate Assessment (AA) is needed. Sustainability appraisal was carried out into possible directions of growth of main settlements as part of the Core Strategy preparation process. More information on the sustainability appraisal of sites can be found in the

2 SI 2009 401 – The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 , SI 2008 1371 - The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008 , SI 2004 2204 - The Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004

6 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Sustainability Appraisal Report and Scoping Report. The SA and AA findings are also summarised in the Settlement Fact Files. 1.9 This consultation document describes the Council’s suggested development boundaries, emerging options for sites for housing, employment and other development, as well as green spaces and town centre boundaries. 1.10 In some settlements, if all the suggested sites were developed, this would result in more development than required by the Core Strategy. In such instances, sites may be thought of as alternatives. The fact that this is an emerging options consultation does not prevent anyone from making representations in favour of other options whether already put forward or not yet considered.

How do I have my say?

1.11 Consultation on this document will take place between 21st January and 15th April. During this period, a series of consultation events will be taking place across the District. You can see this document and all the supporting documents on the Council’s website. You can also look at copies of key documents at and also during normal opening hours at South Lakeland House (Kendal), Ulverston Town Hall, and libraries at Arnside, Grange over Sands, Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale, Milnthorpe and Ulverston. 1.12 You can comment via our website www.southlakeland.gov.uk/ldf or write to the following address: The Development Plans Manager South Lakeland House Lowther Street Kendal Cumbria LA9 4DL Comments should be received by 15 th April 2011.

Next Steps

1.13 After this consultation exercise, the Council will consider what people have said. It will then publish the Land Allocations Development Plan Document (DPD). After further consultation, the Council will submit the Document for an Independent Examination by a Planning Inspector. In his or her report, the Inspector will consider whether the Document is sound. The report may require changes to the DPD before it is ultimately adopted. We expect that the Land Allocations DPD will be adopted in mid 2012.

7 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 The Changing National Picture

1.14 Following the recent change of Government, the Secretary of State and the proposed revocation of Regional Spatial Strategies, councils will have to set their own targets for housing and employment land provision. This is a major change to the strategic planning context, which may affect how much development occurs in some local authorities. 1.15 Other emerging policy changes include:

• The replacement of the current suite of national planning policies with a single national planning statement; • Proposed changes to the planning system in the Localism Bill; • Permitted Development Rights for Community Land Trusts; • A presumption in favour of sustainable development. 1.16 In South Lakeland’s case, the Strategic Housing Market Assessment suggests that the amount of housing development proposed in the Core Strategy is necessary to address the District’s housing needs. This must be weighed against clear environmental constraints and the need to support urban regeneration in neighbouring authorities. For this reason, the Core Strategy figure of 400 dwellings per annum has been retained and was supported by the Inspector who carried out the examination.

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2 Prioritisation - How do we allocate sites?

2.1 How sites are chosen is crucial. This part of the document explains the reasoning behind the putting forward of emerging options for sites and other designations.

LAKE DISTRICT NATIONAL PARK

Burneside KENDAL O x e n h o l m e YORKSHIRE DALES

Nat land NATIONAL PARK

Broughton in F u r n e s s E n d m o o r L e v e n s

Greenodd KIRKBY K i r k b y i n MILNTHORPE Furness LONSDALE ULVERSTON Storth & Sandside Cartmel A r n s i d e H o l m e

Swarthmoor B u r t o n - i n - Allithwaite K e n d a l Key Flookburgh GRANGE L i n d a l i n over Principal Furness Great and Little Service Centre U r s w i c k SANDS

Key Service Centre

Local Service Centre

Figure 1 – Settlement Hierarchy

Defining the Boundaries of Towns and Large Villages

2.2 The Core Strategy identifies the large towns (Principal Service Centres), small towns and market villages (Key Service Centres) and large villages (Local Service Centres) where most housing, employment and other development will take place. Their development boundaries are being reviewed using the following criteria:

• Including existing housing, shopping and other urban uses; • Including recreational open space (note this does not mean that these are suitable for development);

9 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 • Including small 3infill or ‘ 4rounding off’ sites; • Excluding protected areas such as Sites of Special Scientific Interest and Historic Parks and Gardens; • Including areas with scope to improve an unsatisfactory settlement edge. 2.3 Where suggested allocations represent extensions to settlements, it is suggested that the extended area be included within the development boundary. 2.4 Draft development boundaries are illustrated in the following chapters. No development boundaries are suggested for small villages and hamlets.

Finding and Prioritising Housing sites

The balance between settlements 2.5 The Core Strategy (Policy CS1.2) explains in broad terms how much new housing will be built and where. The ambition is to deliver 400 dwellings per annum between 2003 and 2025 divided thus:

• 35% (140 dwellings p.a) in Kendal; • 20% (80 dwellings p.a) in Ulverston; • 13% (52 dwellings p.a) in Grange, Milnthorpe and Kirkby Lonsdale; • 21% (84 dwellings p.a) in Local Service Centres; • 11% (44 dwellings p.a) in smaller villages and hamlets. 2.6 The Core Strategy (Paragraph 2.19) sets criteria for distributing development between Key Service Centres (small towns) thus:

• The capacity of existing services to accommodate development; • Critical thresholds for new service investment; • Size, character, and environmental capacity of the settlement; • The need to secure regeneration or investor confidence. 2.7 Within Local Service Centres, the Core Strategy (Paragraph 2.23) identifies the following factors for identifying sites:

• Environmental capacity, settlement size, role and infrastructure; • Identified local needs. Extensions to Local Service Centres (large villages) will only be permitted where there is clear need for development, significant environmental impacts can be avoided and once previously developed land has been utilised. In small villages and hamlets, development will normally be small scale and related to local needs. For this reason no development boundaries are identified for these.

3 Building taking place on a vacant plot in an otherwise built-up street frontage (Core Strategy 2.24); 4 Completion of an incomplete group of buildings on land which is already partially developed in a way that will either complete the local road pattern or finally define and complete the boundaries of the group (Core Strategy Para 2.24).

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Core Strategy Ambition by Need Adjusted for Need Permitte d (80%) d (80%) SHLAA SHLAA 2003- Settlement size 2010 Built 2003- Per Year Afford Total 2003- Per Year % Balance to 2025 able 2025 be found

Kendal 3080 140 35% 3080 140 35% 535 369 56 2120

Kirkby Lonsdale 232 11 3% 232 11 3% 59 51 4 118

Milnthorpe 239 11 3% 239 11 3% 14 19 20 186 Local Service 1114 51 13% 1345 61 15% 202 53 46 1044 Centres Small 622 28 7% 743 34 8% 150 86 8 499 Settlements Total Kendal+ 5288 240 60% 66% 66% 5613 255 64% 960 578 134 3967 Kendal Rural Ulverston 1760 80 20% 1760 80 20% 312 97 87 1264 Local Service 421 19 5% 190 9 2% 55 10 34 91 Centres Small 262 12 3% 141 6 2% 82 67 3 -11 Settlements

Total Furness 2443 111 28% 21% 23% 2091 92 22% 449 174 124 1344

Grange 673 31 8% 673 31 8% 83 58 31 501 Local Service 313 14 4% 313 14 4% 92 33 9 179 Centres Small 84 4 1% 84 4 1% 3 14 67 Settlements Total Grange/ 1070 49 12% 13% 11% 1070 49 12% 178 105 40 747 Cartmel TOTAL 8800 100% 100% 1587 857 290 6058

Kendal 3080 140 35% 3080 140 35% 535 369 56 2120

Ulverston 1760 80 20% 1760 80 20% 312 97 87 1264 Key Service 1144 52 13% 1144 52 13% 156 128 55 805 Centres Local Service 1848 84 21% 1848 84 21% 349 96 89 1314 Centres Small 968 44 11% 968 44 11% 235 167 11 555 Settlements TOTAL 8800 400 100% 8800 400 100% 1587 857 290 6058

Table 1: Overall Housing Requirement and Balance Between Settlements 2.8 The Cumbria Strategic Housing Market Assessment puts the LDF area within four distinct Housing Market Areas. These are:

• Kendal (including Oxenholme); • Kendal Rural (including Arnside, Burneside, Kirkby Lonsdale and Milnthorpe); • Furness (including Broughton, Greenodd, Kirkby-in-Furness and Ulverston); • 5Grange and Cartmel. 2.9 66% of affordable and 65% of total housing need is in Kendal/rural Kendal. 21% of affordable and 23% of total need is in Furness and 13% of affordable and 11% of total need is in Grange/Cartmel. 2.10 New housing provision is divided based on the following principles:

• The Core Strategy which focuses development in Kendal and Ulverston; • The size and sustainability of existing settlements;

5 Most housing market areas include parts of National Parks. Figures are adjusted to exclude these .

11 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 • Housing needs identified in the Strategic Housing Market Assessment; • Environmental and infrastructure capacity. 2.11 Deductions are made for completed dwellings and dwellings with planning permission as well as identified capacity on sites too small to be allocated. It is assumed that 80% of permitted dwellings will be built, reflecting the fact that some consents may not be implemented. Table 1 sets out the suggested balance between settlements. How have sites been put forward for consideration? 2.12 Sites have been put forward from a variety of sources including:

• previous local plans; • the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment and other studies; • sites put forward by land-owners and developers; • sites suggested by communities, Parish and Town Councils and members of the public; and • sites identified by the District Council through site visits. The sites considered to date are those put forward before October 1st 2010. Any sites put forward thereafter have been included in the attached maps but have not been assessed. They and any other sites put forward through the public consultation process will be assessed before an Allocations Document is brought forward for publication. Which sites are excluded from consideration? 2.13 Sites are excluded from allocation if they breach these criteria:

• outside South Lakeland District or within a National Park; • within the Kendal Canal Head Action Area; • less than 0.3 ha in size (or less than 0.1 ha in small villages, hamlets and the open countryside); • the owner is not willing to release the site and it cannot be made available; • development would be a clear breach of the Core Strategy; • development would compromise an identified Green Gap; • identified as important recreational or amenity open space or a sports facility; • development would harm a protected site or species; • within Flood Zone 3b as defined in 6SFRA; • development would prevent the use of important mineral resources. How do we decide which sites should be developed and when? 2.14 Core Strategy (CS6.1) states that dwellings will be built where they accord with the Spatial Strategy (CS1.2) having regard to the needs of each location and capacity to support development. Sites will be assessed against the following criteria:

6 Strategic Flood Risk Assessment

12 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 • A sequential approach looking firstly at previously used land and buildings within settlements, secondly at suitable infill sites and thirdly at other land which is well located for housing, jobs, services and infrastructure; • The assessment of suitability, availability and achievability of sites in the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment; • The need to phase development to manage housing delivery. 2.15 More detailed criteria are the following:

• General criteria such as the capacity of the site, the appropriate density at which it could be developed, the ease of accessing the site, the impact of topography and relief and the scope to meet identified needs, particularly for affordable housing; • Local and wider Community views including those expressed through Community engagement and through Parish Plans and the Sustainable Community Strategy; • Sustainability considerations including the distance to key services, the quality of public transport, walking and cycle links, the scope for renewable energy and local energy networks, the risks of flooding and contamination, air quality issues and exposure to noise and smells (see Core Strategy Policy CS1.1). • Landscape and Settlement considerations including the potential impact of development on landscape and views, the scale of development relative to the settlement size, whether the site preserves the separate identity of settlements and the impact of development on site features such as trees, watercourses and buildings; • Community Infrastructure including impacts on the local highways, water, sewerage and energy networks, the delivery of future infrastructure needs, impacts on Green Infrastructure and local community infrastructure needs and the potential regeneration benefits of development; • Other demands on the site including the scope for alternative uses or mixed use, access and maintenance requirements to watercourses, pipelines, railway lines etc and land reserved for new road construction or other infrastructure projects and the implications of development for the existing and future use of neighbouring sites. 2.16 The judgement on whether a site should be considered as an emerging option is made having regard to all the factors above and the comparative merits of the site and alternative sites put forward. How do we estimate Site Capacity? 2.17 Although the number of dwellings delivered on a site will be determined through detailed consideration when a planning application is submitted, it is necessary to estimate the capacity of sites. Core Strategy Policy CS6.6 seeks an average density of 30 dwellings per hectare, with higher densities in town centres and locations with good public transport and lower densities in areas where there are environmental constraints. The Council’s Strategic Housing Land Assessment contains site capacity estimates and a method for estimating site capacity, taking account of accessibility, location and the need to accommodate roads, landscaping, site features and open space.

13 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Phasing 2.18 It may be necessary to phase development of large sites in order to co- ordinate new development and infrastructure and to manage the impact of new development. Key factors affecting the phasing of sites are:

• Infrastructure capacity – how much development can be accommodated by the existing infrastructure network and whether enhancements are needed; • Development Management Issues – the need to ensure that mitigation measures are in place such as advanced planting and measures to manage impacts on wildlife; • Constraints – the degree to which sites are constrained and the implementation of measures necessary to overcome any constraints; • Whether sites are immediately developable – this is addressed in the Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment. 2.19 Residential development in the Ulverston and Furness area will be phased to minimise the potential for impacts on the regeneration of Barrow in Furness. Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Show People 2.20 Core Strategy policies CS6.5a and CS6.5b set out enabling policies to guide the provision of accommodation to meet the needs of Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Show People in the district outside the National Parks. The Cumbria Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (GTAA, May 2008) assessed these accommodation needs to comprise: -

• 5 additional residential pitches • 5 additional transit pitches • 3 additional plots for travelling show people

2.21 The Partial Review of the North West Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) proposed increasing this requirement. This was not progressed due to the Government's intention to abolish Regional Spatial Strategies. The District Council commissioned a further study in 2009/10 of the accommodation needs of Gypsies, Travellers and Travelling Show People from Home Space Sustainable Accommodation (HSSA) CIC, to provide more detail on the level of need and its location in the district. The final study has yet to be published but its draft findings indicate no current evidence of accommodation need at the time of the survey. The study is likely to recommend that the needs identified in the GTAA report (above) remain appropriate and should be delivered through small-site self-build models of accommodation for any indigenous Gypsies and Travellers and those with a local connection, to address the needs of local people who have moved away to other areas of provision. The final study report is expected to be available for comment during the public consultation on this document. 2.22 In view of the limited current actual evidence of need (or location of need) and advice that any provision be made on very small sites on a self- build model,

14 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 it is not proposed that future provision is made through the allocation of sites in the Land Allocations document. Instead it is proposed that the District Council maintain an enabling role to accommodation provision including:

• a positive, facilitating approach, through the application of the criteria in Core Strategy policies CS6.5a and CS6.5b on a case by case basis; • a multi-agency approach to monitoring actual need in the district and how to move forward under any new administrative arrangements and forthcoming legislation • maintain joint working with District Councils in Cumbria, HSSA and other agencies to consider emerging evidence of need and potential funding sources in order to identify and deliver suitable sites in sustainable locations with appropriate management arrangements in response to such evidence of need; • contacting identified Traveller groups, individuals and representative bodies to ensure their input into the Land Allocations document and any other relevant planning documents.

Employment sites

2.23 The Allocations Document will protect important existing employment sites and identify new sites to meet development needs, recognising that some unsuitable employment sites may benefit from redevelopment or relocation. The document identifies:

• existing employment sites to be safeguarded; • strategic employment sites for major employers; • business/science park sites – high quality sites for office uses and knowledge-based industries; • Local employment sites for general needs and start-ups. 2.24 In some cases, there may be opportunities for mixed-use developments, particularly for office, research and development and light industrial uses which can co-exist with housing and other uses. Existing Employment Areas 2.25 Areas already being used for business and industrial use will make a significant contribution to meeting the District’s need for employment land and premises. Vacant sites within employment areas, extensions by existing firms and land and premises made available through the relocation or changing needs of existing firms create opportunities for new premises and in particular low cost opportunities for start-ups. The Allocations Document will identify and safeguard existing employment areas.; 2.26 Existing Employment Sites are identified where the site:

• Is more than 0.3 ha; • Is, or has recently been, occupied by business (B1), industrial (B2) or storage and distribution uses (B8); • Is compatible with surrounding uses;

15 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 • Has suitable access for employment use. New Employment Allocations 2.27 Based on employment land needs identified in the South Lakeland Employment Land and Premises Study, The Core Strategy identifies a need for the development of 4 hectares (ha) per annum of employment land between 2010 and 2025, a total of 60 ha. This is likely to divide roughly as set out below, although the rate at which employment sites area developed is highly dependent on market factors and cannot be predicted.

Ha allocated

2010-15 2016-20 2021-25 Total Strategic Employment Site 3 3 3 9 15%

Kendal Business-Science Park 3 3 3 9 15%

Local Employment Site 0.66 0.66 0.66 2 3%

Kirkby Lonsdale Local Employment Site 0.5 0.5 0.5 1.5 3%

Milnthorpe Local Employment Site 1.5 1.5 1.5 4.5 8%

Local Service Centres Local Employment Site 2.4 2.4 2.4 7.2 12%

Small Settlements Local Employment Site 1.6 1.6 1.6 4.8 8%

Total Kendal + Kendal Rural 12.66 12.66 12.66 38 63%

Strategic Employment Site 2 2 2 6 10%

Ulverston Business-Science Park 2 2 2 6 10%

Local Employment Site 0.33 0.33 0.33 1 2%

Local Service Centres Local Employment Site 0.8 0.8 0.8 2.4 4%

Small Settlements Local Employment Site 0.4 0.4 0.4 1.2 2%

Total Furness 5.53 5.53 5.53 16.6 28%

Grange Local Employment Site 1 1 1 3 5%

Local Service Centres Local Employment Site 0.8 0.8 0.8 2.4 4%

Small Settlements Local Employment Site 0 0 0 0 0%

Total Grange/ Cartmel 1.8 1.8 1.8 5.4 9% TOTAL 19.99 19.99 19.99 60 100% Kendal 6.66 6.66 6.66 20 33% Ulverston 4.33 4.33 4.33 13 22% Key Service Centres 3 3 3 9 15%

Local Service Centres 4 4 4 12 20%

Small Settlements 2 2 2 6 10% TOTAL 19.99 19.99 19.99 60 100% Table 2: Overall Employment Requirement and Balance between Settlements

2.28 Strong spatial relationships exist between the LDF area and National Parks particularly between Kendal and adjoining parts of the Lake District National Park. Employment sites in the Lake District close to Kendal will clearly have an impact on the need for sites in and around Kendal. Conversely, Kendal is also a major centre of employment for residents within the Lake District National Park. Employment sites delivered through the Kendal Canal Head Area Action Plan may also meet Kendal needs.

16 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Strategic Employment Sites 2.29 The Core Strategy proposes Strategic Employment sites for Kendal and Ulverston. These will be of 5 ha or more and:

• able to accommodate 7 B1(b)&(c) and ancillary B1(a), B2 and B8 employment uses; • well connected to principal roads (A590(T),A591,M6); • accessible on foot, cycle and public transport; • developable by 2025 having regard to condition, infrastructure, availability, market factors and environmental capacity; • capable of being developed without causing a harmful impact on any town centre transport network. 2.30 They will be identified using a sequential approach looking:

• first at town centres; • second within urban areas; • third at urban extensions; • fourth (Kendal only) at the South Kendal Corridor and M6 Jn 36; • and finally at surrounding areas; These criteria have been used to identify sites. Business and Science Park sites 2.31 Office uses tend to generate large numbers of journeys to work and need a choice of means of transport. 8 National Policy defines offices as town centre uses and requires that they be located in town centres and only in edge or out of centre sites if no suitable more central sites are available. Thus office and knowledge based uses will be favoured on town centre and edge of town sites. General Employment sites and Mixed Use sites 2.32 The Core Strategy seeks to balance employment allocations across the area to meet the needs of smaller communities. Policy CS7.4 supports rural employment development:

• of a scale which is in keeping with its surroundings; • which does not detract from the amenities of residents; • does not harm the character of the landscape or settlement or give rise to unacceptable levels of traffic. 2.33 Many employment uses require level sites that can accommodate large buildings and compounds. Most of the criteria set out in Paragraphs 2.13 - 2.15 apply to employment allocations.

7B1(a) = office (other than class A2), B1 (b) = Research and Development, B1(c) = Light Industry, B2 = General Industry, B8 = Storage and Distribution - Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987 and subsequent amendments. 8 See Planning Policy Statement 4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth

17 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 2.34 In small communities, needs can be met by combining new housing and workspace with good design and control over unneighbourly uses. There may also be opportunities in rural communities for innovative approaches such as live-work units.

Shopping and Town Centre Boundaries

KIRKBY LAKE DISTRICT STEPHEN NATIONAL PARK

AMBLESIDE

WINDERMERE

BOWNESS KENDAL SEDBERGH YORKSHIRE DALES NATIONAL PARK

MILNTHORPE KIRKBY ULVERSTON LONSDALE Key GRANGE over Large Town Centre SANDS DALTON in FURNESS CARNFORTH Medium Town Centre

BARROW in Smaller Centre FURNESS MORECAMBE LANCASTER Figure 2; Shopping Hierarchy and other town centres 2.35 Policy CS7.5 of the Core Strategy identifies the District’s shopping hierarchy defining Kendal as a large town centre, Ulverston as a medium town centre and Grange-over-Sands, Kirkby Lonsdale and Milnthorpe as smaller centres. It states that the Allocations Document will define town centres, primary shopping areas and shopping frontages. These are defined using 9Government defined criteria as follows:

• Town Centre – the primary shopping area and areas of predominantly leisure, business and other main town centre uses within or adjacent to the primary shopping area; • Primary Shopping Area – Defined area where shopping development is concentrated (generally comprising the primary and those secondary frontages which are contiguous and closely related to the primary shopping frontage);

9 See Planning Policy Statement 4: Planning for Sustainable Economic Growth

18 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 • Primary Frontage – Primary Frontages are likely to include a high proportion of shopping uses. Secondary Frontage – Secondary Frontage provide greater opportunities for a diversity of uses. 2.36 Town Centre boundaries, Primary Shopping Areas and Primary Frontages are defined for all centres. Secondary Frontages are defined in Kendal and Ulverston.

Recreation, Green Space and Green Gaps

2.37 Most of the plan area is countryside, much of it of very high landscape quality, including an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the settings of two National Parks and areas that may be included within National Parks in the future. The countryside forms the District’s key Green Infrastructure resource for biodiversity, for food production, for recreation, as one of the strongest elements of the area’s ‘sense of place’, as the setting for and a strong part of the identity of its towns and villages, and as the foundation of the District’s greatest economic asset – its quality of life. Local communities place a very high value on the countryside and a key objective of the Core Strategy is to maintain and enhance the quality and functions of the landscape outlined above. 2.38 The Area’s Green Infrastructure also includes a vital and multifunctional network of rivers and streams, green spaces and green corridors within its towns and villages. This must be protected and enhanced for its intrinsic value and economic and quality of life benefits. Green Gaps 2.39 Despite the fact that the District is comprised of relatively small and dispersed towns and villages, there are some areas where the identity of individual settlements may be compromised by development. The Core Strategy (Policy CS8.2) states that Green Gaps will be identified on land which:

• if developed, would cause or add to the risk of future coalescence of two or more settlements between which it is important to retain a distinction; • helps to maintain a settlement’s identity, setting and character; • is predominantly open and maintains an open aspect; • affords recreational and biodiversity opportunities. 2.40 The Allocations Document identifies Green Gaps in locations where the above criteria are met. Urban Green Space and Public Open Space 2.41 The Allocations Document identifies important open spaces within settlements. These include formal recreational open space, informal parks, gardens and other recreational open space and private green spaces to or through which there is no right of access but which nonetheless perform a

19 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 green space function. In 2007 the Council commissioned an 10 Open Space, Sport and Recreation Assessment from consultants KKP, which carried out a comprehensive assessment of needs for all types of open space, reviewed the distribution and quality of all open space and identified deficiencies and surpluses. 2.42 Based on the outcome of the study, sites are allocated as green space which:

• Have significant identified quality and value as formal sports facilities, parks and gardens, natural and semi-natural green space, green corridors, amenity green space, children’s play space, allotments, cemeteries or civic spaces. • Do not have significant quality or value in their current condition or use but have been identified as offering the scope to address open space needs if their value is enhanced; 2.43 Sites are identified according to the following three categories:

• Public Open Space , to which the public have access for informal recreational use; • Outdoor Sports Facilities, including formal sports pitches, golf courses and other formal sports facilities; • Amenity Open Space, which is not accessible to the public but which nonetheless has amenity value because of its openness, appearance or landscape quality. 2.44 Where possible, opportunities will be taken to enhance and increase the quality and value of all three types of open space. There is a presumption that these spaces will not be developed except in very exceptional circumstances. It should be noted that Green Gaps are not green spaces or open spaces. These are designated to prevent coalescence of settlements and not because of any intrinsic green space value that they may have.

10 South Lakeland Open Space, Sport and Recreation Report, KKP

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3 Land Allocations - Kendal and Surrounding Area

3.1 This section sets out the emerging options for allocations in Kendal and the surrounding area including Milnthorpe, Arnside, Burton-in-Kendal, Kirkby Lonsdale and Burneside. This area, comprising the Kent and Lune valleys and surrounding countryside, contains the District’s largest town, transport hub and main centre for shopping, culture, health, education and employment, its national transport links – the M6 and the West Coast main line and the former Lancaster Canal. It has strong economic, social and environmental links with the central Lake District, neighbouring parts of Lancashire, northeast Cumbria and the Yorkshire Dales. Needs for new homes and workspaces are at their most acute in this area and the Allocations Document seeks to accommodate around 66% of new homes and workplaces within this area. This is also an area with major limitations on development capacity including:

• Very high landscape quality including nationally protected landscapes (the Arnside-Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, the setting of, and potential extensions to, two National Parks) and attractive rolling topography throughout; • Natural Heritage including the internationally important nature conservation sites of Morecambe Bay, the River Kent (including the Mint and the Sprint), Limestone Pavements at Scout Scar, Farleton Knott, Hutton Roof Crag, Whin Scar and Hale Fell; • Built Heritage - long established towns and villages with well defined character and form including Conservation Areas at Kendal, Burton, Heversham, Kirkby Lonsdale, Milnthorpe and Beetham as well as historic parks and gardens at Dallam Tower, Levens Hall, Sizergh Castle, numerous Grade I and II listed buildings and 60 Scheduled Ancient Monuments; • areas of flood risk including along the River Kent, Bela, Kent Estuary and Lune; • Very little previously used land available for development;

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Policy Context 3.2 The Core Strategy (Policy CS2) sets the overall context for development in Kendal. It seeks to direct 35% of new dwellings and employment floor space to the Kendal area. The housing ambition amounts to 140 dwellings per year, a total of 3080 between 2003 and 2025. At March 2010, around 535 dwellings had been completed, a further 85 were under construction, and a further 11 284 are expected to be delivered from sites, which already have planning permission. The Council’s Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment also identified a number of small sites, which are expected to deliver 56 dwellings. This leaves a balance of 2120 to be met through land allocations . At least 35% of new homes (around 1078 units) should meet identified needs for affordable housing and, of these, up to 60% or around 647 units should be social rented. 3.3 The Council is also promoting the mixed-use regeneration of the Canal Head area and it is possible that this regeneration will also deliver significant new residential and employment development. At the present time, no assumption is made about the potential contribution of this area to housing and employment needs but as the proposals are brought forward, this position may change. 3.4 The Core Strategy also identifies a need for the allocation of 20 ha of land for employment uses to meet the needs of Kendal, of which 9 ha should be aimed at strategic employment needs, 9 ha should be aimed at offices and high tech industry and 2 ha should be aimed at general employment needs. The strategy seeks to locate industrial and distribution uses where they are accessible by a choice of means of transport and where they can be connected to the Strategic Road Network without any detrimental impact on the town centre network. It aims to focus new office development in and around Kendal Town Centre and support the development of a cluster of Knowledge based industries. Local Factors influencing the location of development; 3.5 Key local factors influencing the location of new development in Kendal are;

• Respecting the setting of the existing and potential future extent of the Lake District National Park which is close to the town; • Maintaining and enhancing the quality of the surrounding landscape and the need to achieve urban edges which maintain or enhance the character and appearance of the town when viewed from key approaches by road and rail and from important viewpoints such as Kendal Castle, The Helm, Kendal Fell and Scout Scar/Brigsteer Road; • Avoiding coalescence between Kendal, Oxenholme, Burneside and Natland and maintaining the separate identities of these settlements;

11 This figure represents 80% of dwellings with planning consent as not all consents will be implemented.

23 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 • Avoiding areas at risk of flooding , particularly around the River Kent and to the north of the town; • Safeguarding and enhancing the River Kent Special Area of Conservation an internationally important habitat, particularly for the seriously threatened White Clawed Crayfish; • Preserving and enhancing Kendal’s built heritage including the Kendal Conservation Area, 183 Listed Buildings including the Grade I listed Abbott Hall, Parish Church and Castle Dairy and Scheduled Ancient Monuments – including Miller, Nether and Stramongate Bridges, Kendal Castle, the Castle Howe Motte and Bailey and Watercrook Roman Fort; • Maintaining and enhancing parks, sports facilities and recreational open spaces including the major parks at Kendal Castle and Abbott Hall, the natural and semi-natural green space of Serpentine Woods, the green corridor along the River Kent, amenity greenspaces including Noble’s Rest, Gooseholme and Fletcher Square, the children’s play areas at Abbott Hall, Castle Drive and Acre Moss Lane; • Minimising the impact of development on Kendal’s central traffic system, promoting sustainable transport and achieving a positive impact on the Kendal Air Quality Management Area ; • Enhancing the vitality and viability of Kendal Town Centre for shopping, leisure, arts, culture, tourism and employment; • The community aspirations to restore the Lancaster Canal and regenerate the Canal Head area; • Infrastructure constraints including sewage capacity at Kentrigg and Steele’s Row and the implications for development in northwest Kendal. Development Boundary and overall Development Strategy Emerging Options 3.6 Based on the criteria for defining urban edges set out in 2.2 above, the overall development strategy for Kendal is for a dispersed pattern of new development around its edge. This will ensure that landscape impacts are minimised, the urban form of the town remains compact with as many dwellings as possible within walking or cycling distance of the town centre, development of the town can be phased and organic and existing infrastructure capacity is fully utilised. This presents challenges including linking development to infrastructure delivery, managing traffic impacts and managing change in a number of locations. 3.7 Because of the very limited supply of sites, the option of meeting development needs within the existing urban area is not deliverable. Other possible options include one or more large urban extensions. Various options were examined earlier in the consultation process and a variety of locations identified. Whilst such an option would enable the co-ordination of new homes and infrastructure provision and also relative stability in the areas where urban extensions were not taking place, a very large number of homes required in a single location would have a major impact on the setting and character of Kendal as well as increasing the risk of coalescence with nearby villages. Moreover large scale development of this nature would necessarily

24 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 take a considerable time to assemble, master-plan and implement, raising serious questions about the delivery of such an option.

Draft POLICY K1: KENDAL DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY Purpose: To ensure that new homes and workspaces are delivered in sustainable locations and to protect the character of the surrounding landscape. BETWEEN 2010 AND 2025 KENDAL’S DEVELOPMENT NEEDS WILL BE MET WITHIN, AND ON ALLOCATED SITES ADJOINING, THE URBAN AREA OF KENDAL AS DEFINED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP. Implementation Through Development Management process and Canal Head Area Action Plan Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement

Kendal Town Centre 3.8 Kendal Town Centre is the economic, social, cultural and transport hub of the eastern part of the District. As the most sustainable location in the District, it is also the preferred location for activities that attract a lot of people such as shops, offices, commercial leisure and tourism and cultural facilities. 3.9 The role of Kendal Town Centre is considered in the Core Strategy. Policy CS7.5 states that support will be given for convenience and comparison goods provision, of an appropriate scale, which aids the viability and vitality of the town centre. Kendal Town Centre, Primary Retail Area and Primary and Secondary Retail frontages are defined in using the criteria set out in Paragraph 2.36 above. Town Centre Boundaries 3.10 The suggested town centre boundary includes Stricklandgate, Highgate and Kirkland, adjoining yards, and commercial areas on either side and around Kendal Museum. This area contains the main shopping streets and centres as well as office, leisure and other town centre uses. It will continue to be the preferred location for these. The suggested Primary Shopping Area, (the preferred location for retail development) is the area bounded by Sandes Avenue, Blackhall Road and New Inn and Doctor Manning’s Yard, including the anchors of the Westmorland and Elephant Yard shopping centres and the major anchor stores of E H Booth, Beales and Marks and Spencer. Within this area primary frontages are identified. These are the key shopping streets. It is important for the vitality of the town that these are in predominantly retail use. Elsewhere, secondary frontages are identified where a more diverse mix of uses is suggested. Options for town centre and retail boundaries are contained in the Town Centre Topic Paper.

25 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Draft POLICY K2: KENDAL TOWN CENTRE Purpose: To maintain and develop Kendal Town Centre as a vital, viable and sustainable Principal Service Centre. WITHIN KENDAL: THE TOWN CENTRE WILL BE THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR LEISURE, ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD AND DRINK, ARTS, TOURISM and OFFICE USES; THE PRIMARY SHOPPING AREA WILL BE THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR SHOPPING; THE PRIMARY SHOPPING FRONTAGES WILL BE MAINTAINED IN PREDOMINANTLY RETAIL USE. Implementation Through the Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement

Other Development Considerations 3.11 Retail and town centre development will also be guided by the policies in the Core Strategy, in particular those dealing with the following:

• CS7.5 Town Centre and Retail Strategy; • CS7.6 Tourism Development; • Kendal Area Strategy (Policy CS2), Landscape and Settlement Character (CS8.2) and Historic Environment (CS8.6); • Sustainable Development (CS1.1) Construction, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CS7.7 and 8.7), Flood Risk (CS8.8) and Biodiversity (CS8.4); • Green Infrastructure (CS8.1) and Recreation (CS8.3a-b); • (CS 8.10) Design; • Social and Community Infrastructure (CS9.1), Developer Contributions (CS9.2) and Transport (CS10.2). Housing sites Emerging Options 3.12 Following the development ambitions set out in the Core Strategy, the overall development strategy outlined in Paragraph 3.6 above, the general site selection criteria set out in Paragraph 2.15, and the considerations specific to Kendal set out in Paragraph 3.5, the following sites are suggested for allocation:

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Draft POLICY K3: LAND FOR NEW HOUSING IN KENDAL Purpose: To allocate available, deliverable and sustainable sites for a range of types and sizes of new housing to meet the needs of all sectors of the community in Kendal. THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, ARE ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: Area Ref Name Dwellings (Ha) Phase 1 2 3 RN169M LAND W OF HIGH SPARROWMIRE 4.92 110 R44 LAND W OF HIGH GARTH 0.73 20 R46 LAND N OF HIGH SPARROWMIRE 0.76 21 R170M LAND N OF LAUREL GARDENS 8.04 150 101 RN181M LAND W OF APPLEBY ROAD 11.63 30 152 M35KM LAND EAST OF APPLEBY ROAD 20.17 12 113 R663 LAND NE OF WHINFELL DRIVE 1.58 47 R563 AUCTION MART, APPLEBY RD 1.81 75 30 RN96 LAND NORTH OF FIR BANK 1.11 49 R121M LAND E OF CASTLE GREEN ROAD 4.92 60 87 RN117M LAND WEST OF VALLEY DRIVE 1.9 71 R107M LAND AT KENDAL PARKS (N) 2.06 62 R150M LAND AT KENDAL PARKS (S) 8.07 150 90 RN133M LAND W OF OXENHOLME ROAD 4.87 150 32 R552 LAND AT BURLAND GROVE 0.54 25 M4M LAND adj HELM DRIVE 1.12 50 M41KM LAND SOUTH OF LUMLEY ROAD 4.7 140 R103M LAND AT STONECROSS 8.21 60 150 36 R129M LAND S OF BRIGSTEER ROAD 4.36 98

Implementation By Development Industry and Social Housing Providers through Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement, gross affordable housing completions.

Other possible Options 3.13 A number of other sites were put forward during earlier consultation and not selected. The site selection process is explained in the Settlement Fact Files. Development Criteria 3.14 All new housing development will be guided by the policies in the Core Strategy, in particular those dealing with the following:

• Kendal Area Strategy (Policy CS2), Landscape and Settlement Character (CS8.2) and Historic Environment (CS8.6);

12 (further potential to be determined

27 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 • Sustainable Development (CS1.1) Construction, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CS7.7 and 8.7), Flood Risk (CS8.8) and Biodiversity (CS8.4); • Dwelling Mix and Type (CS6.2), Affordable Housing (CS6.3) and Design (CS8.10) and Efficient Use of Land and Buildings (CS6.6); • Green Infrastructure (CS8.1) and Recreation (CS8.3a-b); • (CS 8.10) Design; • Social and Community Infrastructure (CS9.1), Developer Contributions (CS9.2) and Transport (CS10.2). 3.15 There are a number of suggested sites in Kendal that, because of their size or sensitivity, require additional guidance or a Development Brief or have specific issues that need to be addressed. Land W of High Sparrowmire 3.16 This large site is prominent in views in the wider landscape. It forms part of a large area of open countryside to the north. Significant landscaping and robust soft boundary treatment are essential to ensure that development is sympathetic to the character of the landscape and to protect the setting of the Lake District National Park. Development is likely to result in significant impacts on traffic flows on Windermere Road and the Kendal Town Centre Network. A Transport Assessment and Travel Plan will be required and it is likely that some off site highways and transport mitigation would be required. Green Infrastructure should be integrated into the development and pedestrian/cycle links provided to link to adjoining residential areas to the south and nearby main roads. On-site flood attenuation measures will be needed to mitigate against known flooding problems on the eastern edge of the site. There are also sewer capacity issues, which may affect timescales for development. Given the size of the site, development may result in the need for additional community infrastructure that could be provided/integrated within the site. Land north of Laurel Gardens 3.17 This large site is prominent in views in the local landscape and provides local amenity value. Significant landscaping measures will be required to maintain a high quality environment and safeguard the integrity of the suggested Green Gap to the north. Development is likely to result in significant impacts on traffic flows on Burneside Road and the Kendal Town Centre network. A Transport Assessment and Travel Plan will be needed and it is likely that some off-site highways and transport mitigation will be required. Green Infrastructure should be integrated and pedestrian/cycle links made to adjoining residential areas to the south and nearby main roads. Measures may be needed to mitigate against existing flood risk on the east part of the site close to Burneside Road. Deliverability of the site is affected by major issues relating to the sewer network capacity, which may impact on timescales for development. Given the size of the site, development may

28 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 result in the need for additional community infrastructure, which could be provided/integrated within the site. Land west of Appleby Road 3.18 This large site forms part of an area of agricultural/grazing land. It is prominent in the landscape and adjoins the River Kent Special Area of Conservation. Significant landscaping measures will be needed to ensure that development is sympathetic to existing landscape character. A landscaped buffer will be required along the west boundary and other measures may be needed to safeguard the River Kent Special Area of Conservation (SAC). Development is likely to result in significant impact on existing traffic flows on Appleby Road and the Kendal Town Centre network. A Transport Assessment and Travel Plan will be required and it is likely that some off-site highways and transport mitigation would be required to realise this development site. Green Infrastructure should be integrated within the development and pedestrian/cycle links provided to deliver good sustainable access to Kendal Town Centre. Given the size of the site, development may result in the need for additional community infrastructure which could be provided/integrated within the site. The Thirlmere Aqueduct runs through the very far NE part of the site and a 10.5m strip on either side must be protected from development. Land east of Appleby Road 3.19 This large site forms part of an area of agricultural/grazing land used for agricultural/grazing purposes and is particularly prominent in the local and wider landscape merging into the open countryside to the east. Significant landscape measures will be required to ensure development is sympathetic to existing landscape character. The site currently performs a flood storage function and is thus seriously affected by existing problems relating to poor surface water drainage. For this reason, it is suggested as a longer-term development site and any development will need to address this issue through mitigation measures. It is therefore suggested that a large part of the site be developed as Green Infrastructure and/or leisure/recreation use to mitigate against flooding impacts. Development of the southern part of the site for housing may be more feasible subject to the drainage issues being addressed satisfactorily. Development is likely to result in significant impact on existing traffic flows on Appleby Road and the Kendal Town Centre network. A Transport Assessment and Travel Plan will be required and it is likely that some off-site highways and transport mitigation would be required to realise this development site. Green Infrastructure should be built into the development and pedestrian/cycle links provided to ensure there is good sustainable access links to Kendal Town Centre.

29 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Land at Kendal Parks (N and S) 3.20 These two sites are similar in character being currently used for agriculture/grazing. They are prominent in local views but screened to some extent in views in the wider landscape. Significant landscaping measures will be required to ensure a high quality environment is achieved. Green Infrastructure should be built into the site possibly in the form of a linear green corridor providing pedestrian/cycle access through the sites linking with neighbouring housing areas and open spaces as well as Oxenholme Road. A Noise/landscaped buffer along the east boundary may be needed to offset any adverse impact from the adjacent railway and to offset any adverse impact on wider views (the eastern part of the southern site being higher in aspect and more visible in the wider landscape). A landscaped buffer zone is needed to ensure no adverse impact on the River Kent and Tributaries SAC that runs through the northern site and close proximity to the larger southern site. Development of the northern site should be carefully designed to ensure that the value and integrity of adjacent areas of open space is retained. Given the size of the site, development may result in the need for additional community infrastructure that could be provided/integrated within the site. Existing issues regarding the sewer network will need to be carefully considered in view of known constraint and also flooding from Natland Beck which crosses the southern part of the site. Land at Stonecross 3.21 This large site comprises open land used for agricultural/grazing purposes and is prominent in the local landscape but less so the wider landscape on account of intervening topography. The southeast part of the site merges into the wider area of farmland to the south and west. Significant landscaping measures will be required to ensure there is no adverse impact from development to existing landscape character. A soft landscaped boundary treatment will be needed along the southern and southwest boundaries of the site in particular. Development in this location is likely to result in significant impact on existing traffic flows on adjacent roads and the Kendal Town Centre network. A Transport Assessment and Travel Plan will be required and it is likely that some off-site highways and transport mitigation would be required to realise this development site. Green Infrastructure should be built into the development retaining existing wildlife movement from east to west through the site and also to provide pedestrian/cycle links and connectivity to adjacent residential areas and Brigsteer Road to ensure there are good sustainable access links to Kendal Town Centre. Mitigation measures may be required to ensure adequate arrangements for disposal of surface water is provided. Given the size of the site, development may result in the need for additional community infrastructure that could be provided/integrated within the site.

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Draft POLICY K4: DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR HOUSING SITES IN KENDAL Purpose: To ensure that development reflects the Community’s aspirations for high quality, has a positive impact on the surrounding area and its infrastructure and conserves important site features. DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOLLOWING SITES WILL, IN ADDITION TO GENERAL POLICY REQUIREMENTS, ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS SET OUT BELOW: LAND WEST OF HIGH SPARROWMIRE • Significant structural landscaping • Mitigation measures to address local and wider highways impacts • Flood risk attenuation measures where necessary • Green Infrastructure and cycle/pedestrian links connecting with Windermere Road, residential areas and open countryside • Sewer capacity issues satisfactorily addressed LAND NORTH OF LAUREL GARDENS • Structural landscaping and safeguard integrity of Green Gap • Mitigation measures to address local and wider highways impacts • Flood risk attenuation measures where necessary • Cycle/pedestrian links connecting with Burneside Road, adjacent residential areas and open countryside/Green Gap to the north • sewer capacity issues satisfactorily addressed LAND WEST OF APPLEBY ROAD • Structural landscaping and planted buffer zone • Safeguarding of River Kent SAC • Mitigation measures to address local and wider highways impacts • Green Infrastructure and cycle/pedestrian links connecting with Appleby Road and open countryside to the north • Buffer required between aqueduct and development LAND EAST OF APPLEBY ROAD • Significant element of Green Infrastructure and possible recreation space with cycle/pedestrian links connecting with Appleby Road, residential areas to the south and open countryside to the east • Mitigation measures to address local and wider highways impacts • existing surface water drainage issues satisfactorily addressed – sustainable urban drainage system to be incorporated LAND AT KENDAL PARKS (NORTH AND SOUTH) • Green Infrastructure possibly in the form of a green corridor linking the two sites providing cycle/pedestrian links through the sites and to adjacent residential areas to the west and Oxenholme Road • Mitigation measures to address local and wider highways impacts • Noise attenuation measures to address railway noise • On site attenuation measures to reduce risk of flooding from Natland Beck LAND AT STONECROSS • Green Infrastructure providing pedestrian/cycle links through the site to Brigsteer Road, adjacent residential areas to the east and open countryside to the west • Mitigation measures to offset any potential for adverse impact to the existing highways network DEVELOPMENT BRIEFS WILL BE PREPARED FOR THESE SITES. Implementation Development Management Process Monitoring LDF Monitoring

31 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Existing Employment Areas Emerging Options 3.22 South Lakeland has a shortage of available employment land and premises. Kendal is a key employment location. This means that the ‘churn’ of employment within existing industrial estates, particularly in the Shap Road area will accommodate significant elements of the town’s needs. Employment land in the Canal Head area is considered through the Kendal Canal Head Area Action Plan. Employment areas have been analysed using the criteria set out in Paragraph 2.26 and existing employment areas safeguarded.

Draft POLICY K5: EMPLOYMENT AREAS IN KENDAL Purpose: To ensure that a sufficient supply of employment land and premises is available to meet local employment needs and promote new business creation 13 THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, WILL BE SAFEGUARDED AS EXISTING EMPLOYMENT AREAS Ref Name Ha Acceptable Uses EEA37 DOCKRAY HALL IND EST 2.04 B1a,b,c, B2, B8 EEA35,36,58, BEEZON ROAD AREA 3.52 B1a,b,c B2, B8 VSLEA 2,SSOP22 EEA28+ VSLEA2 MINTSFEET IND EST 15.44 B1a,b,c, B2, B8 SSOP15 SUNLIGHT LAUNDRY, SHAP RD 0.75 B1a,b,c, B2, B8 EEA57 ESKDALE HOUSE AND SURROUNDING 0.31 B1a,b,c AREA, SHAP RD EEA29 + SOP21 LAKE DISTRICT BUSINESS PARK AND 6.83 B1a,b,c, B2, B8 SURROUNDING AREA SSOP14 + EEA33 WESTMORLAND BUSINESS PARK AND 11.52 B1a,b,c, B2, B8 +SSOP24 SURROUNDING AREA EEA30+ EEA32 SHAP RD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE AND 5.1 B1a,b,c, B2, B8 SURROUNDING AREA EEA31 + OES12 MEADOWBANK BUSINESS PARK & 0.51 B1a,b,c ADJACENT AREA EEA27 KENDAL BUSINESS PK, APPLEBY RD 1.05 B1a,b,c, B2, B8 EEA2 MURLEY MOSS BUSINESS VILLAGE 1.66 B1a,b,c EEA25 RIVERSIDE BUSINESS PARK 3.83 B1a,b,c, B2 (incl. Vacant sites) EA24 PARKSIDE BUSINESS PARK 1.40 B1a,b,c, EEA26 KENDAL FELL BUSINESS PARK 1.04 B1a,b,c, B2, B8

Implementation Development Management Process Monitoring LDF Monitoring

3.23 No other options have been put forward. None of these sites is suitable for re- designation for residential use without having a significant adverse effect on the District’s supply of employment land and property. The issue of change of use of existing employment land within the Kendal Canal Head Area is addressed in the Area Action Plan.

13 Safeguarding of Existing Employment Areas - It should be noted that: a) The acceptable uses set out in Policy K5 do not override existing use rights, b) Within these areas there may be further local restrictions due to site specific factors, and c) Policy K5 does not seek to preclude ancillary or subsidiary uses.

32 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Employment Allocations 3.24 The Core Strategy identifies a need for the allocation of a Strategic Employment site of 9 ha and a Business Park site of 9 ha to accommodate business and knowledge based industry. Having applied the criteria set out in Paragraphs 2.29 to 2.33 and the local considerations relating to Kendal set out in Paragraph 3.5 a Strategic Employment Site is suggested for allocation on land adjacent to Scroggs Wood on Milnthorpe Road, and a Business Park at Burton Road. 3.25 Some employment development is also suggested as part of the Kendal Canal Head Area Action Plan. Scroggs Wood Strategic Employment Site 3.26 At the present time, there are no sites within the built up area of Kendal capable of accommodating a Strategic Employment Site. The site at Scroggs Wood is identified in the South Lakeland Knowledge Based Employment Land Search and Assessment as being suitable in terms of size, location deliverability, availability, infrastructure capacity, market considerations and environmental capacity. It is well located in relation to the strategic highway network. Scroggs Wood itself screens the site from adjoining residential areas. It is within reasonable walking and cycling distance from large parts of South Kendal and is also on a major bus route. 3.27 Significant structural landscaping and robust boundary treatment will be needed, particularly along the southern and eastern edges of the site to ensure development is sympathetic to the existing landscape character and views from the A6 and A591. Pedestrian/cycle links should link development with Milnthorpe Road (A6) and existing public rights of way north and east of the site. A landscaped buffer zone is required between Scroggs Wood and any development. Flooding mitigation measures may be needed to reduce the risk of flooding from a watercourse to the north of the site. Road improvements to the A6 may be needed as may mitigation measures to offset any potential adverse impact to the existing highways network. Additional infrastructure is required to ensure the site is connected to energy and sewer networks. Burton Road Business Park 3.28 At the present time, there are no sites within the built up area of Kendal capable of accommodating a Business Park. The site at Burton Road is identified in the South Lakeland Knowledge Based Employment Land Search and Assessment as being suitable in terms of size, location deliverability, availability, infrastructure capacity, market considerations and environmental capacity. Although not directly accessible to the strategic highway network, it adjoins the A65. It is within fairly reasonable walking and cycling distance from large parts of South Kendal and is also on a Kendal town bus service route and is very close to Oxenholme Railway Station as well as being on the

33 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Kendal to Kirkby Lonsdale bus route. Part of the Thirlmere Aqueduct runs through the site near to the east eastern boundary and development will need to be located at least 10.5 metres from the edge of the aqueduct. Significant structural landscaping and robust boundary treatment along the edges of the site will be needed to ensure development is sympathetic to existing landscape character, views from the A65 and Oxenholme Road as well as to the Green Gap to the north. Pedestrian/cycle links should be provided linking development with adjacent main roads and the existing public right of way to the north of the site which also runs through the site. Land south of K Shoes Factory, Natland Road 3.29 This site, south of the existing Natland Road Employment Area, could be considered a logical extension of this area. It is set within an area of open land used for agricultural/grazing purposes that extends southwards and westwards to the River Kent. It is considered a possible suitable location for local employment purposes. It is within reasonable walking and cycling distance from large parts of South Kendal and is also close to a Kendal town service bus route and is on a local bus route (Kendal to Natland). Significant structural landscaping and robust boundary treatment along the western and southern edges of the site in particular will be needed to ensure development is sympathetic to existing landscape character and also views from Natland Road. Pedestrian/cycle links should be provided linking development with Natland Road and the existing public right of way west of the site.

Draft POLICY K6: EMPLOYMENT LAND ALLOCATIONS IN KENDAL Purpose: To ensure that a sufficient supply of employment land and premises is available to meet local employment needs and promote new business creation. THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, ARE ALLOCATED FOR EMPLOYMENT USE Ref Name Ha Acceptable Uses Strategic Employment Site E4M LAND AT SCROGGS WOOD, 17.9 B1 (b,c), B2, B8 MILNTHORPE ROAD +ancillary B1a Business/Science Park M2M LAND EAST OF BURTON ROAD 6.52 B1 a, b, c Local Employment Sites E31M LAND SOUTH OF K SHOES, 1.19 B1, B2, B8 NATLAND ROAD E33 LAND AT BOUNDARY BANK 0.93 B1, B2 EN28M LAND AT SHAP ROAD INDUSTRIAL 0.34 B1, B2, B8 ESTATE

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Development Criteria 3.30 All new employment development will be guided by the policies in the Core Strategy, in particular those dealing with the following:

• Kendal Area Strategy (Policy CS2), Landscape and Settlement Character (CS8.2) and Historic Environment (CS8.6). • Sustainable Development (CS1.1) Construction, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CS7.7 and 8.7), Flood Risk (CS8.8) and Biodiversity (CS8.4). • Meeting the Employment Requirement (CS7.1), Design (CS8.10) and Efficient Use of Land and Buildings (CS6.6). • Green Infrastructure (CS8.1) and Recreation (CS8.3a-b). • (CS 8.10) Design. • Social and Community Infrastructure (CS9.1), Developer Contributions (CS9.2) and Transport (CS10.2). 3.31 The Scroggs Wood and Burton Road sites are green field sites in sensitive locations. Development quality is key and employment needs must be met sustainably and minimise impacts on the surrounding area and the town more generally. For this reason, Development Briefs will be prepared for these sites.

Draft POLICY K7: DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR KEY EMPLOYMENT SITES, KENDAL Purpose: To ensure that development reflects the Community’s aspirations for high quality, has a positive impact on the surrounding area and its infrastructure and conserves important site features. DEVELOPMENT OF THE FOLLOWING SITES WILL, IN ADDITION TO GENERAL POLICY REQUIREMENTS, ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS SET OUT BELOW: LAND ADJACENT TO SCROGGS WOOD, BURTON ROAD • Significant structural landscaping to be incorporated into any scheme • Provision of Green Infrastructure and cycle/pedestrian links providing connectivity to adjoining main road and rights of way networks • Planted buffer zone between development and Scroggs Wood to the north • Mitigation measures to offset any potential for adverse impact to the existing highways network LAND EAST OF BURTON ROAD • Significant structural landscaping to be incorporated into any scheme • Provision of Green Infrastructure and cycle/pedestrian links providing connectivity to adjoining main road and existing rights of way networks • Mitigation measures to offset any potential for adverse impact to the existing highways network • Buffer between the aqueduct and development DEVELOPMENT BRIEFS WILL BE PREPARED FOR THESE SITES. Implementation

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Mixed Use sites 3.32 A site of 2.88 ha at Natland Beck Farm is suggested for mixed residential and employment development. This is sustainably located, close to key facilities, public transport and the Lancaster Canal cycle route. It also has good access to the main road network and is within walking distance of Oxenholme station. For this reason, it is a sustainable location both for new homes and for new business units. The site is set in high quality landscape and careful design will be necessary. Particular careful consideration will need to be given to the impact of any development on the setting of Natland Mill Beck Farmhouse and Helm Lodge Grade II Listed Buildings. Improvements to the road access will also be needed.

Draft POLICY K8: MIXED USE ALLOCATION, KENDAL Purpose: To allocate available, deliverable and sustainable sites for a range of types and sizes of new housing to meet the needs of all sectors of the community in Kendal and to meet the town’s need for employment premises in a sustainable way. THE FOLLOWING SITE, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, IS ALLOCATED FOR A MIX OF HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT: Ref Name Area (Ha) Dwellings Phase Residential 1 2 3 LAND SOUTH OF R97M 1.5 40 NATLAND BECK FARM Employment Acceptable Uses 1.5 B1, B2

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Green Spaces and Open Spaces 3.33 Public Open Spaces, Amenity Open Spaces and Outdoor Sports Facilities are identified in line with the method set out in Paragraph 2.42. The Open Space study identifies the following open spaces as particularly important:

• The River Kent Green Corridor; • The major parks of Kendal Castle and Abbott Hall; • Natural and semi-natural open space at Serpentine Woods; • Green Spaces at Noble’s Rest, Gooseholme and Fletcher Square;

36 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 • Children’s play areas at Abbott Hall, Castle Drive and Acre Moss Lane.

Draft POLICY K9: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, KENDAL Purpose: To provide a framework for safeguarding and enhancing the town’s Green Infrastructure. THE RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACES, AMENITY SPACES AND OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE SAFEGUARDED FROM DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE POSSIBLE MANAGED TO ENHANCE THEIR VISUAL, CULTURAL, HISTORIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, INFORMAL RECREATION AND BIODIVERSITY IMPORTANCE.

DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING GREENSPACES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS THEIR GREEN SPACE VALUE IS SAFEGUARDED OR ENHANCED.

PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO DEVELOPING A NETWORK OF GREENSPACES INCLUDING THE RIVER KENT GREEN CORRIDOR AND THE LANCASTER CANAL.

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3.34 The Lancaster Canal is also a significant Green Corridor. Outside the Kendal Canal Head Action Area, the Council will continue to safeguard the alignment of the canal and resist development that will prejudice the prospects of canal restoration. Core Strategy Policy CS10.1 addresses this issue. Green Gaps 3.35 Core Strategy Policy CS2 states that the Council will designate Green Gaps as required to prevent the coalescence of settlements. In the case of Kendal, where major growth is suggested, there is a particular need to ensure that surrounding communities do not lose their distinctive identities. For this reason, Green Gaps are suggested separating Kendal from Oxenholme and Burneside and separating Natland from Oxenholme. The existing Local Plan Green Gap boundaries have been reviewed having regard to the criteria set out in Paragraph 2.39 and changes made to remove areas that do not perform a visual or functional separation. A new Green Gap is suggested between Oxenholme and Natland.

37 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Draft POLICY K10: GREEN GAPS, KENDAL Purpose: To provide a framework for maintaining the separate identity of Kendal and nearby smaller communities by maintaining visual and functional separation. GREEN GAPS ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP

BETWEEN KENDAL AND OXENHOLME BETWEEN KENDAL AND BURNESIDE BETWEEN OXENHOLME AND NATLAND

WITHIN THESE AREAS, ONLY DEVELOPMENT WHICH SATISFIES CORE STRATEGY POLICY CS8.2 WILL BE PERMITTED.

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Kirkby Lonsdale

Policy Context 3.36 Kirkby Lonsdale is a Key Service Centre (smaller town) along with Milnthorpe and Grange-over-Sands. Core Strategy Policy CS5 sets the overall context for development. This seeks to make provision for moderate housing development and employment development in Kirkby Lonsdale, promoting its vitality as a shopping and service centre and promoting tourism. The housing ambition amounts to 11 dwellings per year, a total of 232 between 2003 and 2025. At March 2010, around 59 dwellings had been completed, a further 8 were under construction, and a further 14 43 are expected to be delivered from sites that already have planning permission. The Council’s Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment also identified a number of small sites that are expected to deliver 4 dwellings. This leaves a balance of 118 to be met through land allocations . At least 35% of new homes (81 units) should meet identified needs for affordable housing and, of these, up to 55% or around 45 units should be social rented. 3.37 The Core Strategy also identifies a need for the allocation of 9 ha of land for employment uses in Local Service Centres to meet general employment needs. This document assumes that 1.5 ha will be delivered in Kirkby Lonsdale. Local Factors influencing the location of development; 3.38 Key local factors influencing the location of new development in Kirkby Lonsdale are:

14 This figure represents 80% of dwellings with planning consent as not all consents will be implemented

38 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 • Respecting the setting of the existing and potential future extent of the Yorkshire Dales National Park ; • Maintaining and enhancing the quality of the surrounding landscape and the need to achieve urban edges which maintain or enhance the character and appearance of the town when viewed from key approaches such as the A65 and from important viewpoints such as Ruskin’s View and Devil’s Bridge; • The potential severance effect and difficulty of crossing the A65 which is the major route linking West Yorkshire and Cumbria; • Avoiding areas at risk of flooding , particularly around the River Lune and around Underley Beck; • Safeguarding and enhancing the Low Biggins and Highhead Wood Limestone Pavements ; • Preserving and enhancing Kirkby Lonsdale’s built heritage including the Kirkby Lonsdale Conservation Area , 163 Listed Buildings including the Church of St Mary (Grade I Listed) and Devil’s Bridge (Grade I listed and Scheduled Ancient Monument) and the medieval motte at Cockpit Hill (Scheduled Ancient Monument); • Maintaining and enhancing parks and open spaces including Jubilee Park the natural green space at Hutton Roof Crag, the green corridor along the River Lune and Tram Lane Recreation Ground and St Mary’s cemetery and protecting formal sports pitches; • Enhancing the vitality and viability of Kirkby Lonsdale town Centre for shopping, leisure, arts, culture, tourism and employment; • Protecting the route of the major aqueduct to the west of Kirkby Lonsdale – development is not permitted within a 10.5m corridor on either side of the pipeline; • Sewerage capacity issues. Development Boundary and overall Development Strategy Emerging Option 3.39 Based on the criteria for defining urban edges in 2.2 (above), a development strategy is suggested for Kirkby Lonsdale which accommodates most development on the western edge of the town where landscape and townscape impact is minimised, flood risk is avoided and development is in locations which are within walking distance of key facilities such as shops, and schools. This will ensure that landscape impacts are minimised and that the urban form of the town remains compact, with as many dwellings as possible within walking distance of the town centre. 3.40 Other possible options considered include extending to the north that would impact on the highest quality landscape and the Cockpit Hill Scheduled Ancient Monument, east towards the River Lune where the potential is limited by flood risk issues, and to the south on the opposite side of the A65 that would raise issues of separation from key facilities.

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Draft POLICY KL1: KIRKBY LONSDALE DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY Purpose: To ensure that new homes and workspaces are delivered in sustainable locations and to protect the character of the surrounding landscape. BETWEEN 2010 AND 2025 KIRKBY LONSDALE’S DEVELOPMENT NEEDS WILL BE MET WITHIN, AND ON ALLOCATED SITES ADJOINING, THE DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY AS DEFINED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP. Implementation Through Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement

Kirkby Lonsdale town Centre 3.41 Kirkby Lonsdale is an important small market town serving the rural east of South Lakeland District as well as adjoining areas of Craven and Lancaster Districts. It provides shopping, recently re-enforced by the new Booths store, schools, employment, medical and professional services as well as being an important visitor destination. 3.42 The role of Kirkby Lonsdale town Centre is considered in the Core Strategy. Policy CS7.5 of the Strategy states that sustainable shopping and other town centre development of an appropriate scale will be supported provided that it respects the character of the centre and assists in maintaining the existing shopping function. town Centre Boundary 3.43 The suggested town centre boundary includes Main Street, the Market Square, Market Street and New Road. The suggested Primary shopping area excludes the office area around Beck Head and the New Road Car Park whilst the primary retail frontage is defined as the north side of the Market Square, Main Street, north of the Square and Market Street. The Option of including the Booths store within the town centre boundary was examined but is not considered appropriate due to distance and separation.

Draft POLICY KL2: KIRKBY LONSDALE TOWN CENTRE Purpose: To identify and safeguard areas for shopping and other key town centre uses. IN KIRKBY LONSDALE: THE TOWN CENTRE WILL BE THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR APPROPRIATE FOOD AND DRINK, ARTS, TOURISM and OFFICE USES;

40 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 THE PRIMARY SHOPPING AREA WILL BE THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR LOCAL SHOPPING; THE PRIMARY SHOPPING FRONTAGES WILL BE MAINTAINED IN PREDOMINANTLY RETAIL USE. Implementation Through Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework

Housing sites Emerging Options 3.44 Having regard to the overall development strategy outlined in Paragraph 3.39 above, the general site selection criteria set out in Paragraph 2.15, and the considerations specific to Kirkby Lonsdale set out in Paragraph 3.38, the following sites are suggested for allocation:

Draft POLICY KL3: LAND FOR NEW HOUSING IN KIRKBY LONSDALE Purpose: To allocate available, deliverable and sustainable sites for a range of types and sizes of new housing to meet the needs of all sectors of the community in Kirkby Lonsdale. THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, ARE ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: Ref Name Area Dwellings (Ha) Phase 1 2 3 LAND WEST OF QUEEN ELIZABETH 2.94 44 R118 SCHOOL LAND ADJACENT TO BINFOLD COURT 0.31 11 R642M (100% Affordable)

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3.45 A number of other sites were put forward in earlier consultation and not selected. The site selection process is explained in the Settlement Fact File. Development Criteria 3.46 All new housing development will be guided by the policies in the Core Strategy, in particular those dealing with the following:

• Eastern Area Strategy (Policy CS5), Landscape and Settlement Character (CS8.2) and Historic Environment (CS8.6).

41 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 • Sustainable Development (CS1.1), Construction, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CS7.7 and 8.7), Flood Risk (CS8.8) and Biodiversity (CS8.4). • Dwelling Mix and Type (CS6.2), Affordable Housing (CS6.3) and Design (CS8.10) and Efficient Use of Land and Buildings (CS6.6). • Green Infrastructure (CS8.1) and Recreation (CS8.3a-b). • (CS 8.10) Design. • Social and Community Infrastructure (CS9.1), Developer Contributions (CS9.2) and Transport (CS10.2). Existing Employment Areas 3.47 South Lakeland has a shortage of available employment land and premises and there are very few employment sites in the Kirkby Lonsdale area. The completion of the Kirkby Lonsdale Business Park on the A65 has delivered some new employment. There is also a significant industrial estate at the former Kirkby Lonsdale station in Lancaster District. Given the pressure on existing employment sites, it is vital that existing sites are safeguarded. 3.48 Two small sites for new employment development are identified close to the Booths store. Both are within or adjacent to the existing development boundary. Both are visually contained and have good access onto the A65.

Draft POLICY KL4: EMPLOYMENT AREAS IN KIRKBY LONSDALE Purpose: To ensure that a sufficient supply of employment land and premises is available to meet local employment needs and promote new business creation. THE FOLLOWING SITES ARE IDENTIFIED AS LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SITES: R640 LAND EAST OF DODGSON CROFT 0.41 B1a,b,c, B2 MN24 LAND WEST OF HEALTH CENTRE 0.24 B1a,b,c

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Mixed Use site at Fairbank 3.49 The largest single suggested allocation is a mixed-use site east of Fairbank. This site will enable a substantial proportion of the town’s housing and employment needs to be met in a location which has minimal impact on the historic core of the town, can be well linked to key facilities such as the schools, supermarket, doctor’s surgery and town centre and is visually contained and the employment element can be accessed directly onto the A65. The site is set in high quality landscape and careful design will be necessary.

42 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Draft POLICY KL5: MIXED USE ALLOCATION, KIRKBY LONSDALE Purpose: To allocate available, deliverable and sustainable sites for a range of types and sizes of new housing to meet the needs of all sectors of the community in Kirkby Lonsdale and to meet the town’s need for employment premises in a sustainable way. THE FOLLOWING SITE, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, IS ALLOCATED FOR A MIX OF HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT: Ref Name Area (Ha) Dwellings Phase Residential 1 2 3 6.2 R127M LAND WEST OF FAIRBANK 87 100 Employment Acceptable Uses 1.7 B1a,b,c, B2

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Green Spaces and Open Spaces 3.50 Public Open Spaces, Amenity Open Spaces and Outdoor Sports Facilities are identified in line with the method set out in Paragraph 2.42. The Open Space study identifies the following open spaces as particularly important:

• The River Lune Green Corridor; • The Jubilee park; • Natural and semi-natural open space at Hutton Roof Crag.

Draft POLICY KL6: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN KIRKBY LONSDALE Purpose: To provide a framework for the safeguarding and enhancement of the town’s Green Infrastructure. THE RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACES, AMENITY SPACES AND OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE SAFEGUARDED FROM DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE POSSIBLE MANAGED TO ENHANCE THEIR VISUAL, CULTURAL, HISTORIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, INFORMAL RECREATION AND BIODIVERSITY IMPORTANCE.

DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING GREEN SPACES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS THEIR GREEN SPACE VALUE IS SAFEGUARDED OR ENHANCED.

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Milnthorpe

Policy Context 3.51 Milnthorpe is identified as a Key Service Centre along with Kirkby Lonsdale and Grange-over-Sands. The Core Strategy (Policy CS5) sets the overall context for development in Milnthorpe. This seeks to make provision for moderate housing and employment development, promoting its vitality as a shopping and service centre and promoting tourism. The housing ambition amounts to 11 dwellings per year, making a total of 239 between 2003 and 2025. At March 2010, around 14 dwellings had been completed, a further 15 were under construction, and a further 15 4 are expected to be delivered from sites that already have planning permission. The Council’s Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment also identified a number of small sites, which are expected to deliver 20 dwellings. This leaves a balance of 186 to be met through land allocations . At least 35% of new homes (83 units) should meet identified needs for affordable housing and, of these, up to 55% or around 46 units should be social rented. 3.52 The Core Strategy also identifies a need for the allocation of 9 ha of land for employment uses in Local Service Centres to meet general employment needs. This document assumes that 4.5 ha will be delivered in Milnthorpe. Local Factors influencing the location of development 3.53 Key local factors influencing the location of new development in Milnthorpe are:

• Respecting the setting of the Arnside Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and Dallam Park in particular; • Maintaining and enhancing the quality of the surrounding landscape and the need to achieve urban edges which maintain or enhance the character and appearance of the town when viewed from key approaches such as the A6 and from Arnside and the M6 as well as to and from Dallam Park and St Anthony’s Tower; • Avoiding coalescence with the neighbouring settlements of Heversham, Ackenthwaite, Storth and Beetham; • Avoiding areas at risk of flooding , particularly around the River Bela;

15 This figure represents 80% of dwellings with planning consent as not all consents will be implemented.

44 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 • Safeguarding and enhancing the Morecambe Bay and Morecambe Bay Limestone Pavements Natura 2000 sites ; • Preserving and enhancing built heritage including 15 Listed Buildings including Dallam Tower (Grade I Listed) and St Anthony’s Tower (Grade II Listed); • Maintaining and enhancing parks and open spaces including Dallam Park and sports and recreation facilities . • Enhancing the vitality and viability of Milnthorpe town Centre for shopping, leisure, arts, culture, tourism and employment. Development Boundary and overall Development Strategy Emerging Options 3.54 Based on the criteria for defining urban edges set out in 2.2 above, a development strategy and boundary is suggested for Milnthorpe which protects the setting of Dallam Park and the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, retains separation with Ackenthwaite, respects the setting of St Anthony’s Tower and remains visually contained by the high ground surrounding the Village, whilst ensuring that new homes and workplaces are within easy walking distance of the village centre. 3.55 Other possible options considered include extending further to the northwest or southeast which could spill over the ridgeline of the adjoining hills, expanding Ackenthwaite and/or reducing the Green Gap.

Draft POLICY M1: MILNTHORPE DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY Purpose: To ensure that new homes and workspaces are delivered in sustainable locations and to protect the character of the surrounding landscape. BETWEEN 2010 AND 2025 MILNTHORPE’S DEVELOPMENT NEEDS WILL BE MET WITHIN, AND ON ALLOCATIONS ADJOINING, THE DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY AS DEFINED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP. Implementation Through Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement

Milnthorpe Village Centre 3.56 Milnthorpe is an important small market village serving the rural south of South Lakeland District. It provides shopping, schools, employment, medical and professional services as well as being an important gateway to the Arnside/Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Its shopping offer will be strengthened following the grant of planning permission for a new Spar store and there is a current application for a small Booths supermarket. 3.57 The role of Milnthorpe Village Centre is considered in the Core Strategy. Policy CS7.5 of the Strategy states that sustainable shopping and other

45 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 development of an appropriate scale will be supported provided that it respects the character of the centre and assists in maintaining the existing shopping function. Village Centre Boundary Emerging Option 3.58 A village centre boundary is suggested which includes The Square and the central crossroads. The Primary shopping area is similar but excludes the Haverflatts Lane area whilst the Primary retail frontages are those fronting onto The Square. 3.59 Other Options considered are discussed in the town Centre Topic Paper.

Draft POLICY M2: MILNTHORPE VILLAGE CENTRE Purpose: To identify and safeguard areas for shopping and other key centre uses.; MILNTHORPE VILLAGE CENTRE, AS SHOWN ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, WILL BE THE PREFERRED LOCATION IN MILNTHORPE FOR KEY TOWN CENTRE USES INCLUDING OFFICES, LEISURE, AND FOOD AND DRINK; MILNTHORPE PRIMARY SHOPPING AREA, AS SHOWN ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, WILL BE THE PREFERRED LOCATION IN MILNTHORPE FOR SHOPPING USES; THE PRIMARY SHOPPING FRONTAGES IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE MAINTAINED IN PREDOMINANTLY RETAIL USE. Implementation Through Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework

Housing sites Emerging Options 3.60 Having regard to the overall development strategy outlined in Paragraph 3.54 above, the general site selection criteria set out in Paragraph 2.15, and the considerations specific to Milnthorpe set out in Paragraph 3.53, the following sites are suggested for allocation:

Draft POLICY M3: LAND FOR NEW HOUSING IN MILNTHORPE Purpose: To allocate available, deliverable and sustainable sites for a range of types and sizes of new housing to meet the needs of all sectors of the community in Milnthorpe. THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, ARE ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT:

46 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Ref Name Area Dwellings (Ha) Phase 1 2 3 R151M LAND SOUTH OF MILNTHORPE 3.4 32 70 R462M LAND EAST OF MILNTHORPE 3.19 96 M9M2 LAND NORTH WEST OF MILNTHORPE 4.32 59 70 LAND ADJACENT TO ST ANTHONY’S 0.99 36 RN57M CLOSE

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3.61 A number of other sites were put forward during earlier consultation and not selected. The site selection process is explained in the Settlement Fact File. Development Criteria 3.62 All new housing development will be guided by the policies in the Core Strategy, in particular those dealing with the following:

• Eastern Area Strategy (Policy CS5), Landscape and Settlement Character (CS8.2) and Historic Environment (CS8.6). • Sustainable Development (CS1.1), Construction, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CS7.7 and 8.7), Flood Risk (CS8.8) and Biodiversity (CS8.4). • Dwelling Mix and Type (CS6.2), Affordable Housing (CS6.3) and Design (CS8.10) and Efficient Use of Land and Buildings (CS6.6). • Green Infrastructure (CS8.1) and Recreation (CS8.3a-b). • (CS 8.10) Design. • Social and Community Infrastructure (CS9.1), Developer Contributions (CS9.2) and Transport (CS10.2). Employment Areas Emerging Options 3.63 South Lakeland has a shortage of available employment land and premises. The supply in Milnthorpe has recently been augmented with the Parkhouse Lakeland Industrial Estate, currently under construction adjacent to Houghton’s Coachworks. Bridge End Business Park is also an important small industrial estate. Milnthorpe is also developing a role as a centre for small knowledge-based industries. 3.64 It is suggested that the Parkhouse, Houghton’s and Bridge End sites be safeguarded and a further 1.45 ha be allocated to meet future employment land and premises needs in Milnthorpe. The large site east of the Mainline Business Park at Deepthwaite will also contribute to meeting employment land needs in Milnthorpe.

47 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 Draft POLICY M4: EMPLOYMENT AREAS IN MILNTHORPE Purpose: To ensure that a sufficient supply of employment land and premises is available to meet local employment needs and promote new business creation. 16 THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, WILL BE SAFEGUARDED AS EXISTING EMPLOYMENT AREAS: Ref Name Ha Acceptable Uses EEA47 PARKHOUSE LAKELAND ESTATE 1.03 B1a,b,c, B2 SSOP3 PARKHOUSE, HOUGHTONS COACHWORKS 2.41 B1a,b,c, B2, B8

EEA16 BRIDGE END BUSINESS PARK 0.16 B1a,b,c, B2, B8

THE FOLLOWING SITES ARE IDENTIFIED AS LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SITES:

M9M1 LAND ADJACENT TO BRIDGE END BUSINESS 1.45 B1abc, B2 PARK, PARK ROAD

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Green Spaces and Open Spaces 3.65 Public Open Spaces, Amenity Open Spaces and Outdoor Sports Facilities are identified in line with the method set out in Paragraph 2.42. Important open spaces include the Recreation Ground, The Strand, The Square and Haverflatts Lane allotments. Dallam Deer Park forms an important element of the Village’s landscape setting and public rights of way through it are important recreational routes.

Draft POLICY M5: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, MILNTHORPE Purpose: To provide a framework for safeguarding and enhancing the town’s Green Infrastructure. THE RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACES, AMENITY SPACES AND OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE SAFEGUARDED FROM DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE POSSIBLE MANAGED TO ENHANCE THEIR VISUAL, CULTURAL, HISTORIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, INFORMAL

16 Safeguarding of Existing Employment Areas - It should be noted that: a) The acceptable uses set out in Policy K5 do not override existing use rights, b) Within these areas there may be further local restrictions due to site specific factors, and c) Policy K5 does not seek to preclude ancillary or subsidiary uses.

48 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 RECREATION AND BIODIVERSITY IMPORTANCE.

DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING GREENSPACES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS THEIR GREEN SPACE VALUE IS SAFEGUARDED OR ENHANCED.

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Green Gap 3.66 Milnthorpe lies very close to the adjoining settlement of Ackenthwaite and continued development at Dallam School and recent development on the north side of Ackenthwaite mean that there is a risk of these settlements coalescing and Ackenthwaite losing its separate identity. For this reason, a Green Gap is identified separating Milnthorpe and Ackenthwaite. The existing Green Gap boundaries identified in the old South Lakeland Local Plan have been reviewed having regard to the criteria set out in Paragraph 2.39 and changes have been made to remove some areas that do not perform a visual or functional separation.

Draft POLICY M6: MILNTHORPE/ACKENTHWAITE GREEN GAP Purpose: To provide a framework for maintaining the separate identity of Milnthorpe and Ackenthwaite by maintaining visual and functional separation. A GREEN GAP IS IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP BETWEEN MILNTHORPE AND ACKENTHWAITE.

WITHIN THIS AREA, ONLY DEVELOPMENT WHICH SATISFIES CORE STRATEGY POLICY CS8.2 WILL BE PERMITTED.

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Kendal rural - Local Service Centres

Policy Context 3.67 The Core Strategy identifies nine Local Service Centres in the rural areas surrounding Kendal. These are:

• Arnside, • Holme, • Burneside, • Levens, • Burton in Kendal, • Natland, • Endmoor, • Oxenholme and

49 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2011 • Storth/Sandside. 3.68 The Core Strategy (Policy CS5) sets the overall context for development in the Local Service Centres and seeks to make provision for small-scale housing development there. The housing ambition amounts to 60 dwellings per year, making a total of 1,345 between 2003 and 2025. At March 2010, around 202 dwellings had been completed, a further 39 were under construction, and a further 17 14 are expected to be delivered from sites that already have planning permission. The Council’s Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment also identified a number of small sites that are expected to deliver 46 dwellings. This leaves a balance of 1,045 to be met through land allocations . At least 35% of new homes (471 units) should meet identified needs for affordable housing and, of these, up to 55% or around 259 units should be social rented. This housing ambition has been apportioned between settlements using the criteria set out in Paragraph 2.10 above. The Local Service Centres are considered in turn in the following paragraphs: Arnside 3.69 Arnside is a large village benefiting from a wide range of local facilities and good rail links to Lancaster and Furness. It is also a significant visitor destination, centred on its Victorian seafront, the partly wooded limestone hills and coastline behind and guided walks across Morecambe Bay. It is the largest settlement and main centre for the Arnside Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The parish had a population of around 2,300 at the 2001 census and has a particularly high proportion of retired people. 3.70 Key issues affecting development in Arnside are:

• its setting and role within a landscape of national importance; • the importance of woodland and large green spaces within and around the village to its character – particularly the Recreation Ground, the open hillside behind Black Dyke Road and Ash Meadow Woodlands; • a shortage of publicly accessible open space; • the impacts on the Kent Estuary – part of the Morecambe Bay complex of international nature conservation sites; • topographic issues – the village occupies a steep rocky limestone hillside; • the susceptibility of low lying areas to the northeast to flooding and the need to protect important areas such as its wooded surroundings; • The need to sustain local facilities and public transport. 3.71 Community ambitions include the provision of a car park to address the issues of visitor parking and commuter parking at the railway station, the provision of affordable housing, the safeguarding and enhancement of the

17 This figure represents 80% of dwellings with planning consent as not all consents will be implemented.

50 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 village’s open spaces and the provision of a multi-functional community building. 3.72 Within Arnside, it is suggested that most development needs be accommodated on infill and rounding off sites within the existing development boundaries where needs can be met with minimal impact on landscape quality. The only location suitable for employment development is the site to the north of the station that could potentially provide both employment units and car parking. There may also be scope to provide car parking south of the station, linked to the removal of some on-street spaces. 3.73 Arnside has strong spatial relationships with the neighbouring coastal settlements of Sandside and Storth. Burneside 3.74 Burneside is a large village on the River Kent north of Kendal with a population of around 1,500. It is a working community dominated by James Cropper Plc and, outside the village core, is predominantly 20 th century. It has local shops, a pub, primary school and a railway station. A key characteristic is a high proportion of rented dwellings. Although not a major visitor centre, it has some visitor accommodation and also lies on the Dales Way long distance footpath. 3.75 Key issues affecting development in Burneside are:

• The need to avoid development in flood risk areas associated with the River Kent; • The international nature conservation importance of the River Kent; • The need for additional sewerage capacity; • The need to maintain the separate identities of Burneside and Kendal; • The need to enable James Cropper plc to expand if necessary; • High landscape quality especially west of the railway; • The need to address shortfalls in open space particularly in the northeast (amenity green space) and south of the village (amenity green space and children’s play area); • The need to sustain local facilities and public transport.

3.76 Community ambitions include the provision of a new footway on Hollins Lane and concerns about ‘rat running’ between the village and the A6 Shap Road. 3.77 Two small allocations are proposed within Burneside, one adjoining Hall Park where development would have a minimal landscape impact and the sports ground on Sharps Lane where development would be required to provide enhanced recreation facilities on an adjacent site. It is also proposed that an area of land is allocated for the expansion of the Croppers works. No changes are suggested to the Burneside end of the Kendal-Burneside Green Gap.

51 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 Burton in Kendal 3.78 Burton in Kendal is a historic village half way between Kendal and Lancaster with a Conservation Area containing many 18 th century buildings at its core. It has 33 listed buildings in all. It expanded significantly in the 20 th Century and has a population of around 1,400. It has a village shop, butcher, pub and primary school. Key employers are the nearby motorway service station, Holme Park Quarry and the cluster of businesses at Holme Mills industrial estate. 3.79 Key issues affecting development in Burton are:

• The need to preserve and enhance the character of the historic village core; • The need to protect the quality of the surrounding landscape especially Dalton Hall and its grounds and the slopes rising to Hutton Roof Crag; • The need to manage the noise impacts associated with the M6; • The need to sustain local facilities and public transport. 3.80 Community ambitions in Burton in Kendal include better bus links and links to Oxenholme station and Westmorland General Hospital in particular and the need to encourage better utilisation of the Recreation Ground and more activities for young people. The community has also identified a need for low cost housing and housing for the elderly. 3.81 Within Burton, it is proposed to distribute a number of sites for new housing in places where they will complement Burton’s historic form and protect the character of the Conservation Area, minimise impact on the surrounding landscape, avoid placing future residents in locations affected by motorway noise, and maintain a compact form, ensuring that future residents are within walking distance of key facilities. A small employment site is suggested at Green Dragon Farm and a site is suggested for community uses east of the existing bowling green and tennis courts. Endmoor 3.82 Endmoor is a village southeast of Kendal. Preston Richard Parish, of which it is part, has a population of around 1,300. Growing around a former gunpowder works, it expanded during the 20 th Century and has a village shop, bakery, pub, post office and primary school. Key employers are the nearby service station and hotel at Crooklands, Gatebeck Holiday Park and Gatebeck Industrial Estate. The village stands on a shelf which falls abruptly towards the valley of Peasey Beck. 3.83 Key issues affecting development in Endmoor are:

• The need to sustain local facilities and public transport; • The need to avoid areas susceptible to flooding, particularly the valley of Peasey Beck; • The capacity of the sewage system;

52 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 • The need to address shortfalls in access to public open space and children’s play areas, particularly in the south of the village; • The need for a more satisfactory edge to the villagem particularly to the north; • The need to safeguard the character of the surrounding landscape. 3.84 Within Endmoor, it is suggested that three sites could be available for development: an infill site in the centre of the village where development could be linked to the enhancement of recreational open space provision; a site at the southern end of the village close to the facilities at the village core; and a site at the northern end where a mixture of housing, employment and community uses will soften what is currently an abrupt urban edge. Land north of Sycamore Close, Endmoor 3.85 This site is suggested for a mix of uses (residential, employment, open space and community) as required. Given its size and suggested mixed use potential, it would require a Development Brief. The key issue to be addressed is the need to provide a form of boundary treatment along the northern edge to minimise visual impact from the north and A65, probably by means of open space and landscaping. The provision of a public footpath/cycle link from site to Gatebeck Road should also be provided, if practicable. Community facilities could be incorporated within the development scheme where required. Holme 3.86 Holme is a village south of Kendal with a population of about 1,150 that grew around the Holme Jute Mills. From its nineteenth century core around the Church, it expanded during the 20 th Century and has a village shop, pub, post office, garages and primary school. Key employment opportunities are the industrial estates at Holme Mills and Elmsfield Park and Holme Park quarry. 3.87 Key issues affecting development in Holme are:

• The need to sustain local facilities and public transport; • The need to achieve a satisfactory frontage to the Lancaster Canal; • The need to safeguard the character of the surrounding landscape; • The need to maintain views out of the village and to Farleton Knott in particular; • The need for development to avoid unacceptable exposure to noise from the West Coast main railway line and the M6 motorway; • The need for new homes to be within walking distance of key facilities. 3.88 Within Holme, three housing sites are suggested as possible options: a rounding off site on the south side of the village and two smaller sites on the north side. Also suggested is land for new employment adjacent to the railway in the centre of the village where development could be linked to the enhancement of recreational open space provision.

53 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 3.89 Community aspirations in Holme include better approach signage and new hanging baskets, provision of a cash machine, a picnic area by the canal, a skateboarding area, community transport and a community hall with sports and parking. There is considerable concern about traffic and particularly lorry traffic through the village. Levens 3.90 Levens is a village south of Kendal occupying a key position at the gateway to the Southern Lake District and the Cartmel and Furness Peninsula. It has a population of about 1,000. From its historic core adjoining Levens Moss, it spread to the east during the 20 th Century. It has a village shop, pub, post office and primary school. Employment opportunities are mainly in agriculture while the nearby stately homes and estates of Levens Hall and Sizergh Castle are major tourist attractions as well as key landscape elements. The village also lies on the new Walney to Wear Cycle Route. Proposals to extend the Lake District National Park will, if implemented, take the National Park boundary close to Levens. 3.91 Key issues affecting development in Levens are:

• The need to sustain local facilities and public transport; • The need for a sensitive approach to the surrounding landscape including high quality park landscape which is potentially of national importance; • The need to avoid developing in areas at risk of flooding, particularly in the moss lands; • The need to maintain views out of the village; • The need for development to avoid unacceptable exposure to noise from the A595 (T) dual carriageway; • The need for new homes to be within walking distance of key facilities. 3.92 Within Levens, the development of three sites on the northeastern edge of the village is proposed for housing where landscape impact is minimised and growth of the settlement would be organic. A site for a new village hall is also suggested for allocation. 3.93 Community aspirations in Levens include the limited expansion of the housing stock including affordable and sheltered housing, the provision of a footpath on Levens Lane, a new village hall and car parks. Natland 3.94 Natland is a village around 2 miles south of Kendal with a population of about 750. It consists of a historic core around the village green from which more recent development has spread out to the east and, to a lesser degree, to the north and west. It has a post office/general store and a primary school. Holmes Garden Centre has recently closed and is the subject of a current application for redevelopment for housing. 3.95 Key issues affecting development in Natland are:

54 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 • The need to avoid coalescence with Oxenholme and Kendal; • The need for development to be sympathetic to the surrounding landscape; • The need to maintain the compactness of Natland and its focus on the Village Green. • The need to avoid unacceptable exposure to noise from the West Coast Main Line; • The need to avoid localised flooding issues; • The impact of development on views from The Helm; • The need to sustain local facilities and public transport. 3.96 Three small allocations are suggested on the western edge of Natland. A new Green Gap is also suggested to separate Natland from Oxenholme. 3.97 Community aspirations in Natland include the creation of an off road cycle and pedestrian route between Natland and Kendal and the creation of additional car parking for the Village Hall.; Oxenholme 3.98 Oxenholme is a former railway village, close to Kendal and containing Kendal’s main line railway station, with a population of around 1,000. The older part of the village consists predominantly of Victorian redbrick terraced houses. More recent development has extended north towards the station. Facilities include a local shop/post office, a petrol station and a pub. The main employment opportunities are in nearby Kendal and Kendal and Westmorland Hospital and at the Station. 3.99 Key issues affecting development in Oxenholme are;

• The need to avoid coalescence with Natland and Kendal; • The need to avoid unacceptable exposure to noise from the West Coast Main Line; • The need to avoid localised flooding issues; • The impact of development on views from The Helm; • The need to sustain local facilities and public transport; 3.100 Two sites are suggested at the southern end of Oxenholme for residential development, while a business park is identified on Burton Road (see Paragraph 3.28). Green Gaps are identified separating Oxenholme from Kendal and from Natland. Storth and Sandside 3.101 Storth and Sandside are two coastal settlements lying between the larger villages of Arnside and Milnthorpe. They are situated within the Arnside/Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty between steep limestone hills and the Kent Estuary. As well as an attractive waterfront, Sandside has a significant employment element with Sandside quarry, a supplier of building materials and a small industrial estate.

55 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 3.102 Key issues affecting development in Storth and Sandside are:

• their setting and role within a landscape of national importance; • the importance of surrounding fields and woodland; • the need to maintain the separate identities and character of Storth, Sandside and Carr Bank; • the impacts on the Kent Estuary, which is part of the Morecambe Bay complex of international nature conservation sites; • the susceptibility of low lying areas adjoining the Kent Estuary to flooding; • the need to sustain local facilities and public transport. 3.103 Community concerns are: potential school closures and the loss of key facilities; poor mobile phone reception balanced with concern at the impact of new masts; the need for low cost housing for young people and housing to meet the needs of the elderly; the need for youth facilities; and the need for better public transport. 3.104 It is proposed to allocate two sites in Sandside: one south of the former Hincaster to Arnside railway line and the other being a small site on the main street. A Green Gap is also proposed on the remaining field between Storth/Sandside and Carr Bank.

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Draft POLICY S1: LOCAL SERVICE CENTRE DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARIES, RURAL KENDAL Purpose: To ensure that new homes and workspaces are delivered in sustainable locations and to protect the character of the surrounding landscape. BETWEEN 2010 AND 2025 THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF ARNSIDE, BURNESIDE, BURTON-IN-KENDAL, ENDMOOR, HOLME, LEVENS, NATLAND, OXENHOLME, STORTH AND SANDSIDE WILL BE MET WITHIN, AND ON ALLOCATED SITES ADJOINING, THE DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARIES OF THESE SETTLEMENTS DEFINED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP. Implementation Through Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement

Draft POLICY S2: LAND FOR NEW HOUSING IN LOCAL SERVICE CENTRES, RURAL KENDAL Purpose: To allocate available, deliverable and sustainable sites for a range of types and sizes of new housing to meet the needs of all sectors of the community in the rural area around Kendal. THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, ARE ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: Ref Name Area Dwellings (Ha) Phase 1 2 3 R88M LAND AT STATION RD, ARNSIDE 0.26 13 R693M LAND AT BLACK DYKE RD, ARNSIDE 2.51 30 R395M LAND AT BRIERY BANK, ARNSIDE 0.5 13 RN225 LAND AT HOLLINS LANE, ARNSIDE 1.08 21 R393M LAND AT PARK VIEW, ARNSIDE 0.42 15 R81 LAND AT REDHILLS ROAD, ARNSIDE 1.47 42 R489M LAND ADJ HALL PARK, BURNESIDE 2.4 72 M38M BURNESIDE TENNIS CLUB 0.85 30 RN145M LAND S OF DALTON LANE, BURTON 1.32 46 RN226 LAND E OF BOON TOWN, BURTON 0.85 23 R681M LAND E OF MOREWOOD DR, BURTON 2.46 58 R76M LAND E OF HUTTON CLOSE, BURTON 1.09 29 R670 LAND S OF DOVE NEST LA, ENDMOOR 2.4 54 R83M LAND S OF BIRCHFIELD, ENDMOOR 0.65 18 R675M LAND E OF STATION RD, HOLME 6.75 50 102 R674HM LAND W OF NORTH ROAD, HOLME 2.72 30 31 R653M LAND E OF MILNTHORPE RD, HOLME 1.8 19 30 R51M LAND E OF GREENGATE CRESC, LEVENS 2.24 50

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R682LVM LAND W OF BRIGSTEER RD, LEVENS 1.1 24 R71M LAND W OF HUTTON LANE, LEVENS 0.73 10 R679M LAND N OF HAWES LANE, NATLAND 0.62 17 R680M LAND S OF HAWES LANE, NATLAND 0.8 22 R62 LAND E OF SEDGWICK RD, NATLAND 1.05 28 RN223 LAND E OF BURTON RD, OXENHOLME 0.9 32 R108M LAND S OF FELL CLOSE, OXENHOLME 2.71 81 RN22 LAND E OF STORTH LANE, STORTH 0.37 11

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Other possible Options 3.105 A number of other sites were put forward during earlier consultation and not selected. The site selection process is explained in the Settlement Fact Files. Development Criteria 3.106 All new housing development in Local Service Centres will be guided by the policies in the Core Strategy, in particular those dealing with the following:

• Eastern Area Strategy (Policy CS5), Landscape and Settlement Character (CS8.2) and Historic Environment (CS8.6). • Sustainable Development (CS1.1), Construction, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CS7.7 and 8.7), Flood Risk (CS8.8) and Biodiversity (CS8.4). • Dwelling Mix and Type (CS6.2), Affordable Housing (CS6.3), Design (CS8.10) and Efficient Use of Land and Buildings (CS6.6). • Green Infrastructure (CS8.1) and Recreation (CS8.3a-b). • (CS 8.10) Design. • Social and Community Infrastructure (CS9.1), Developer Contributions (CS9.2) and Transport (CS10.2). Existing Employment Areas

18 Draft POLICY S3: EMPLOYMENT AREAS IN LOCAL SERVICE CENTRES, RURAL KENDAL Purpose: To ensure that a sufficient supply of employment land and premises is available to meet rural employment needs and promote new business creation. THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, WILL BE SAFEGUARDED AS EXISTING EMPLOYMENT AREAS

18 18 Safeguarding of Existing Employment Areas - It should be noted that: a) The acceptable uses set out in Policy S3 do not override existing use rights, b) Within these areas there may be further local restrictions due to site specific factors, and c) Policy S3 does not seek to preclude ancillary or subsidiary uses.

58 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 Ref Name Ha Acceptable Uses SSOP13 CROPPER’S PAPER MILL, BURNESIDE 9.28 B2? EEA59 UNITS ON MILNTHORPE RD, HOLME 0.48 B1 a,b,c, B2 EEA15 SHORELINE BUSINESS PARK, SANDSIDE 0.44 B1 a,b,c EEA14 TRAVIS PERKINS SITE, SANDSIDE 1.03 B1 a,b,c, B2, B8 SSOP63 IVY HOUSE WKS, UNDERHILL RD, LEVENS 1.03 B2 THE FOLLOWING SITES ARE IDENTIFIED AS LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SITES: E32M LAND ADJ CROPPER’S PAPERMILL, BURNESIDE 1.18 B1a,b,c, B2 EN14M LAND AT GREEN DRAGON FARM BURTON 1.11 B1a,b,c, B2 M35M LAND AT MILNTHORPE RD, HOLME 2.58 B1a,b,c, B2 RN121M LAND OPPOSITE LANE END FM, LEVENS 0.47 B1b,c, B2

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Draft POLICY S4: MIXED USE ALLOCATIONS, LOCAL SERVICE CENTRES, RURAL KENDAL Purpose: To allocate available, deliverable and sustainable sites for a range of types and sizes of new housing to meet the needs of all sectors of rural communities and to meet rural employment needs in a sustainable way. THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, ARE ALLOCATED FOR A MIX OF USES: Ref Name Area (Ha) Dwellings Employment Acceptable uses LAND OFF SANDSIDE RD, ROAD, MN20 0.2 B1,B2,B8 ARNSIDE Parking Spaces 0.3 Phase Residential 1 2 3 1.7 68 LAND NORTH OF SYCAMORE M41M CLOSE, ENDMOOR Employment Acceptable Uses 1.0 B1, B2 Community 0.7 Phase Residential 1 2 3 LAND NORTH OF YANS LANE, 1.64 20 23 M683sM SANDSIDE Employment B1b, c B2 1.64 Community

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENDMOOR STES WILL, IN ADDITION TO GENERAL POLICY REQUIREMENTS, ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS SET OUT BELOW: • Strong boundary treatment to minimise visual impact from the north and A65; • Pedestrian/cycle link to Gatebeck Road • Provision of Community facilities A DEVELOPMENT BRIEF WILL BE PREPARED FOR THIS SITE. Implementation By Development Industry and Social Housing Providers through Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement, gross affordable housing completions.

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Draft POLICY S5: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE Purpose: To provide a framework for safeguarding and enhancing Green Spaces in villages. THE RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACES, AMENITY SPACES AND OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE SAFEGUARDED FROM DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE POSSIBLE MANAGED TO ENHANCE THEIR VISUAL, CULTURAL, HISTORIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, INFORMAL RECREATION AND BIODIVERSITY IMPORTANCE.

DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING GREENSPACES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS THEIR GREEN SPACE VALUE IS SAFEGUARDED OR ENHANCED.

LAND FOR RECREATION AND COMMUNITY USE IS ALLOCATED IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS Ha Use M38 LAND ADJ BURNESIDE TENNIS CLUB 1.0 FORMAL SPORTS RN144 LAND ADJ BOWLING GREEN, BURTON 0.73 RECREATION AND COMMUNITY USE R83 LAND ADJ WOODSIDE RD, ENDMOOR 0.59 RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACE RN30M LAND AT MILNTHORPE RD, HOLME 0.68 RECREATION AND COMMUNITY USE E49 LAND AT MILNTHORPE RD, HOLME 1.18 FORMAL SPORTS RN125 LAND AT LOWGATE, LEVENS 0.17 COMMUNITY USE

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Draft POLICY S6: GREEN GAPS Purpose:

60 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 To provide a framework for maintaining the separate identity of individual settlements by maintaining visual and functional separation. GREEN GAPS ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP:

BETWEEN BURNESIDE AND KENDAL; BETWEEN NATLAND AND OXENHOLME; BETWEEN OXENHOLME AND KENDAL; and BETWEEN STORTH AND CARR BANK.

WITHIN THESE AREAS, ONLY DEVELOPMENT WHICH SATISFIES CORE STRATEGY POLICY CS8.2 WILL BE PERMITTED.

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Small Centres and Countryside

3.107 In small villages, hamlets and the open countryside, the Core Strategy (Policy CS5) seeks to make provision for small-scale housing development to ensure a ready supply of affordable housing, with the emphasis on meeting a particular need in a particular location and a particular emphasis on affordable housing. In the smaller villages in the rural southeast, the housing ambition amounts to 35 dwellings per year, making a total of 743 between 2003 and 2025. At March 2010, around 150 dwellings had been completed, a further 53 were under construction, and a further 19 33 are expected to be delivered from sites that already have planning permission. The Council’s Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment also identified a number of small sites that are expected to deliver 8 dwellings. This leaves a balance of 499 to be met through land allocations. At least 35% of new homes (260 units) should meet identified needs for affordable housing and, of these, up to 55% or around 143 units should be social rented. 3.108 In the rural areas, the approach has been to identify small sites in villages and in particular those with a clear functional relationship with a larger settlement, using the principles set out in Paragraph 2.10. Small housing sites are suggested for allocation in Ackenthwaite, Barbon, Beetham, Bowston, Brigsteer, Grayrigg, Heversham, High Biggins, Mealbank, Middleshaw, Old Hutton and Sedgwick. The Brigsteer and High Biggins sites are for 100% affordable housing. An exceptional allocation is suggested at Greenside Farm near Hincaster where development would result in a clear upgrading of the local environment.

19 This figure represents 80% of dwellings with planning consent as not all consents will be implemented

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Draft POLICY S7: HOUSING IN THE COUNTRYSIDE, RURAL KENDAL Purpose: To allocate available, deliverable and sustainable sites for a range of types and sizes of new housing to meet rural housing needs.; THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, ARE ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: Ref Name Area Dwellings (Ha) Phase 1 2 3 LAND AT OWLET ASH FIELDS, 0.46 13 RN140 ACKENTHWAITE RN4 LAND AT BECKGATE, BARBON 0.25 8 RN163 LAND AT CHURCH ST, BEETHAM 0.22 6 RN55 LAND AT STANLEY ST, BEETHAM 0.1 3 R664M LAND AT WINTER LANE, BOWSTON 0.29 9 RN214 LAND AT LOW LANE, BRIGSTEER 0.37 11 RN213 LAND OPPOSITE THE WHEATSHEAF, 0.48 13 BRIGSTEER RN68 LAND ADJ THE OLD VICARAGE, 0.33 5 5 GRAYRIGG R41 LAND AT PRINCE’S WAY, HEVERSHAM 0.68 9 9 R118M LAND E OF PARK HOUSE DRIVE, 2.49 56 HEVERSHAM R48M LAND ADJ DUGG HILL, HEVERSHAM 0.95 10 15 R632 LAND ADJ LOW MEADOW, OLD HUTTON 0.12 5 R666M LAND NE OF MIDDLESHAW 0.43 12 RN18M LAND E OF WELL HEADS LANE, 0.49 13 SEDGWICK RN175M LAND W OF WELL HEADS LANE, 0.22 6 SEDGWICK RN128 LAND AT GREENSIDE FARM, HINCASTER 0.56 15 RN7 LAND EAST OF MEALBANK 0.38 6 6 RN219M LAND AT HIGH BIGGINS 0.21 6

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3.109 Major existing employment sites are safeguarded in the rural areas and new employment sites are allocated adjacent to established employment areas of Crooklands, Clawthorpe Hall, Leasgill, Holme, at Gilpin Bridge, close to Levens, and at Greenside Farm, Hincaster.

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Draft POLICY S8: RURAL EMPLOYMENT SITES, RURAL KENDAL Purpose: To ensure that a sufficient supply of employment land and premises is available to meet rural employment needs and promote new business creation. 20 THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, WILL BE SAFEGUARDED AS EXISTING EMPLOYMENT AREAS Ref Name Ha Acceptable Uses Within Smaller villages and hamlets SSOP2 BILLERUD PAPER MILL, BEETHAM 3.55 B2 EEA55 + GATEBECK IND EST, BUSINESS PARK, AND 2.89 B1a,b,c, B2 EEA13+OES11 ADJACENT AREA EEA1 PRINCE’S WAY UNITS, LEASGILL EEA23 MEALBANK MILL TRADING ESTATE, MEALBANK 2.09 B2

EEA11 HOLME MILLS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, HOLME MILLS 1.49 B1 a,b,c B2, B8 EEA6 SUMMERLANDS TRADING ESTATE SUMMERLANDS 2.00 B1 a,b,c , B2 EEA63 HIGHWAYS DEPOT, MILLNESS, NR. CROOKLANDS 2.30 B8 Within open countryside EEA10 CLAWTHORPE HALL BUSINESS CENTRE, 0.18 B1a CLAWTHORPE EEA12 ELMSFIELD PARK, NR. HOLME 3.33 B1 a,b,c , B2, B8 EEA17 + MAINLINE BUSINESS PARK, 6.37 B1a,b,c, B2, B8 EEA18 DEEPTHWAITE AND EMPLOYMENT USES WEST OF RAIL LINE EEA5 HALL HOUSE INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, NR. NEW 0.94 B1 a,b,c, B2, B8 HUTTON EEA48 KIRKBY LONSDALE BUSINESS PARK (OFF A 65) 0.45 B1 a,b,c ,B2. EEA50 DEPOT AND ADJACENT AREA, MIDDLETON ON 1.96 B1 a,b,c, B2, B8 LUNE EEA54 BRIDGE END DEPOT, NR GILPIN BRIDGE 0.65 B8

EEA20 BUTTLE HOUSE, NEAR HUTTON ROOF 0.46 B2 EEA39 MOSS END BUSINESS PARK, NR 0.6 B1a,b,c , B2 MILLNESS/CROOKLANDS EEA8 DALTON HALL BUSINESS CENTRE AND STORAGE, 0.79 B1, a,b,c, & B8 NR. BURTON IN KENDAL EEA56 DALTON HALL, THE STABLE YARD, NR. BURTON IN 0.21 B1 a,b,c KENDAL

THE FOLLOWING SITES ARE IDENTIFIED AS LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SITES:

MN14M LAND ADJ CLAWTHORPE HALL 0.58 B1,B2 RN16M LAND AT PEASEY BRIDGE, CROOKLANDS 0.66 B1, B2, B8 E15M LAND AT PRINCE’S WAY LEASGILL 0.24 B1, B2 EN10/11 LAND AT GILPIN BRIDGE 0.62/0.26 B1, B2, B8 EN17 LAND ADJ DALLAM TIMBER YARD 0.38 B1bc, B2 RN151M LAND AT HOLME MILLS 0.94 B1, B2, B8 E18M LAND AT ELMSFIELD PARK, HOLME 3.03 B2,B8 E13M LAND ADJ MAINLINE BUSINESS PARK 2.95 B2, B8 EN43 LAND AT GREENSIDE FARM, HINCASTER 0.86 B1, B2

20 Safeguarding of Existing Employment Areas - It should be noted that: a) The acceptable uses set out in Policy S8 do not override existing use rights, b) Within these areas there may be further local restrictions due to site specific factors, and c) Policy S8 does not seek to preclude ancillary or subsidiary uses.

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3.110 A number of recreational open spaces, amenity greenspaces and outdoor sports facilities have been suggested. These provide important recreation opportunities for rural communities and are safeguarded.

Draft POLICY S10: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL KENDAL Purpose: To provide a framework for the safeguarding and enhancement of Green Spaces in small villages, hamlets and the open countryside.; THE RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACES, AMENITY SPACES AND OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE SAFEGUARDED FROM DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE POSSIBLE MANAGED TO ENHANCE THEIR VISUAL, CULTURAL, HISTORIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, INFORMAL RECREATION AND BIODIVERSITY IMPORTANCE.

DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING GREENSPACES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS THEIR GREEN SPACE VALUE IS SAFEGUARDED OR ENHANCED.

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64 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 4 Land Allocations – Grange-over-Sands and surrounding area

4.1 This section sets out the emerging options for allocations in Grange-over- Sands and the surrounding area including Allithwaite, Cark, Flookburgh and Cartmel. This area, comprising the peninsula between the Kent and Leven Estuaries, contains a large section of the District’s coast, it’s largest coastal town Grange-over-Sands and Cartmel one of its most historic villages. Other key features are Cark Airfield, the Holker Hall estate and the limestone peninsula of Humphrey Head. Its main transport link is the Furness coastal railway line linking Barrow and Lancaster. It has strong economic, social and environmental links with adjoining areas of the Lake District National Park to the north. Needs for new homes and workspaces are at their most acute in this area and it is proposed to accommodate around 12% of new homes within this area. However, this is also an area with major limitations on development capacity including:

• Very high landscape quality adjoining the Lake District National Park and containing attractive wooded limestone hills, the Cartmel Valley, coastal flatlands and the rocky promontory of Humphrey Head; • Natural Heritage including the internationally important nature conservation sites of Morecambe Bay and the Roudsea Wood and Mosses Special Area of Conservation; • Built Heritage – Conservation Areas covering the Victorian resort of Grange-over-Sands and the monastic mediaeval village of Cartmel, the historic park and gardens of Holker Hall, the Grade I listed Cartmel Priory, Grade II listed Kirkhead Summerhouse and limekiln and 5 Scheduled Ancient Monuments including Wraysholme Tower, Frith Hall and Kirkhead Cave near Humphrey Head; • Areas of flood risk including along the Coastal plains adjoining the Kent and Levens Estuaries and Morecambe Bay including areas identified for Managed Retreat in the Shoreline Management Plan as well as areas at risk of river flooding in the Cartmel valley.

Grange-over-Sands and Kents Bank

Policy Context 4.2 Grange-over-Sands is identified as a Key Service Centre along with Kirkby Lonsdale and Milnthorpe. The Core Strategy (Policy CS4) sets the overall context for development in Grange-over-Sands. This seeks to make provision for moderate housing development and employment development, regenerate the Berners site, improve public transport, re-instate footbridges and protect the network of Green Infrastructure as well as promoting the vitality of Grange town Centre and promoting tourism. The housing ambition amounts to 31 dwellings per year, making a total of 673 between 2003 and 2025. At March 2010, around 83 dwellings had been completed, a further 33

65 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 were under construction, and a further 21 25 are expected to be delivered from sites that already have planning permission. The Council’s Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment also suggested a number of small sites that are expected to deliver 31 dwellings. This leaves a balance of 501 to be met through land allocations . At least 35% of new homes (236 units) should meet identified needs for affordable housing and, of these, up to 55% or around 130 units should be social rented. 4.3 The Core Strategy also identifies a need for the allocation of 9 ha of land for employment uses in Local Service Centres to meet general employment needs. This document assumes that 3 ha will be delivered in Grange-over- Sands. 4.4 Douglas Wheeler Associates prepared a Regeneration Study for Grange- over-Sands in 2007. This carried out a detailed assessment of Grange as a Key Service Centre that formed the basis of Core Strategy policies for the town. The study also examined a number of options for the development of major sites within the town. Local Factors influencing the location of development 4.5 Key local factors influencing the location of new development in Grange-over- Sands are:

• Respecting the setting of the Lake District National Park ; • Maintaining and enhancing the quality of the surrounding landscape including the wooded slopes behind the town, achieving attractive approaches from Lindale, Cartmel and Allithwaite and presenting an attractive aspect in views across Morecambe Bay; • Avoiding coalescence with the neighbouring settlement of Allithwaite and avoiding spilling over into the Cartmel valley; • Avoiding areas at risk of flooding , particularly on the coastal flats and adjoining Morecambe Bay; • Safeguarding and enhancing the Morecambe Bay and Natura 2000 site ; • Preserving and enhancing built heritage including Grange Conservation Area and more than 50 listed buildings including the Grade II* Listed Netherwood Hotel; • Maintaining and enhancing parks and open spaces including the Promenade and Yewbarrow Wood ; • Enhancing the vitality and viability of Grange Town Centre for shopping, leisure, arts, culture, tourism and employment. Development Boundary and overall Development Strategy Emerging Option 4.6 Based on the criteria for defining urban edges set out in 2.2 above, a development strategy and boundary is suggested for Grange which retains the overall form and extent of the existing settlement, retains separation from

21 This figure represents 80% of dwellings with planning consent as not all consents will be implemented.

66 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 Allithwaite, protects the high value landscape to the west and ensures that development does not ‘spill over’ into the Cartmel valley. 4.7 Other possible options considered include accommodating more development on green spaces within Grange.

Draft POLICY G1: GRANGE-OVER-SANDS DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY Purpose: To ensure that new homes and workspaces are delivered in sustainable locations and to protect the character of the surrounding landscape. BETWEEN 2010 AND 2025 GRANGE-OVER-SANDS’S DEVELOPMENT NEEDS WILL BE MET WITHIN, AND ON ALLOCATIONS ADJOINING, THE DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY AS DEFINED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP. Implementation Through Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement

Grange-over-Sands Town Centre 4.8 Grange-over-Sands is the main service centre for both the Cartmel Peninsula and a significant area to the north in the Lake District National Park. It provides shopping, schools, employment, medical and professional services as well as being an important coastal heritage resort for visitors to Morecambe Bay. Its shopping offer is characterised by a good range of traditional shops and will be strengthened following the grant of planning permission for a small Booths supermarket. 4.9 The role of Grange-over-Sands Town Centre is considered in the Core Strategy. Policy CS7.5 of the Strategy states that sustainable shopping and other town centre development of an appropriate scale will be supported, provided that it respects the character of the centre and assists in maintaining the existing shopping function. Town Centre Boundary 4.10 A town centre boundary is suggested which is strongly linear and runs from Hadwin’s car showroom (the site of the proposed Booths store), along Main Street and Kents Bank Road as far as Devonshire Place. The central section is suggested as the Primary retail area and contains the Primary retail frontages. 4.11 Other Options considered are discussed in the Town Centre Topic Paper.

Draft POLICY G2: GRANGE-OVER-SANDS TOWN CENTRE

67 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 Purpose: To identify and safeguard areas for shopping and other key centre uses. GRANGE-OVER-SANDS TOWN CENTRE AS SHOWN ON THE PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE THE PREFERRED LOCATION IN GRANGE FOR KEY TOWN CENTRE USES INCLUDING OFFICES, LEISURE, AND FOOD AND DRINK; GRANGE’S PRIMARY SHOPPING AREA AS SHOWN ON THE PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE THE PREFERRED LOCATION IN GRANGE FOR SHOPPING USES; THE PRIMARY SHOPPING FRONTAGES IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE MAINTAINED IN PREDOMINANTLY RETAIL USE. Implementation Through Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework

Housing sites Emerging Options 4.12 Having regard to the overall development strategy outlined in Paragraph 3.54 above, the general site selection criteria set out in Paragraph 2.15, and the considerations specific to Grange-over-Sands set out in Paragraph 3.53, the following sites are suggested for allocation:

Draft POLICY G3: LAND FOR NEW HOUSING IN GRANGE-OVER-SANDS Purpose: To allocate available, deliverable and sustainable sites for a range of types and sizes of new housing to meet the needs of all sectors of the community in Grange-over-Sands. THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, ARE ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: Ref Name Area Dwellings (Ha) Phase 1 2 3 R70 LAND OFF ASHMOUNT ROAD 1.22 44 LAND NORTH OF GRANGE FELL 1 36 RN34 ROAD LAND OPPOSITE LITTLE FELL GATE 0.80 21 R449 FARM LAND OPPOSITE LITTLE FELL GATE 1.26 34 R74 FARM R350M LAND NORTH OF ALLITHWAITE ROAD 1.26 17 R672M LAND EAST OF CARDRONA ROAD 1.01 36 R89 LAND NORTH OF CARTER ROAD 1.65 45 R110 LAND SOUTH OF THORNFIELD ROAD 2.15 60

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4.13 A number of other sites were put forward during earlier consultation and not selected. The site selection process is explained in the Settlement Fact File. Development Criteria 4.14 All new housing development will be guided by the policies in the Core Strategy, in particular those dealing with the following:

• Cartmel Peninsula Strategy (Policy CS4), Landscape and Settlement Character (CS8.2) and Historic Environment (CS8.6). • Sustainable Development (CS1.1), Construction, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CS7.7 and 8.7), Flood Risk (CS8.8) and Biodiversity (CS8.4). • Dwelling Mix and Type (CS6.2), Affordable Housing (CS6.3), Design (CS8.10) and Efficient Use of Land and Buildings (CS6.6). • Green Infrastructure (CS8.1) and Recreation (CS8.3a-b). • (CS 8.10) Design. • Social and Community Infrastructure (CS9.1), Developer Contributions (CS9.2) and Transport (CS10.2). Existing Employment Areas 4.15 South Lakeland has a shortage of available employment land and premises and these are in particularly short supply in Grange-over-Sands. The only significant employment location in Grange at the present time is the small area at Station Yard. Further employment premises will be delivered through mixed-use sites.

Draft POLICY G4: EMPLOYMENT AREAS IN GRANGE-OVER-SANDS Purpose: To ensure that a sufficient supply of employment land and premises is available to meet local employment needs and promote new business creation. 22 THE FOLLOWING SITE, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, IS SAFEGUARDED AS AN EXISTING EMPLOYMENT AREA Ref Name Ha Acceptable Uses EEA4 STATION YARD 0.31Ha B1 a,b,c, B2, B8

22 Safeguarding of Existing Employment Areas - It should be noted that: a) The acceptable uses set out in Policy G4 do not override existing use rights, b) Within these areas there may be further local restrictions due to site specific factors, and c) Policy G4 does not seek to preclude ancillary or subsidiary uses.

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THE FOLLOWING SITES ARE IDENTIFIED AS LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SITES:

EN34M LAND ADJ STATION YARD 0.81 B1a,b,c, B2

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Mixed Use sites Berners Pool 4.16 The Berners site incorporating the pool, lido and car park at the centre of the Promenade is the key regeneration priority in Grange-over-Sands. The site is being regenerated to create a cluster of facilities and attractions including commercial uses, an integrated health centre and residential and business space. The developers, the Berners Vision Partnership – a consortium of General Practice Investment Corporation (GPI), Russell Armer and South Lakes Hotels – have developed a master plan in consultation with the Local Community. Land South of Allithwaite Road 4.17 The second major allocation is a large site on Allithwaite Road west of Kents Bank. This is the only large site available in Grange-over-Sands and can accommodate both housing and employment needs. The site is topographically complex and significant in landscape terms. Development will require highly sensitive design to ensure that separation is retained between Kents Bank and Allithwaite, that landscape impacts are minimised and important site features conserved and that the development represents an organic and sympathetic extension to the town. A development brief will be essential to ensure that this is achieved. Kents Bank Road 4.18 The small town centre infill site on Kents Bank Road offers the opportunity for a mixed development including housing, employment and retail uses.

Draft POLICY G5: MIXED USE ALLOCATIONS, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS Purpose: To allocate available, deliverable and sustainable sites for a range of types and sizes of new housing to meet the needs of all sectors of the community in Grange, to meet the town’s need for employment premises in a sustainable way and to regenerate the Berners area of the town.

70 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, ARE ALLOCATED FOR THE MIX OF USES IDENTIFIED BELOW: Ref Name Area (Ha) Dwellings 0.78/0.35/1.11 Phase Residential 1 2 3 0.78 43 Extra care

residential R381, R383, ? 60 BERNERS POOL M378M Employment Acceptable Uses 0.35 B1ab Health Centre Phase 1

Leisure Phase 1

12.26 Phase Residential 1 2 3 MN25M LAND at ALLITHWAITE ROAD 9.26 60 60 Employment Acceptable Uses 2.5 B1a,b,c, B2 0.31 Phase Residential 1 2 3 MN21 LAND at KENTS BANK ROAD 22 Other Acceptable Uses A1, A2, A3, B1ab, A DEVELOPMENT BRIEF WILL BE PREPARED TO SET OUT DETAILED DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND AT ALLITHWAITE ROAD Implementation By the Berners Pool Partnership, by Development Industry and Social Housing Providers through Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement, gross affordable housing completions.

Green Spaces and Open Spaces 4.19 Public Open Spaces, Amenity Open Spaces and Outdoor Sports Facilities are identified in line with the method set out in Paragraph 2.42. Important open spaces include Park Road Gardens, the Promenade and Yewbarrow Wood and Community Orchard.

Draft POLICY G5: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS Purpose: To provide a framework for safeguarding and enhancing the town’s Green Infrastructure.; THE RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACES, AMENITY SPACES AND OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE SAFEGUARDED FROM DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE POSSIBLE MANAGED TO ENHANCE THEIR VISUAL,

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DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING GREENSPACES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS THEIR GREEN SPACE VALUE IS SAFEGUARDED OR ENHANCED.

PARTICULAR ATTENTION WILL BE PAID TO THE PROMENADE AREA. Implementation Development Management Process Monitoring LDF Monitoring

Green Gap 4.20 Kents Bank lies very close to the neighbouring settlement of Allithwaite and development at Allithwaite Road will mean some risk of these settlements coalescing and losing their separate identity. For this reason, a Green Gap is suggested separating Kents Bank and Allithwaite.

Draft POLICY G6: KENTS BANK/ALLITHWAITE GREEN GAP Purpose: To provide a framework for maintaining the separate identity of Kents Bank and Allithwaite by maintaining visual and functional separation. A GREEN GAP IS IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP BETWEEN KENTS BANK AND ALLITHWAITE

WITHIN THIS AREA, ONLY DEVELOPMENT WHICH SATISFIES CORE STRATEGY POLICY CS8.2 WILL BE PERMITTED

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Grange/Cartmel - Local Service Centres

Policy Context 4.21 The Core Strategy identifies Allithwaite, Cark/Flookburgh and Cartmel as Local Service Centres. Core Strategy Policy CS4 seeks to make provision for small-scale housing development in Local Service Centres. For the three Local Service Centres in the Grange/Cartmel area, the housing ambition amounts to 14 dwellings per year, making a total of 313 between 2003 and 2025. At March 2010, around 92 dwellings had been completed, a further 11

72 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 were under construction, and a further 23 22 are expected to be delivered from sites that already have planning permission. The Council’s Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment also identified a number of small sites that are expected to deliver 9 dwellings. This leaves a balance of 179 to be met through land allocations . At least 35% of new homes (110 units) should meet identified needs for affordable housing and, of these, up to 55% or around 60 units should be social rented. This housing ambition has been apportioned between settlements using the criteria set out in Paragraph 2.10 above. The Local Service Centres are considered in turn in the following paragraphs: Allithwaite 4.22 Allithwaite is a small village close to Grange-over-Sands with a population of around 700. The older part of the village is clustered around the church, which is centrally located on the crown of a hill. It is interspersed with working farms to the south, while more recent development spreads out along surrounding roads interspersed with large fields. Listed buildings include three farmhouses on Beck Side, and St Mary’s church. It has a post office and convenience store, primary school and pub. 4.23 Key issues affecting development in Allithwaite:

• The distinctive character and topography of the old village; • The need to mitigate the impacts of unsympathetic 20 th century development; • The importance of green spaces within the village to its character; • The need to sustain local facilities and public transport; • The need to avoid coalescence with Kents Bank/Grange. 4.24 Community concerns include views in and out of the village, road safety, particularly on Holme Lane, and concern at potential coalescence with Cartmel. 4.25 Within Allithwaite, the development of two small ‘rounding off’ sites is proposed at the northern end of the village along with a development boundary amendment to enable improvement to the appearance of the approach to the village from Flookburgh. Cark and Flookburgh 4.26 These two linked villages either side of the Furness railway, together have a population of around 1,800. Flookburgh has an historic core giving way to more modern development to the east. Cark is dominated by older housing around the core and beyond, including the seventeenth century listed Cark Hall, although this is interspersed with more modern development. The villages have a station on the Furness line and have an extensive range of

23 This figure represents 80% of dwellings with planning consent as not all consents will be implemented.

73 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 services including a garden centre, several public houses, a mini market, post offices, doctors, chemist, primary school and a community centre. The Airfield Approach Business Park is an important local employment area. Nearby Holker Hall is a major visitor attraction and Cark is also the station for Cartmel. The airfield is important both as a location for light aviation and parachuting and as a venue for events such as the Steam Rally. 4.27 Key issues affecting development in the Cark and Flookburgh areas are:

• The need to avoid development in areas at risk of flooding in the coastal flats and in the River Eea flood plain; • The need to provide for employment; • The need to sustain local facilities and public transport; • The need to maintain the built heritage of the two villages and the setting of Cark Hall in particular; • The need to maintain the separate identities of the two villages. 4.28 Four small allocations are suggested on infill and rounding off sites in Flookburgh. Land adjacent to Cark station is suggested for employment use. A small Green Gap is suggested between Cark and Flookburgh. Cartmel 4.29 Cartmel is one of the most historic settlements in South Lakeland District. Its conservation area contains numerous listed buildings. It is dominated by the 12 th Century Priory Church and is a major tourist attraction augmented by the racecourse and a developing role as a food centre with a growing portfolio of quality eating establishments and speciality food shops. The settlement is also characterised by development along the lanes interspersed with large green spaces. The settlement has a full range of shops and pubs, a primary and secondary school (which serves the whole peninsula) and GP services. 4.30 Key issues affecting development in Cartmel include:

• The need to manage and develop Cartmel as a visitor destination; • The need to safeguard Cartmel’s outstanding built heritage and its setting; • The need to avoid development in areas at risk of flooding; • The need to protect the quality of the surrounding landscape; • The need to ensure that any new development is sympathetic in scale and character; • The need to sustain local facilities; • Sewerage capacity. 4.31 A site is suggested in Cartmel on the south side of Aynsome Road. This is screened on the east and south sides by Hesketh Wood and adjoins the Secondary School. Small Centres and Countryside 4.32 In small villages, hamlets and the open countryside, the Core Strategy (Policy CS4) seeks to make provision for small-scale housing development to ensure

74 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 a ready supply of affordable housing, with the emphasis on meeting a particular need in a particular location and a particular emphasis on affordable housing. In the smaller villages in the Cartmel Peninsula, the housing ambition amounts to 4 dwellings per year, making a total of 84 between 2003 and 2025. At March 2010, around 3 dwellings had been completed, a further 7 were under construction, and a further 24 7 are expected to be delivered from sites that already have planning permission. This leaves a balance of 67 to be met through land allocations . At least 35% of new homes (29 units) should meet identified needs for affordable housing and, of these, up to 55% or around 16 units should be social rented. 4.33 The approach has been to identify small sites in hamlets and settlements with a clear functional relationship with a larger settlement, using the principles set out in Paragraph 2.10. To this end, small housing sites have been suggested at Headless Cross and Ravenstown. Rural Policies

Draft POLICY GR1: LOCAL SERVICE CENTRE DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARIES, CARTMEL PENINSULA Purpose: To ensure that new homes and workspaces are delivered in sustainable locations and to protect the character of the surrounding landscape. BETWEEN 2010 AND 2025 THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF ALLITHWAITE, CARK, CARTMEL AND FLOOKBURGH WILL BE MET WITHIN, AND ON ALLOCATED SITES ADJOINING, THE DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARIES DEFINED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP. Implementation Through Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement

Draft POLICY GR2: LAND FOR NEW HOUSING IN LOCAL SERVICE CENTRES and RURAL AREAS, CARTMEL PENINSULA Purpose: To allocate available, deliverable and sustainable sites for a range of types and sizes of new housing to meet the needs of all sectors of the community in the rural area around Grange-over-Sands. THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, ARE ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: Ref Name Area Dwellings (Ha)

24 This figure represents 80% of dwellings with planning consent as not all consents will be implemented.

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Phase 1 2 3 R343M LAND E OF CHURCH RD, ALLITHWAITE 1.31 35 LAND W OF WARTBARROW LANE, 1.53 41 R69M ALLITHWAITE LAND N OF ALLITHWAITE RD, 0.80 29 R687 FLOOKBURGH R685 LAND E OF MANORSIDE, FLOOKBURGH 1.11 40 LAND S OF MARKET STREET, 0.76 27 RN20M FLOOKBURGH R321M LAND E OF WINDER LANE FLOOKBURGH 0.56 20 R112 LAND S OF HAGGS LANE, CARTMEL 2.17 47 R670AM LAND AT JUTLAND AVENUE, 0.59 16 RAVENSTOWN RN156M LAND AT HEADLESS CROSS 0.56 15

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Other possible Options 4.34 A number of other sites were put forward during earlier consultation and not selected. The site selection process is explained in the Settlement Fact Files. Development Criteria 4.35 All new housing development in the Grange/Cartmel area will be guided by the policies in the Core Strategy, in particular those dealing with the following:

• Grange/Cartmel Area Strategy (Policy CS4), Landscape and Settlement Character (CS8.2) and Historic Environment (CS8.6). • Sustainable Development (CS1.1), Construction, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CS7.7 and 8.7), Flood Risk (CS8.8) and Biodiversity (CS8.4). • Dwelling Mix and Type (CS6.2), Affordable Housing (CS6.3), Design (CS8.10) and Efficient Use of Land and Buildings (CS6.6). • Green Infrastructure (CS8.1) and Recreation (CS8.3a-b). • (CS 8.10) Design. • Social and Community Infrastructure (CS9.1), Developer Contributions (CS9.2) and Transport (CS10.2).

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Draft POLICY GR3: EMPLOYMENT AREAS IN KEY SERVICE CENTRES, CARTMEL PENINSULA Purpose: To ensure that a sufficient supply of employment land and premises is available to meet rural employment needs and promote new business creation. 25 THE FOLLOWING SITE, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, WILL BE SAFEGUARDED AS AN EXISTING EMPLOYMENT AREA Ref Name Ha Acceptable Uses EEA52 AIRFIELD APPROACH BUSINESS PARK, 3.30 B1 a,b,c, B2 FLOOKBURGH THE FOLLOWING SITE IS IDENTIFIED AS A LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SITE: EN42 STATION YARD, CARK 1.61 B1a,b,c, B2, B8

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Green Spaces and Open Spaces

Draft POLICY GR4: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, CARTMEL PENINSULA Purpose: To provide a framework for the safeguarding and enhancement of Green Spaces in villages. THE RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACES, AMENITY SPACES AND OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE SAFEGUARDED FROM DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE POSSIBLE MANAGED TO ENHANCE THEIR VISUAL, CULTURAL, HISTORIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, INFORMAL RECREATION AND BIODIVERSITY IMPORTANCE.

DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING GREENSPACES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS THEIR GREEN SPACE VALUE IS SAFEGUARDED OR ENHANCED.

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25 25 Safeguarding of Existing Employment Areas - It should be noted that: a) The acceptable uses set out in Policy GR3 do not override existing use rights, b) Within these areas there may be further local restrictions due to site specific factors, and c) Policy GR3 does not seek to preclude ancillary or subsidiary uses.

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Draft POLICY LSC-K7: GREEN GAPS, CARTMEL PENINSULA Purpose: To provide a framework for maintaining the separate identity of individual settlements by maintaining visual and functional separation. GREEN GAPS ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP:

BETWEEN KENT’S BANK AND ALLITHWAITE; and BETWEEN CARK AND FLOOKBURGH.

WITHIN THESE AREAS, ONLY DEVELOPMENT WHICH SATISFIES CORE STRATEGY POLICY CS8.2 WILL BE PERMITTED.

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5.1 This section sets out the emerging options for allocations in Ulverston and the surrounding area of Furness including Kirkby in Furness, part of Broughton in Furness, Great and Little Urswick, Swarthmoor, Greenodd and Penny Bridge. This area, comprising most of the Furness peninsula, contains the principal town of Ulverston – a major centre for transport, shopping, culture, health, education and employment. Its key strategic transport linkages foster strong spatial connections with the major regeneration areas of Barrow and the West Cumbria Energy Coast. It also has strong economic, social and environmental links with the western Lake District. Although housing needs are not as acute in this area as in the eastern part of the District and there is a need to have regard to the regeneration needs of Barrow, significant housing, employment and regeneration needs remain and it is proposed to accommodate around 24% of new homes and workplaces within the area. This is also an area with major limitations on development capacity including:

• Very high landscape quality including the setting of the southern part of the Lake District National Park and attractive rolling topography throughout as well as the attractive limestone landscape of the Birkrigg area; • Areas at risk of flooding – in particular the east side of Ulverston and around Levy, Dragley and Newlands Becks, the coastal flatlands along the Levens and Duddon Estuaries and Morecambe Bay Coast as well as along the River Crake and Urswick Beck; • Natural Heritage including the internationally important nature conservation sites of Morecambe Bay, the Duddon Estuary, the Duddon Mosses Natura 2000 sites and the extensive Kirkby Moor SSSI; • Built Heritage – long established towns and villages with well defined character and form including Conservation Areas at Ulverston, Newlands and Broughton-in-Furness, Grade I listed buildings at Gleaston Castle, Urswick Church and Kirkby Hall and 20 Scheduled Ancient Monuments; • Very little developable previously used land available for development.

Ulverston

Policy Context 5.2 Key issues in Ulverston include the need to strengthen the economic base, including the regeneration of the Ulverston Canal, to regenerate the town, to develop new housing and address affordability issues. The Core Strategy (Policy CS3.1) sets the overall context for development in Ulverston. It seeks to direct 20% of new dwellings and employment floor space to the Ulverston area. The housing ambition amounts to 80 dwellings per year, making a total of 1,760 between 2003 and 2025. The Strategy seeks to phase more

79 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 development to later years to support regeneration in Barrow in Furness. At March 2010, around 312 dwellings had been completed, a further 58 were under construction, and a further 26 39 are expected to be delivered from sites that already have planning permission. The Council’s Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment also identified a number of small sites that are expected to deliver 87 dwellings. This leaves a balance of 1,264 to be met through land allocations . At least 35% of new homes (around 616 units) should meet identified needs for affordable housing and, of these, up to 60% or around 370 units should be social rented. 5.3 The Core Strategy also identifies a need for the allocation of 13 ha of land for employment uses to meet the needs of Ulverston, of which 6 ha should be aimed at strategic employment needs, 6 ha should be aimed at offices and high tech industry and 1 ha should be aimed at general employment needs. The strategy seeks to locate industrial and distribution uses where they are accessible by a choice of means of transport and where they can be connected to the Strategic Road Network without any detrimental impact on the town centre network. It aims to focus new office development in and around Ulverston Town Centre. 5.4 The Strategy also seeks to regenerate the Canal Head area with a mixture of uses incorporating housing, business opportunities, tourism and recreation, centred on the Ulverston Canal. Local Factors influencing the location of development 5.5 Key local factors influencing the location of new development in Ulverston are:

• The high quality of the landscape north of the town including Hoad Hill and the Sir John Barrow Monument; • The large areas at risk of coastal and river flooding east of the town; • The A590 Trunk Road which runs through the centre of the town; • Avoiding coalescence between Ulverston and Swarthmoor and maintaining the separate identities of these settlements; • Safeguarding and enhancing the Morecambe Bay Natura 2000 site – an an internationally important habitat; • Preserving and enhancing Ulverston’s built heritage including the Ulverston Conservation Area , 147 Listed Buildings including the Grade II* listed Barrow Monument, the Church of St Mary, Conishead Priory and Swarthmoor Hall; • Maintaining and enhancing parks, sports facilities and recreational open spaces including the Lightburn and Ford parks, the natural and semi-natural green space of Hoad Hill, amenity greenspaces, children’s play areas at Croftlands, Lightburn and Mill Dam and allotments at Tankfield, Priory Road, Ellers Road and Dragley Beck;

26 This figure represents 80% of dwellings with planning consent as not all consents will be implemented.

80 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 • Enhancing the vitality and viability of Ulverston Town Centre for shopping, leisure, arts, culture, tourism and employment; • The community aspirations to restore the Ulverston Canal and regenerate the Canal Head area. Development Boundary and overall Development Strategy Emerging Option 5.6 Based on the criteria for defining urban edges set out in 2.2 above, the overall development strategy for Ulverston is for an extension of the urban area to the south. This will ensure that: landscape impacts are minimised; development does not take place in areas at risk of flooding; development has good linkages with the town centre and the station; Ulverston and Swarthmoor do not coalesce; development of the town can be phased and organic; and that existing infrastructure capacity is fully utilised. This presents challenges, including linking development to infrastructure delivery, managing traffic impacts and managing a major new residential development south of the town. 5.7 Because of the very limited supply of sites, the option of meeting development needs within the existing urban area is not deliverable. Other possible options include development north of the town, which would present challenges in landscape terms, and development east of the town that is a major area of flood risk.

Draft POLICY U1: ULVERSTON DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARY Purpose: To ensure that new homes and workspaces are delivered in sustainable locations and to protect the character of the surrounding landscape. BETWEEN 2010 AND 2025 ULVERSTON’S DEVELOPMENT NEEDS WILL BE MET WITHIN, AND ON ALLOCATED SITES ADJOINING, THE URBAN AREA OF ULVERSTON AS DEFINED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP. Implementation Through Development Management process and Canal Head Area Action Plan Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement

Ulverston Town Centre 5.8 Ulverston Town Centre is the economic, social, cultural and transport hub of the western part of the District. As the most sustainable location in the western part of the District, it is also the preferred location for activities that attract a lot of people such as shops, offices, commercial leisure and tourism and cultural facilities. 5.9 The role of Ulverston Town Centre is considered in the Core Strategy. Policy CS7.5 states that support will be given for convenience and comparison goods provision, of an appropriate scale, which aids the viability and vitality of

81 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 the town centre. Ulverston Town Centre, Primary Retail Area and Primary and Secondary Retail frontages are defined in using the criteria set out in Paragraph 2.36 above. Town Centre Boundaries 5.10 The suggested town centre boundary is bounded by the A590 County Road and Brewery Street and includes Fountain Street, Mill Street, Upper Brook Street and Queen Street. This area contains the main shopping streets as well as office, leisure and other town centre uses and will continue to be the preferred location for these. 5.11 The suggested Primary Shopping Area, (the preferred location for retail uses) comprises King Street, Market Street, New Market Street and Queen Street north of the Town Hall. Market Street and New Market Street contain the Primary Retail Frontages. These are the most important shopping streets and it is important for the vitality of the town that these remain in predominantly retail use. Elsewhere, a number of secondary frontages are suggested which would have a more diverse mix of uses. 5.12 Details of the options considered for town centre and retail boundaries and frontages are contained in the Town Centre Topic Paper.

Draft POLICY U2: ULVERSTON TOWN CENTRE Purpose: To maintain and develop Ulverston Town Centre as a vital, viable and sustainable Principal Service Centre. WITHIN ULVERSTON: THE TOWN CENTRE WILL BE THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR LEISURE, ENTERTAINMENT, FOOD AND DRINK, ARTS, TOURISM and OFFICE USES; THE PRIMARY SHOPPING AREA WILL BE THE PREFERRED LOCATION FOR SHOPPING; THE PRIMARY SHOPPING FRONTAGES WILL BE MAINTAINED IN PREDOMINANTLY RETAIL USE. Implementation Through the Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement

Other Development Considerations 5.13 Retail and town centre development will also be guided by the policies in the Core Strategy, in particular those dealing with the following:

• CS7.5 Town Centre and Retail Strategy; • CS7.6 Tourism Development; • Ulverston Area Strategy (Policy CS3.1), Landscape and Settlement Character (CS8.2) and Historic Environment (CS8.6).

82 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 • Sustainable Development (CS1.1) Construction, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CS7.7 and 8.7), Flood Risk (CS8.8) and Biodiversity (CS8.4). • Green Infrastructure (CS8.1) and Recreation (CS8.3a-b). • (CS 8.10) Design. • Social and Community Infrastructure (CS9.1), Developer Contributions (CS9.2) and Transport (CS10.2). Housing sites Emerging Options 5.14 Following the development ambitions set out in the Core Strategy, the overall development strategy outlined in Paragraph 5.6 above, the general site selection criteria set out in Paragraph 2.15, and the considerations specific to Ulverston set out in Paragraph 5.5, the following sites are suggested for allocation;

Draft POLICY U3 LAND FOR NEW HOUSING IN ULVERSTON Purpose: To allocate available, deliverable and sustainable sites for a range of types and sizes of new housing to meet the needs of all sectors of the community in Ulverston. THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, ARE ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: Ref Name Area Dwellings (Ha) Phase 1 2 3 R689ULVM LAND NORTH URSWICK ROAD 2.15 64 R690ULV LAND AT NOOK FARM 0.93 33 RN184 LAND SOUTH ULVERSTON WEST 2.22 66 R126M LAND SOUTH ULVERSTON WEST 7.56 113 113 R691ULV LAND SOUTH ULVERSTON WEST 3.93 118 R242 LAND SOUTH ULVERSTON EAST 5.26 78 79 R697M LAND SOUTH ULVERSTON EAST 4.13 62 62 RN131M LAND AT GASCOW FARM 2.48 68 R692ULVM LAND AT WEST END FARM 4.31 129 R270M LAND NORTH OF WATERY LANE 0.69 30 R274M LAND SOUTH LUND FARM/ HILL 2.29 86 R268 MORECAMBE ROAD SCRAPYARD 0.39 18 R90M LAND EAST OF TOWN VIEW ROAD 0.51 18 R234 LAND NORTH OF UNION LANE 0.88 44 LAND SOUTH OF STOCKBRIDGE 0.72 26 RN3 LANE

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Other possible Options 5.15 A number of other sites were put forward during earlier consultation and not selected. The site selection process is explained in the Settlement Fact File. Development Criteria 5.16 All new housing development will be guided by the policies in the Core Strategy, in particular those dealing with the following:

• Ulverston Area Strategy (Policy CS3.1), Landscape and Settlement Character (CS8.2) and Historic Environment (CS8.6). • Sustainable Development (CS1.1) Construction, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CS7.7 and 8.7) Flood Risk (CS8.8) and Biodiversity (CS8.4). • Dwelling Mix and Type (CS6.2), Affordable Housing (CS6.3) and Design (CS8.10) and Efficient Use of Land and Buildings (CS6.6). • Green Infrastructure (CS8.1) and Recreation (CS8.3a-b). • (CS 8.10) Design. • Social and Community Infrastructure (CS9.1), Developer Contributions (CS9.2) and Transport (CS10.2). Land South of Ulverston - west 5.17 This large site forms part of a large area of open land sitting adjacent to the current development boundary. It is currently used for agricultural/grazing purposes as well as a small-scale golf driving range. Opportunities exist through site layout and landscaping to soften the urban edge to ensure development is sympathetic to the existing landscape setting. Development of this site is likely to impact on the existing traffic flows on Mountbarrow Road, Urswick Road and Main Road. A Transport Assessment and Travel Plan will be required. Green Infrastructure including pedestrian/cycle ways open space and recreational areas should be built into the site, with a green corridor linking the development to the adjacent Ulverston southeast development site across Mountbarrow Road. 5.18 On site attenuation measures will be required to mitigate against known flooding problems from a culverted watercourse as well as surface water runoff. A sound strategic solution across both development sites addressing culvert capacities, attenuation areas, and the management of surface water combined with careful site layout and well designed dwellings will be required. A Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS) will be required and consideration given to the existing issues regarding the sewer network and water supply.

84 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 Land South of Ulverston - East 5.19 This large site forms part of a large area of open land sitting adjacent to the current development boundary. The site is currently used for agricultural/grazing purposes. Opportunities exist through site layout and landscaping to soften the urban edge to ensure development is sympathetic to the existing landscape setting. Development of this site has the potential to link into Croftland estate. A Transport Assessment and Travel Plan will be required given the likely impact on the existing traffic flows on Mountbarrow Road. Green Infrastructure including pedestrian/cycle ways open space and recreational areas should be built into the site, with a green corridor linking the development to the adjacent Ulverston southwest development site across Mountbarrow Road. 5.20 On site attenuation measures will be required to mitigate against known flooding problems from a culverted watercourse as well as surface water runoff. A sound strategic solution across both development sites addressing culvert capacities, attenuation areas, and the management of surface water combined with careful site layout and well designed dwellings will be required. A Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS) will be required and consideration given to the existing issues regarding the sewer network and water supply. An aqueduct crosses the southeast tip of the site and the opportunity exists to create a significant area of open space at the southeastern tip, possibly utilising neighbouring land to create an open space which would also serve the Croftlands Estate.

Draft POLICY U4: DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR HOUSING SITES IN SOUTH ULVERSTON Purpose: To ensure that development reflects the Community’s aspirations for high quality, has a positive impact on the surrounding area and its infrastructure, and conserves important site features. DEVELOPMENT OF THE SOUTH ULVERSTON SITE WILL, IN ADDITION TO GENERAL POLICY REQUIREMENTS, ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS SET OUT BELOW: • Flood risk and surface water attenuation measures; • Green Infrastructure including green corridors connecting the two sites and adjacent residential areas / road networks and open countryside. • Pedestrian and cycle links and access to open space / recreational areas; • Infrastructure requirements in terms of water supply and sewer network; • Landscaping measures ensuring development sits sympathetically to the existing landscape; • Allotment provision; • Orientation and layout to maximise solar gain and minimise surface water run-off.

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Existing Employment Areas Emerging Options 5.21 South Lakeland has a shortage of available employment land and premises. Ulverston is a key employment location. This means that the ‘churn’ of employment within existing industrial areas, will accommodate significant elements of the town’s needs. Employment areas have been analysed using the criteria set out in Paragraph 2.26 and existing employment areas have been safeguarded.

Draft POLICY U5: EMPLOYMENT AREAS IN ULVERSTON Purpose: To ensure that a sufficient supply of employment land and premises is available to meet local employment needs and promote new business creation. 27 THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, WILL BE SAFEGUARDED AS EXISTING EMPLOYMENT AREAS Ref Name Ha Acceptable Uses EEA40 DALTONGATE BUSINESS CENTRE 0.77 B1 a,b,c EEA41 LIGHTBURN TRADING ESTATE 1.93 SSOP9 MARL BUSINESS PARK 1.87 B2 EEA43 LOW MILL BUSINESS PARK 7.87 B1 a,b,c, B2, B8 +SSOP11 EEA62 NORTH LONSDALE ROAD 4.54 B2 SSOP10 GLAXO, NORTH LONSDALE ROAD 22.26 B2 EEA42 + CROSS LANE AND THE SURROUDING AREA 4.14 B2 VSLEA6

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5.22 No other options have been put forward. None of these sites is suitable for re- designation for residential use without having a significant adverse effect on the District’s supply of employment land and property or being located within areas at risk of flooding.

27 Safeguarding of Existing Employment Areas - It should be noted that: a) The acceptable uses set out in Policy U5 do not override existing use rights, b) Within these areas there may be further local restrictions due to site specific factors, and c) Policy U5 does not seek to preclude ancillary or subsidiary uses.

86 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 Employment Allocations 5.23 The Core Strategy identifies a need for the allocation of a Strategic Employment site of 6 ha and a Business Park site of 6 ha to accommodate business and knowledge-based industry. Having applied the criteria set out in Paragraphs 2.29 to 2.33 and the local considerations relating to Ulverston set out in Paragraph 5.5, a Strategic Employment Site is suggested for allocation on land adjacent to Ulverston Canal Head and a Business Park at Lightburn Road. Canal Head Strategic Employment Site 5.24 At the present time, there are no sites within the built up area of Ulverston capable of accommodating a Strategic Employment Site. The site at Canal Head is suitable in terms of size, location deliverability, infrastructure capacity, market considerations and environmental capacity and can be made available. It is well located in relation to the strategic highway network (A590 (T)) via the existing access to the E H Booth store and does not have significant impacts on residential areas. It currently lies within Flood Zone 3 and will require flood protection and attenuation measures including raised floor levels and Sustainable Drainage systems. It is the only site capable of meeting the requirements of a Strategic Employment Site. It complements the Regeneration Priority Area of Ulverston Canal Head and corridor identified in Core Strategy Policy CS3.2. It is within reasonable walking and cycling distance from large parts of Ulverston and is also on a major bus route. Lightburn Business Park 5.25 A site is identified for a business park between Lightburn Road and the Furness Railway line. This is a natural extension of the existing employment areas at Lightburn and Daltongate and is in a sustainable location relatively close to the town centre. The site as a whole is split into three ownerships. The site has potential to be made available. Other allocations 5.26 Three sites are suggested as local employment sites. These are the remaining plot at Low Mill and two remaining areas of land within the existing employment area at North Lonsdale Road.

Draft POLICY U6: EMPLOYMENT LAND ALLOCATIONS IN ULVERSTON Purpose: To ensure that a sufficient supply of employment land and premises is available to meet local employment needs and promote new business creation. THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, ARE ALLOCATED FOR EMPLOYMENT USE

87 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 Ref Name Ha Acceptable Uses Strategic Employment Site E30/M26 LAND AT ULVERSTON CANAL HEAD 6.40 B1 (bc), B2, B8 +ancillary B1a Business/Science Park M11M LAND AT LIGHTBURN ROAD 3.99 B1 a,b,c Local Employment Site EN35M LAND AT NORTH LONSDALE ROAD 3.10 (B1a,b,c, B2, B8) – B1 nursery workshop units to be on the site on the existing SLDC Depot. The remaining part of the site to be for B1a bc, B2 or B8 employment uses. R283M LAND SOUTH OF KENNEDY STREET 1.56 B1 a,b,c, B2, B8

EN22 PHASE 1, LOW MILL TANNERY 0.72 B1 a,b,c, B2, B8

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Development Criteria 5.27 All new employment development will be guided by the policies in the Core Strategy, in particular those dealing with the following:

• Ulverston Area Strategy (Policy CS3.1), Ulverston Canal Head and Corridor (Policy CS3.2), Landscape and Settlement Character (CS8.2) and Historic Environment (CS8.6). • Sustainable Development (CS1.1) Construction, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CS7.7 and 8.7), Flood Risk (CS8.8) and Biodiversity (CS8.4). • Meeting the Employment Requirement (CS7.1), Design (CS8.10) and Efficient Use of Land and Buildings (CS6.6). • Green Infrastructure (CS8.1) and Recreation (CS8.3a-b). • (CS 8.10) Design. • Social and Community Infrastructure (CS9.1), Developer Contributions (CS9.2) and Transport (CS10.2). Canal Head Mixed Use site 5.28 The group of sites at Ulverston Canal Head are a key site at the entrance to the town below Hoad Hill. Currently occupied by Ulverston Auction Mart, a scrap yard and various other uses as well as an area of farmland, the site is the central element of the Canal Head and Corridor Regeneration Opportunity Area. A site of 3.93 ha (gross) at Canal Head is suggested for a mix of residential, heritage, leisure and tourism uses in line with the advisory Canal Head Master Plan, with the overall objective of regenerating the Canal basin and corridor. Development here will be closely related to the adjacent Strategic Employment Site and a Development Brief will be required.

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Draft POLICY U7: MIXED USE ALLOCATION, ULVERSTON CANAL HEAD Purpose: To provide a policy framework for the regeneration of the sites around Ulverston Canal Head. LAND AT ULVERSTON CANAL HEAD IS ALLOCATED FOR A MIX OF HOUSING, HERITAGE, LEISURE AND TOURISM DEVELOPMENT: Ref Name Area (Ha) Dwellings gross Phase Residential 1 2 3 1.93 Ha 40 46 Other Acceptable Uses LAND AT ULVERSTON CANAL M28 HEAD Other Acceptable Uses 2.00 Ha other canal side facilities including heritage /leisure /tourism .

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DEVELOPMENT OF THE SITES IDENTIFIED FOR STRATEGIC EMPLOYMENT AND MIXED-USE, BUSINESS AND SCIENCE PARKS WILL, IN ADDITION TO GENERAL POLICY REQUIREMENTS, ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS SET OUT BELOW: Strategic Employment site- Canal Head
Significant structural landscaping – with particular attention to screening of the site from Oubas Hill. Screening shelterbelts to be planted in advance of any development construction. Landscaping scheme to include any landscaping within site e.g. site entrance;
Flood risk mitigation / attenuation issues to be addressed as required, including raised floor levels;
Mitigation / attenuation measures to ensure existing surface water drainage issues are addressed as required. Measures to include the reinstatement / improvement to Newlands Main Drain and if necessary the un - named Back Drain. Such measures to be implemented prior to any development;
Mitigation measures to offset any potential adverse impact on the existing highways network;
Retention of existing public footpaths and permissive/ private rights of way, including any SUSTRANS cycle routes;
Connectivity -- Providing connecting routes including road, footpath and cycleway to ensure that the strategic employment site is linked with the Canal Head Site. Footpath/cycle path to also link with Next Ness Lane;
Address any biodiversity/nature conservation issues, providing mitigation where required;
Visual screening of the gas / Transco compound;
Address any remedial / improvement works required to the Canal itself and its maintenance. Mixed Use site – Canal Head
Strong ‘sense of place’. A high standard of design and public realm reflecting the waterside location and its role as a ‘gateway ‘to Ulverston. Bulk and massing of any buildings will be key;
Sympathetic setting for Grade II listed buildings at Sunderland Terrace;
Open up views to the Canal and basin, especially from A590(T) and provide safer access;
Retain and improve Canal as public amenity - incorporate / retain pedestrian routes around Canal Head and access to the Canal side;
Retain public footpaths, permissive rights of way and cycle routes;
Achieve high pedestrian/cycle connectivity between the different parts of the Canal Head Site, the Strategic Employment Site, the rest of the Canal Corridor and the town centre;
Any necessary Flood risk mitigation / attenuation measures including raised floor levels;
Mitigation measures to offset impact to the existing highways network;
Mitigation of any biodiversity impacts;
Any necessary works required to the Canal itself and arrangements for maintenance;
A scheme for canal side landscaping;
Mitigation / Attenuation measures to ensure existing surface water drainage issues are satisfactorily addressed prior to any development. Business/Science Park Lightburn Road
A high standard of design and public realm to reflect the sites location as a ‘gateway’ to Ulverston;
Structural landscaping and other tree planting as required including protection measures during construction relating to trees protected by TPOs;
Address any biodiversity/nature conservation issues, providing mitigation where required;
Mitigation measures to offset any potential for adverse impact to the existing highways network;
Protection of amenity/privacy of neighbouring housing;
Develop pedestrian and cycle links to and from central Ulverston; DEVELOPMENT BRIEF WILL BE PREPARED TO GUIDE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CANAL HEAD AND LIGHTBURN ROAD SITES. Implementation By Development Industry Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement, gross affordable housing completions.

90 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 Green Spaces and Open Spaces 5.29 Public Open Spaces, Amenity Open Spaces and Outdoor Sports Facilities are identified in line with the method set out in Paragraph 2.42. The Open Space study identifies the following open spaces as particularly important:

• The major parks at Ford and Lightburn; • Natural and semi-natural open space at Hoad Hill; • Allotments at Tankfield, Priory Road, Ellers Road and Dragley Beck; • Children’s play areas at Croftlands, Lightburn and Mill Dam. 5.30 A site for community use is suggested at the former Ashley and Rock building between the suggested North Lonsdale Road employment area and residential properties on Kennedy Street. This could incorporate a new or refurbished community building and amenity land for local residents.

Draft POLICY U8: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE IN ULVERSTON Purpose: To provide a framework for the safeguarding and enhancement of the town’s Green Infrastructure. THE RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACES, AMENITY SPACES AND OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE SAFEGUARDED FROM DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE POSSIBLE MANAGED TO ENHANCE THEIR VISUAL, CULTURAL, HISTORIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, INFORMAL RECREATION AND BIODIVERSITY IMPORTANCE.

DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING GREENSPACES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS THEIR GREEN SPACE VALUE IS SAFEGUARDED OR ENHANCED.

A SITE AT NORTH THE FORMER ASHLEY AND ROCK BUILDING IS ALLOCATED FOR COMMUNITY USE.

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Green Gap 5.31 Core Strategy Policy CS2 states that the Council will designate Green Gaps as required to prevent the coalescence of settlements. West of Ulverston, there is a need to ensure that surrounding communities do not lose their distinctive identities. For this reason a Green Gap is suggested between Ulverston and Swarthmoor.

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Draft POLICY U9: ULVERSTON/SWARTHMOOR GREEN GAP Purpose: To provide a framework for maintaining the separate identities of Ulverston and Swarthmoor by maintaining visual and functional separation. A GREEN GAP IS IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP BETWEEN ULVERSTON AND SWARTHMOOR.

WITHIN THIS AREA, ONLY DEVELOPMENT WHICH SATISFIES CORE STRATEGY POLICY CS8.2 WILL BE PERMITTED.

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Furness - Local Service Centres

Policy Context 5.32 The Core Strategy identifies 28 Broughton-in-Furness, Great and Little Urswick, Greenodd/Penny Bridge and Kirkby-in-Furness as Local Service Centres. Core Strategy Policy CS4 seeks to make provision for small-scale housing development in Local Service Centres. For the four Local Service Centres in the Furness area, the housing ambition amounts to 10 dwellings per year, making a total of 190 between 2003 and 2025. At March 2010, around 55 dwellings had been completed, a further 4 were under construction, and a further 29 6 are expected to be delivered from sites which already have planning permission. The Council’s Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment also identified a number of small sites which are expected to deliver 34 dwellings. This leaves a balance of 90 to be met through land allocations . At least 35% of new homes (66 units) should meet identified needs for affordable housing and, of these, up to 60% or around 40 units should be social rented. This housing ambition has been apportioned between settlements using the criteria set out in Paragraph 2.10 above. The Local Service Centres are considered in turn in the following paragraphs: Broughton in Furness 5.33 Broughton in Furness is a historic market village with a population of around 550. It is an important service centre for an extensive rural hinterland and is also the most westerly settlement in South Lakeland. It therefore has strong

28 The South Lakeland Local Development Framework covers only part of Broughton-in- Furness. Most of the village lies within the Lake District National Park. 29 This figure represents 80% of dwellings with planning consent as not all consents will be implemented.

92 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 spatial linkages with Millom, the Duddon Valley and the West Coast. Most of the village lies within the Lake District National Park but the area east of the old railway line and south of Kepplewray Hill falls within the South Lakeland LDF area. Local services include doctors, dentist, primary school, post office, cafes and restaurant, tourist information, public houses, village bakery, butchers and grocers, filling station and garden centre as well as financial services. 5.34 Key issues affecting development in Broughton in Furness are:

• The need to safeguard the landscape quality and setting of the Lake District National Park; • The need to protect and enhance the Conservation Area; • Limited opportunities for housing and employment development in the rest of the village within the National Park; • The visual importance of the rising slopes of Eccle Riggs Bank; • The need to sustain local facilities and public transport. 5.35 Community concerns include a wish for more car parking and improved highway links across the Duddon estuary. 5.36 Within Broughton, the allocation of a housing site is proposed on Foxfield Road, linked to the creation of new public open space at Eccle Rigg Bank. An employment site at the existing depot on Foxfield Road is also suggested. Great and Little Urswick 5.37 These two linked villages and surrounding Parish have a population of around 1,400 occupying a valley running down to Morecambe Bay. Their best-known feature is Urswick Tarn. Birkrigg Common to the east is an attractive walking area as well as containing prehistoric remains and a limestone pavement. There are more prehistoric remains north and west of the villages including a fort, settlement and burial chamber. Little Urswick is dominated by the Grade I listed St Mary and St Michael’s Church. 5.38 The villages have facilities including a school, pub/ restaurants, garage and filling station and village shop / post office. Employment opportunities in the vicinity are Stainton Quarry and a small industrial estate at Bardsea. 5.39 Key issues affecting development in Great and Little Urswick:

• The need to be sympathetic to the surrounding landscape and the character of the two villages; • The need to maintain the separate identity of the two villages; • The need for affordable housing for young people; • The need to avoid development in areas at risk of flooding along Urswick Beck and around the Tarn; • The need to protect and enhance the surroundings of key listed buildings including the church; • The need to sustain local facilities and public transport.

93 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 5.40 Community concerns include the need for affordable housing for young people, the need to preserve the traditional character and local heritage, speeding vehicles, road flooding, the provision of litter bins, the need for more trees, poor quality and cluttered signage, parking, social activities for young adults, better access to the tarn and maintenance of a village green feel. 5.41 A site is suggested for development incorporating Mid Town Farm and land to the rear of it in Little Urswick. Existing farm buildings should be retained and the site accessed via Park Garth. A Green Gap is proposed between the two villages. Greenodd/Penny Bridge 5.42 Greenodd and Penny Bridge, together with smaller settlements in the Parish, have a population of around 900. They occupy an important site at the gateway to the Southern Lake District. The two villages occupy a steep hillside and the lower part adjoining the River Crake is predominantly industrial in character. Greenodd is just off the main A590 and has good transport and road links. The villages are close to the Lake District National Park. Local services include a doctor’s surgery, post office, public house, primary school, bakery, filling station, fish and chip shop, primary school and community centre. 5.43 Key issues affecting development in Greenodd and Penny Bridge include:

• The need to sustain local facilities and public transport; • The need to ensure positive impacts on the Lake District National Park; • The need to avoid development in areas at risk of flooding along the River Crake; • The need to protect the quality of the surrounding landscape; • The need to ensure that any new development is sympathetic in scale and character. 5.44 Community concerns in Greenodd include the loss of key facilities such as the post office and pubs, and road safety including the A590/A5092 Junction. 5.45 Only one small site is suggested for housing development in Greenodd – an infill site behind the Vicarage at Oak Vale. It is also suggested to safeguard the Crakeside Business Park and Crakeside Works as local employment areas. Kirkby in Furness (including Sandside and Beckside) 5.46 These settlements are part of Kirkby Ireleth Parish which has a population of around 1,250. Kirkby has developed in a scattered way, incorporating the original hamlets of Chapels, Walls End, Beckside, Sandside and Soutergate. There is a mix of traditional Lakeland cottages, Georgian, pre-war and post- war terraced housing. Local services are scattered throughout the hamlets and include four churches and a chapel, two public houses, a petrol filling station, post office, primary school, village hall and a community centre.

94 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 5.47 Community concerns in Kirkby include the need for a car park and the adequacy of the A595 Barrow-Broughton Road. 5.48 Only one site is suggested for allocation in Kirkby at Four Lane Ends. Swarthmoor 5.49 Swarthmoor is a predominantly 20th century settlement with a population of around 1,050. It lies close to Ulverston on the A590 and has good road and public transport links. It has a public house, garage and community hall. It is separated from Ulverston by an important Green Gap. Community concerns include the need for activities for the young and more green space. Two sites are suggested for allocation, both north of the A590. These could potentially provide the opportunity for new open space and recreational areas. Small Centres and Countryside 5.50 In small villages, hamlets and the open countryside, Core Strategy (Policy CS3.1) seeks to make provision for small-scale housing development to ensure a ready supply of affordable housing with the emphasis on meeting a particular need in a particular location and a particular emphasis on affordable housing. In the smaller villages in Furness, the housing ambition amounts to 141 dwellings, making a total of 6 per annum between 2003 and 2025. At March 2010, around 82 dwellings had been completed, a further 37 were under construction, and a further 30 30 are expected to be delivered from sites that already have planning permission. The Council’s Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment also identified small sites which are expected to deliver 3 dwellings. This would give a surplus of 11 dwellings . 5.51 The approach has been to identify small sites firstly in villages with services and secondly in settlements with a clear functional relationship with a larger settlement, using the principles set out in Paragraph 2.10. To this end, small housing sites have been suggested at High Carley, Stainton with Adgarley and Leece. Rural Policies

Draft POLICY F1: LOCAL SERVICE CENTRE DEVELOPMENT BOUNDARIES, FURNESS Purpose: To ensure that new homes and workspaces are delivered in sustainable locations and to protect the character of the surrounding landscape. BETWEEN 2010 AND 2025 THE DEVELOPMENT NEEDS OF BROUGHTON-IN FURNESS, GREAT URSWICK, GREENODD, KIRKBY IN FURNESS, LITTLE URSWICK, PENNY BRIDGE, SANDSIDE AND SWARTHMOOR, WILL BE MET WITHIN, AND ON ALLOCATED SITES ADJOINING, THE DEVELOPMENT

30 This figure represents 80% of dwellings with planning consent as not all consents will be implemented.

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Draft POLICY F2: LAND FOR NEW HOUSING IN LOCAL SERVICE CENTRES and RURAL AREAS, FURNESS Purpose: To allocate available, deliverable and sustainable sites for a range of types and sizes of new housing to meet the needs of all sectors of the community in the rural Furness area. THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, ARE ALLOCATED FOR HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: Ref Name Area Dwellings (Ha) Phase 1 2 3 LAND AT FOXFIELD RD, BROUGHTON-IN- 0.89 16 R163M FURNESS LAND AT MID TOWN 1.65 20 24 M10M & RN216M FARM, LITTLE URSWICK RN152 LAND AT THE OLD VICARAGE, GREENODD 0.77 21 LAND AT FOUR LANE ENDS, KIRKBY IN 1.75 77 R189M FURNESS LAND ADJ KINGSLEY AVENUE, 1.31 35 RN684SW SWARTHMOOR RN109M LAND OFF CROSS A MOOR, 4.2 94 SWARTHMOOR

RN6 LAND OFF EAST DRIVE, HIGH CARLEY 0.42 11

R206 LAND AT ABOVE GATES FARM, LEECE 0.32 10

R207 LAND NORTH OF LONG LANE, STAINTON 0.46 10

Implementation By Development Industry and Social Housing Providers through Development Management process Monitoring Through Core Strategy monitoring framework - Net additional dwellings by settlement, gross affordable housing completions.

Other possible Options 5.52 A number of other sites were put forward during earlier consultation and not selected. The site selection process is explained in the Settlement Fact Files. Development Criteria Land off Cross a Moor 5.53 5.54 Land that sits on the corner of Ulverston Road and Cross a Moor is of a size in relation to the settlement that requires a Development Brief.

96 South Lakeland Local Development Framework Land Allocations Development Plan Document Emerging Options Consultation Edition January 2010 5.54 This land forms part of a large section of open agricultural / grazing land located to the west of the settlement, adjacent to the current development boundary . Opportunities exist through part development at the southern end of the land to balance out the settlement and, through sensitive design and landscaping, limit the visual impacts on existing housing and soften the existing western edge of the settlement. Development of this site is likely to impact on the existing traffic flows on Cross a Moor and the Junction with the A590, Ulverston Road. Further consultation through the Highways Agency will confirm the likely issues and whether a Transport Assessment and Travel Plan would be required. Green Infrastructure including pedestrian/cycle ways, open space and recreational areas should be built into the site.

Draft POLICY F6: DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR MAJOR HOUSING SITES IN SWARTHMOOR Purpose: To ensure that development reflects the Community’s aspirations for high quality, has a positive impact on the surrounding area and its infrastructure, and conserves important site features. DEVELOPMENT OF THE CROSS A MOOR SITE WILL, IN ADDITION TO GENERAL POLICY REQUIREMENTS, ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS SET OUT BELOW:

• Surface water attenuation measures; • Green Infrastructure connecting the site and adjacent residential areas / road networks and open countryside / village hall. Pedestrian and cycle links with access to open space / recreational areas and A590; • Landscaping measures ensuring development sits sympathetically with the existing landscape; • Orientation / layout and design to maximise benefits of solar gain and minimise surface water runoff .

A DEVELOPMENT BRIEF WILL BE PREPARED FOR THIS SITE. Implementation Development Management Process Monitoring LDF Monitoring

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5.55 All new housing development in the Furness area will be guided by the policies in the Core Strategy, in particular those dealing with the following:

• Furness Area Strategy (Policy CS3.1), Landscape and Settlement Character (CS8.2) and Historic Environment (CS8.6). • Sustainable Development (CS1.1), Construction, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CS7.7 and 8.7), Flood Risk (CS8.8) and Biodiversity (CS8.4). • Dwelling Mix and Type (CS6.2), Affordable Housing (CS6.3) and Design (CS8.10) and Efficient Use of Land and Buildings (CS6.6). • Green Infrastructure (CS8.1) and Recreation (CS8.3a-b). • (CS 8.10) Design. • Social and Community Infrastructure (CS9.1), Developer Contributions (CS9.2) and Transport (CS10.2). Existing Employment Areas

Draft POLICY F3: EMPLOYMENT AREAS IN RURAL FURNESS Purpose: To ensure that a sufficient supply of employment land and premises is available to meet rural employment needs and promote new business creation. 31 THE FOLLOWING SITES, IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP, WILL BE SAFEGUARDED AS EXISTING EMPLOYMENT AREAS Ref Name Ha Acceptable Uses Local Service Centres EEA46 CRAKESIDE BUSINESS PARK, GREENODD 0.40 Ha B1 a,b,c SSOP18 CRAKE WORKS, GREENODD 0.96 Ha B1 a,b,c, B2, B8 SSOP19 ARMER’S SITE, GREENODD 0.25Ha B1 a. b. c OES4 LONGRIGG GARAGE SITE, HOOKES LANE, 0.17Ha B2 LITTLE URSWICK Within Smaller Villages and hamlets EEA22 FOXFIELD ROAD BUSINESS PARK, 1.17Ha B1 a,b,c, B2, B8 FOXFIELD Within open countryside EEA19 BARDSEA BUSINESS PARK, nr BARDSEA 1.54 B1 a,b,c , B2 SSOP12 OXLEY DEVELOPMENTS CO. LTD SITE, 4.14Ha B2 PRIORY PARK, NR. BARDSEA SSOP23 SAUNDER’S HAULAGE DEPOT, Nr. SPARK 0.39Ha B8? BRIDGE THE FOLLOWING SITE IS IDENTIFIED AS A LOCAL EMPLOYMENT SITE: MN19 FOXFIELD ROAD, BROUGHTON 0.73 B1ab, B2, B8

31 31 Safeguarding of Existing Employment Areas - It should be noted that: a) The acceptable uses set out in Policy F3 do not override existing use rights, b) Within these areas there may be further local restrictions due to site specific factors, and c) Policy F3 does not seek to preclude ancillary or subsidiary uses.

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Implementation Development Management Process Monitoring LDF Monitoring

Green Spaces and Open Spaces

Draft POLICY F4: GREEN INFRASTRUCTURE, RURAL FURNESS Purpose: To provide a framework for safeguarding and enhancing Green Spaces in villages. THE RECREATIONAL OPEN SPACES, AMENITY SPACES AND OUTDOOR SPORTS FACILITIES IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP WILL BE SAFEGUARDED FROM DEVELOPMENT AND WHERE POSSIBLE MANAGED TO ENHANCE THEIR VISUAL, CULTURAL, HISTORIC, ENVIRONMENTAL, INFORMAL RECREATION AND BIODIVERSITY IMPORTANCE.

DEVELOPMENT AFFECTING GREENSPACES WILL NOT BE PERMITTED UNLESS THEIR GREEN SPACE VALUE IS SAFEGUARDED OR ENHANCED. Implementation Development Management Process Monitoring LDF Monitoring Green Gaps

Draft POLICY F5: GREEN GAPS, FURNESS Purpose: To provide a framework for maintaining the separate identity of individual settlements by maintaining visual and functional separation. GREEN GAPS ARE IDENTIFIED ON THE PROPOSALS MAP:

BETWEEN GREAT AND LITTLE URSWICK and BETWEEN SWARTHMOOR AND ULVERSTON.

WITHIN THESE AREAS, ONLY DEVELOPMENT WHICH SATISFIES CORE STRATEGY POLICY CS8.2 WILL BE PERMITTED.

Implementation Development Management Process Monitoring LDF Monitoring

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APPENDIX 1 – SCHEDULE OF EMERGING ALLOCATIONS

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Settlement Site Ref Name Ha Homes Suggested Use Parish District Ward Land at Owlet Ash Ackenthwaite RN140 Fields 0.5 13 Housing Milnthorpe Milnthorpe Land east of Church Cartmel & Grange Allithwaite R343M Road 1.3 35 Housing Lower Allithwaite West Land west of Cartmel & Grange Allithwaite R69M Wartbarrow Lane 1.5 41 Housing Lower Allithwaite West

Land off Sandside Mixed (Employment/ Arnside MN20 Road 0.5 Parking) Arnside Arnside & Beetham Arnside R393M Land at Park View 0.4 15 Housing Arnside Arnside & Beetham Arnside R395M Land at Briery Bank 0.5 13 Housing Arnside Arnside & Beetham Land at Black Dyke Arnside R693M Road 2.5 30 Housing Arnside Arnside & Beetham Arnside R81 Land at Redhills Road 1.5 42 Housing Arnside Arnside & Beetham Arnside R88M Land at Station Road 0.3 13 Housing Arnside Arnside & Beetham Arnside RN225 Land at Hollins Lane 1.1 21 Housing Arnside Arnside & Beetham Sedbergh & Kirkby Barbon RN4 Land at Beckgate 0.1 4 Housing Barbon Lonsdale Beetham RN163 Land at Church Street 0.2 6 Housing Beetham Arnside & Beetham Beetham RN55 Land at Stanley Street 0.1 3 Housing Beetham Arnside & Beetham Bowston R664M Land at Winter Lane 0.3 9 Housing Strickland Ketel Burneside Land opposite 'The Brigsteer RN213 Wheatsheaf' 0.5 13 Housing Helsington Levens Brigsteer RN214 Land at Low Lane 0.4 11 Housing Helsington Levens Broughton in Furness MN19 Land at Foxfield Road 0.9 16 Housing Broughton Broughton West Broughton in Furness R163M Foxfield Road 0.7 Employment Brougthon West Broughton Land adjacent to Burneside E32M Cropper's Paper Mill 1.2 Employment Strickland Roger Burneside Burneside M38M Burneside Tennis Club 0.9 37 Housing Strickland Ketel Burneside Land adjacent to Hall Burneside R489M Park 2.4 72 Housing Strickland Roger Burneside Land at Green Dragon Burton in Kendal EN14M Farm 1.1 Employment Burton in Kendal Burton & Holme Land east of Burton in Kendal R681M Morewood Drive 2.5 58 Housing Burton in Kendal Burton & Holme Land east of Hutton Burton in Kendal R76M Close 1.1 29 Housing Burton in Kendal Burton & Holme Land adjacent to Burton in Kendal RN144 Bowling Green 0.7 Community Burton in Kendal Burton & Holme Land south of Dalton Burton in Kendal RN145M Lane 1.3 46 Housing Burton in Kendal Burton & Holme Land east of Boon Burton in Kendal RN226 Town 0.9 23 Housing Burton in Kendal Burton & Holme Land south of Haggs Cartmel & Grange Cartmel R112 Lane 2.2 47 Housing Lower Allithwaite West Clawthorpe, near Land adjacent to Burton MN14M Clawthorpe Hall 0.6 Employment Burton in Kendal Burton & Holme Crooklands RN16M Land at Peasey Bridge 0.7 Employment Preston Richard Crooklands Dallam Tower, nr Land adjacent to Milnthorpe EN17M Dallam Timber Yard 1.1 Employment Beetham Arnside & Beetham Elmsfield, Near Holme E18M Land at Elmsfield Park 3 Employment Beetham Arnside & Beetham Mixed (Housing Land north of /Employment/ Endmoor M41M Sycamore Close 3.4 68 Community) Preston Richard Crooklands Land south of Dove's Endmoor R670 Nest Lane 2.4 54 Housing Preston Richard Crooklands Land south of Endmoor R83M Birchfield 0.7 18 Housing Preston Richard Crooklands Flookburgh/Cark EN42 Station Yard 1.6 Employment Lower Holker Holker Land east of Winder Flookburgh/Cark R321M Lane 0.6 20 Housing Lower Holker Holker

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Land east of Flookburgh/Cark R685 Manorside 1.1 40 Housing Lower Holker Holker Land north of Flookburgh/Cark R687 Allithwaite Road 1.3 35 Housing Lower Holker Holker Land south of Market Flookburgh/Cark RN20M Street 0.8 27 Housing Lower Holker Holker Land at Gilpin Bridge Gilpin Bridge EN10 (S) 0.7 Employment Levens Levens Land at Gilpin Bridge Gilpin Bridge EN11 (N) 0.3 Employment Levens Levens Grange over Land adjacent to Sands EN34M Station Yard 0.8 Employment Grange over Sands Grange North

Grange over Land at Kent's Bank Mixed (Housing/ Sands MN21 Road 0.3 20 Employment/Retail) Grange over Sands Grange North

Grange over Land at Allithwaite Mixed Sands MN25M Road 9.3 120 (Housing/Employment) Grange over Sands Grange South Grange over Land south of Sands R110 Thornfield Road 2.2 60 Housing Garnge over Sands Grange South Grange over Land north of Sands R350M Allithwaite Road 1.3 17 Housing Grange over Sands Grange South Grange over Mixed (Residential/ Sands R381 Berners Pool (north) 2.3 103 Extra Care Grange over Sands Grange North Grange over Berners Pool (former /Employment /Health Sands R383 lido) /Leisure Grange over Sands Grange North Grange over Sands M378M Berners Pool (south) Grange over Sands Grange North Grange over Land opposite Little Sands R449 Fell Gate Farm (east) 0.8 21 Housing Grange over Sands Grange South Grange over Land opposite Little Sands R74 Fell Gate Farm (west) 1.3 34 Housing Grange over Sands Grange South Grange over Land east of Cardrona Sands R672M Road 1 36 Housing Grange over Sands Grange South Grange over Land north of Sands R70 Ashmount Road 1.2 44 Housing Grange over Sands Grange North Grange over Land north of Carter Sands R89 Road 1.7 45 Housing Grange over Sands Grange South Grange over Land north of Grange Sands RN34 Fell Road 1 36 Housing Grange over Sands Grange North Land adjacent to The Grayrigg RN68 Old Vicarage 0.3 10 Housing Grayrigg Whinfell Great/Little M10M/ Land at Mid Town Urswick RN216M Farm 1.6 43 Housing Urswick Mid Furness

Greenodd/Penny Land at the Old Bridge RN152 Vicarage 0.8 21 Housing Mid Furness Egton with Newland Land at Headless Cartmel & Grange Headless Cross RN156M Cross 0.6 15 Housing Lower Allithwaite West Heversham & Leasgill E15M Land at Prince's Way 0.2 Employment Heversham Levens Heversham & Leasgill R41 Land at Prince's Way 0.7 18 Housing Heversham Levens Heversham & Leasgill R48M Land adj Dugg Hill 0.2 25 Housing Heversham Levens Heversham & Land east of Park Leasgill RN118M Drive 2.5 56 Housing Heversham Levens Sedbergh & Kirkby High Biggins RN219M Land at High Biggins 0.2 6 Housing Kirkby Lonsdale Lonsdale High Carley RN6M Land off East Drive 0.3 10 Housing Pennington Mid Furness Land at Greenside Hincaster EN43 Farm 0.9 Employment Hincaster Crooklands Land at Greenside Hincaster RN128 Farm 0.6 15 Housing Hincaster Crooklands Land at Milnthorpe Holme M35M Road 2.6 Employment Holme Burton & Holme Land east of Holme R653M Milnthorpe Road 1.8 49 Housing Holme Burton & Holme Land west of North Holme R674HM Road 2.7 61 Housing Holme Burton & Holme

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Land east of Station Holme R675M Road 6.8 152 Housing Holme Burton & Holme Land at Milnthorpe Holme RN30M Road 0.7 Community Uses Holme Burton & Holme Holme Mills RN151M Land at Holme Mills 0.9 Employment Burton in Kendal Burton & Holme Kendal Oxenholme & Kendal E31M Land south of K Shoes 1.2 Employment Natland Natland Land at Boundary Kendal E33 Bank 0.9 Employment Kendal Kendal Fell Land at Scrogg's Wood, Milnthorpe Kendal E4M Road 18 Employment Helsington Levens Land at Shap Road Kendal EN28M Industrial Estate 0.3 Employment Kendal Kendal Mintsfeet Land east of Burton Kendal Oxenholme & Kendal M2M Road 6.5 Employment Kendal Natland Land east of Appleby Kendal M35KM Road 20 113 Housing Kendal Kendal Far Cross Land south of Lumley Kendal M41KM Road 4.7 140 Housing Kendal Kendal Stonecross Land adjacent to Helm Kendal M4M Drive 1.1 50 Housing Kendal Heron Hill Kendal R103M Land at Stonecross 8.2 246 Housing Kendal Kendal Stonecross Land east of Castle Kendal R121M Green Road 4.9 147 Housing Kendal Kendal Castle Land south of Brigsteer Kendal R129M Road 4.4 98 Housing Kendal Kendal Highgate Land at Kendal Parks Kendal R107M (north) 2.1 62 Housing Kendal Kendal Parks Land at Kendal Parks Kendal R150M (south) 8.1 240 Housing Kendal Kendal Parks Land north of Laurel Kendal R170M Gardens 8 241 Housing Kendal Kendal Strickland Land west of High Kendal R44 Garth 0.7 20 Housing Kendal Kendal Underley Land north of High Kendal R46 Sparrowmire 0.8 21 Housing Kendal Kendal Underley Kendal R552 Land at Burland Grove 0.5 25 Housing Kendal Kendal Romney Auction Mart, Appleby Kendal R563 Road 1.8 105 Housing Kendal Kendal Far Cross Land north east of Kendal R663 Whinfell Drive 1.6 47 Housing Kendal Kendal Far Cross

Land south of Natland Mixed Kendal Oxenholme & Kendal R97M Beck Farm 3 40 (Housing/Employment) Natland Natland Land west of Valley Kendal RN117M Drive 1.9 71 Housing Kendal Kendal Nether Land west of Kendal Oxenholme & Kendal RN133M Oxenholme Road 4.9 150 Housing Kendal Natland Land west of High Kendal RN169M Sparrowmire 4.9 110 Housing Burneside Strickland Ketel Land west of Appleby Kendal RN181M Road 12 182 Housing Kendal Mintsfeet Kendal Kendal RN96M Land north of Fir Bank 1.1 49 Housing Kendal Kendal Castle Land at Four Lane Kirkby in Furness R189M Ends 1.8 77 Housing Kirkby Ireleth Broughton Land west of Health Sedbergh & Kirkby Kirkby Lonsdale MN24 Centre 0.2 Employment Kirkby Lonsdale Lonsdale Land west of Queen Sedbergh & Kirkby Kirkby Lonsdale R118 Elizabeth School 2.9 44 Housing Kirkby Lonsdale Lonsdale

Mixed Sedbergh & Kirkby Kirkby Lonsdale R127M Land west of Fairbank 7.9 187 (Housing/Employment) Kirkby Lonsdale Lonsdale Land east of Dodgson Sedbergh & Kirkby Kirkby Lonsdale R640 Croft 0.4 Employment Kirkby Lonsdale Lonsdale Land adjacent to Sedbergh & Kirkby Kirkby Lonsdale R642M Binfold Court 0.3 11 Housing Kirkby Lonsdale Lonsdale Leece R206 Land at Above Gates 0.3 10 Housing Aldingham Low Furness

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Farm Land east of Levens R51M Greengate Crescent 2.2 50 Housing Levens Levens R682LV Land west of Brigsteer Levens M Road 1.1 24 Housing Levens Levens Land west of Hutton Levens R71M Lane 0.7 10 Housing Levens Levens Land opposite Lane Levens RN121M End Farm 0.5 Employment Levens Levens Levens RN125 Land at Lowgate 0.2 Community Uses Levens Levens Meal Bank RN7 Land east of Mealbank 0.4 12 Housing Scalthwaiterigg Burneside Land adjacent to Bridge End Business Milnthorpe M9M1 Park 1.5 Employment Milnthorpe Milnthorpe Land north west of Milnthorpe M9M2 Milnthorpe 4.3 139 Housing Milnthorpe Milnthorpe Land south of Milnthorpe R151M Milnthorpe 3.4 102 Housing Milnthorpe Milnthorpe Land east of Milnthorpe R462M Milnthorpe 3.2 96 Housing Milnthorpe Milnthorpe Land adjacent to St Milnthorpe RN57M Anthony's Close 1 36 Housing Milnthorpe Milnthorpe Milnthorpe Land adjacent to station E13M Mainline Business Park 3 Employment Milnthorpe Milnthorpe Land east of Sedgwick Kendal Oxenholme & Natland R62 Road 1.1 28 Housing Natland Natland Land south of Hawes Kendal Oxenholme & Natland R679M Lane 0.8 22 Housing Natland Natland Land north of Hawes Kendal Oxenholme & Natland R680M Lane 0.6 17 Housing Natland Natland Old Hutton, Land adjacent to Low Old Hutton & Bridge End R632 Meadow 0.1 5 Housing Holmescales Whinfell Old Hutton, Land north east of Old Hutton & Middleshaw R666M Middleshaw 0.4 12 Housing Holmescales Whinfell Land south of Fell Kendal Oxenholme & Oxenholme R108M Close 2.7 32 Housing Natland Natland Land east of Burton Kendal Oxenholme & Oxenholme RN223 Road 0.9 81 Housing Natland Natland Land at Jutland Ravenstown R670aM Avenue 0.6 15 Housing Lower Holker Holker Land east of Storth Sandside/Storth M683sM Lane 0.4 11 Housing Beetham Arnside & Beetham

Mixed Land north of Yans (Housing/Employment/ Sandside/Storth RN22 Lane 6.1 62 Community) Beetham Arnside & Beetham Land west of Well Sedgwick RN175M Heads Lane 0.2 6 Housing Sedgwick Crooklands Land east of Well Sedgwick RN18M Heads Lane 0.5 13 Housing Sedgwick Crooklands Stainton with Land north of Long Adgarley R207 Lane 0.5 10 Housing Urswick Low Furness R684SW Land adjacent to Swarthmoor M Kingsley Avenue 1.3 35 Housing Pennington Mid Furness Land north of Ulverston Swarthmoor RN109M Road 4.2 94 Housing Pennington Mid Furness Land at Ulverston Ulverston E30/M26 Canal Head (1) 6.3 Employment Ulverston Ulverston East Ulverston EN22 Land at Low Mill 0.7 Employment Ulverston Ulverston Central Land at North Lonsdale Ulverston EN35M Road 3.1 Employment Ulverston Ulverston East Land at Lightburn Ulverston M11M Road 4 Employment Ulverston Ulverson West

Mixed (Residential/Canalside Ulverston M28 Land at Canal Head 3.9 86 leisure Ulverston Ulverston East Former Ashley and Ulverston ON24 Rock Building 0.2 Community Uses Ulverston Ulverston East Ulverston RN184 Land south of 2.2 66 Housing Ulverson Ulverston West

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Ulverston West (1) Land south of Ulverston R126M Ulverston West (2) 7.6 226 Housing Ulverston Ulverston West R691UL Land south of Ulverston V Ulverston West (3) 3.9 118 Housing Ulverston Ulverston West Land south of Ulverston R242 Ulverston East (1) 5.3 157 Housing Ulverston Ulverston South Land south of Ulverston R697M Ulverston East (2) 4.1 124 Housing Ulverston Ulverston South Land north of Union Ulverston R234 Lane 0.9 44 Housing Ulverston Ulverston North Morecambe Road Ulverston R268 Scrapyard 0.4 18 Housing Ulverston Ulverston East Land north of Watery Ulverston R270M Lane 0.7 30 Housing Ulverston Ulverston East Land at South Lund Ulverston R274M Farm 2.3 86 Housing Ulverston Ulverston East Land sout h of Kennedy Ulverston R283M Street 1.6 Employment Ulverston Ulverston East R689UL Land north of Urswick Ulverston VM Road 2.2 64 Housing Ulverston Ulverston West R690UL Ulverston V Land at Nook Farm 0.9 33 Housing Ulverston Ulverston West R692UL Land at West End Ulverston VM Farm 4.3 129 Housing Ulverston Ulverston Central Land east of Town Ulverston R90M View Road 0.5 18 Housing Ulverston Ulverston North Ulverston RN131M Land at Gascow Farm 2.5 68 Housing Ulverston Ulverston South Land south of Ulverston RN3 Stockbridge Lane 0.7 26 Housing Ulverston Ulverston West

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APPENDIX 3 – GLOSSARY

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Adoption - The final confirmation of a development plan or Local Development Document status by a Local Planning Authority (LPA).

Affordable Housing - Housing, whether for rent, shared ownership or outright purchase, provided at a cost considered affordable in relation to incomes that are average or below average, or in relation to the price of general market housing.

Aggregates - Sand, gravel, crushed rock and other bulk materials used by the construction industry.

Agriculture - Defined by Section 336(1) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 as including: horticulture, fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming, the breeding and keeping of livestock (including any creature kept for the production of food, wool, skins or furs, or the purpose of its use in the farming of land), the use of land as grazing land, meadow land, osier land, market gardens and nursery grounds, and the use of land for woodlands where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes.

Allocated Land - Land identified in a development plan as appropriate for a specific land use.

Ancient Monument - A structure regarded by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media, and Sport as being of national importance by virtue of its historic, architectural, traditional or archaeological interest. Scheduled Ancient Monuments are listed in a schedule compiled under the requirements of Section 1 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act, 1979.

Ancient Woodland - An area of woodland which has had a continuous cover of native trees and plants since at least 1600 AD, neither having been cleared nor extensively replanted since then. This date is adopted as marking the time when plantation forestry began to be widely adopted and when evidence in map form began to become available.

Annual Monitoring Report (AMR) - A report submitted to the government by Local Planning Authorities assessing progress with and the effectiveness of a Local Development Framework.

Area Action Plan (AAP) - A type of Development Plan Document focused upon a specific location or an area subject to conservation or significant change (for example major regeneration).

B1, B2 and B8 uses - The B1 use class comprises a) offices (other than banks, building societies, estate agents, employment agencies and similar businesses where services are provided principally to members of the public), b) research and development and c) light industry; the B2 use class covers general industry and the B8 use class covers storage and distribution.

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Brownfield Land (previously-developed land) - Land which is or was occupied by a permanent structure (excluding agricultural or forestry buildings), and associated fixed surface infrastructure. The definition covers the curtilage of the developed land. Previously-developed land may occur in both built-up and rural settings. The definition includes defence buildings and land used for mineral extraction and waste disposal where provision for restoration has not been made through planning condition or legal agreement. Domestic gardens are not classified as previously developed land.

Contaminated Land - Land that has been polluted or harmed in some way making it unfit for safe development and usage unless cleaned.

Community Strategy - A strategy prepared by a local authority to improve local quality of life and aspirations, under the Local Government Act 2000. This is now replaced by sustainable community strategy

Core Strategy - A Development Plan Document setting out the spatial vision, strategic objectives and the planning framework for an area, having regard to the Community Strategy.

Curtilage - The area normally within the boundaries of a property surrounding the main building and used in connection with it.

Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) - Responsible for housing, planning, regional and local government, regeneration, social exclusion, neighbourhood renewal and the fire and rescue service.

Development - Development is defined under the 1990 Town and Country Planning Act as "the carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operation in, on, over or under land, or the making of any material change in the use of any building or other land". Most forms of development require planning permission (see also "permitted development").

Development Plan - A document setting out the Local Planning Authority's policies and proposals for the development and use of land and buildings in the authority's area. It includes Regional Spatial Strategies and Development Plan Documents prepared under the Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004.

Development Plan Documents (DPDs) - Development Plan Documents are prepared by Local Planning Authorities and outline the key development goals of the Local Development Framework. Development Plan Documents include the Core Strategy, Site-Specific Allocations of Land and, where needed, Area Action Plans. There will also be an adopted Proposals Map which illustrates the spatial extent of policies that must be prepared and maintained to accompany all DPDs. All DPDs must be subject to rigorous procedures of community involvement, consultation and independent examination, and adopted after receipt of the Inspector's binding report. Once adopted, Development Control decisions must be made in accordance with them unless material considerations indicate otherwise. DPDs form an essential part of the Local Development Framework.

Flood Risk Assessment - An assessment of the likelihood of flooding in a particular area so that development needs and mitigation measures can be carefully considered.

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Gypsies and Travellers - A person or persons who have a traditional cultural preference for living in caravans and who either pursue a nomadic habit of life or have pursued such a habit but have ceased travelling, whether permanently or temporarily, because of the education needs of their dependant children, or ill-health, old age, or caring responsibilities (whether of themselves, their dependants living with them, or the widows and widowers of such dependants), but does not include members of an organised group of travelling show people or circus people, travelling together as such.

Greenfield Land/Site - Land (or a defined site), usually farmland, that has not previously been developed. Domestic gardens are not classified as previously developed land.

Highways Agency - An executive agency of the Department of Transport. The Highways Agency is responsible for operating, maintaining and improving the strategic road network of England.

Independent Examination - The process by which a planning inspector may publicly examine a Development Plan Document (DPD) or a Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) before issuing a binding report. The findings set out in the report are binding upon the Local Planning Authority that produced the DPD or SCI.

Infill development - Building taking place on a vacant plot in an otherwise built-up street frontage.

Inspector's Report - A report issued by a Planning Inspector regarding the planning issues debated at the independent examination of a development plan or a planning inquiry. Reports on Development Plan Documents (DPDs) will be binding on Local Planning Authorities.

Local Area Agreement (LAA) - A three year agreement, based on local Sustainable Community Strategies, that sets out the priorities for a local area agreed between Central Government, represented by the Government Office (GO), and a local area, represented by the local authority and other key partners through Local Strategic Partnerships (LSPs).

Local Development Document (LDD) - These include Development Plan Documents (which form part of the statutory development plan) and Supplementary Planning Documents (which do not form part of the statutory development plan).

Local Development Framework (LDF) - A portfolio of documents that will be used to make decisions on proposed development determining where and what new development will be permitted in the district. The portfolio will be made up of Development Plan Documents, Supplementary Planning Documents and the Statement of Community Involvement.

Local Development Order (LDO) - An order made by a Local Planning Authority extending permitted development rights for certain forms of development.

Local Development Scheme (LDS) - The Local Planning Authority's time-scaled programme for the preparation of Local Development Documents that must be agreed with government and kept under review.

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Local Nature Reserve (LNR) - Non-statutory habitats of local significance designated by local authorities where protection and public understanding of nature conservation is encouraged.

Local Planning Authority (LPA) - The local authority or Council that is empowered by law to exercise planning functions, usually the local borough or district Council. National parks and the Broads authority are also considered to be Local Planning Authorities. County Councils are the authority for waste and minerals matters.

Local Strategic Partnership (LSP) - An overall partnership of people that brings together organisations from the public, private, community and voluntary sector within a local authority area, with the objective of improving people's quality of life.

Material Consideration - A matter that should be taken into account in deciding a planning application or an appeal against a planning decision.

Mitigation - Measures to avoid, reduce or offset significant adverse effects.

Objective - A statement of what is intended, specifying the desired direction of change in trends.

Plan-Led System - Decisions on planning applications should be made in accordance with the adopted development plan, unless there are other material considerations that may indicate otherwise. Planning & Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 - The Act updated elements of the 1990 Town & Country Planning Act and introduced: • A statutory system for regional planning • A new system for local planning (the LDF) • Reforms to the development control and compulsory purchase and compensation systems • Removal of crown immunity from planning controls.

Planning Inspectorate - The Planning Inspectorate is an executive agency of the government responsible for: • The processing of planning and enforcement appeals holding inquiries into local development plans • Listed building consent appeals • Advertisement appeals • Reporting on planning applications called in for decision by the Department of Communities and Local Government • Examinations of development plan documents and statements of community involvement • Various compulsory purchase orders, rights of way cases; and cases arising from the Environmental Protection and Water Acts and the Transport and Works Act and other highways legislation.

Planning Portal - A national website provided by the government for members of the public, Local Planning Authorities and planning consultants. The Planning Portal features a wide range of information and services o n planning (www.planningportal.gov. uk) Previously Developed Land - See Brownfield Land.

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Regional Economic Strategy (RES) – A former regional strategy which provided and set a ten year blueprint to improve the regions economy. It sets out a plan for the North West of England to become a world leader in transforming its economy.

Regional Spatial Strategy (RSS) (Now intended to be revoked) - A strategy to manage development over a fifteen to twenty year period. The Regional Spatial Strategy identified the scale and distribution of new housing in the region, indicates areas for regeneration, expansion or sub-regional planning and specifies priorities for the environment, transport, infrastructure, economic development, agriculture, minerals and waste treatment and disposal.

Registered Social Landlord (RSL) - Technical name for a body registered with the Housing Corporation. Most Housing Associations are RSLs. They own or manage some 1 .4 million affordable homes, both social rented and intermediate.

Renewable Energy - Renewable energy is energy flows that occur naturally and repeatedly in the environment, for example from the wind, water flow, tides or the sun.

Saved Local Plan Policies - Policies in Local Plans that remain in operation pending production of replacement Local Development Documents.

Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) - A site identified under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (as amended by the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000) as an area of special interest by reason of any of its flora, fauna, geological or physiographical features (basically, plants, animals, and natural features relating to the Earth's structure).

Special Area of Conservation (SAC) - Areas designated under the European Union Habitat Directive. They provide increased protection for a variety of wild animals, plants and habitats and are a vital part of the global effort to conserve world biodiversity.

Special Protection Area (SPA) - An area containing an assemblage of breeding populations of rare birds at a level of European significance, designated under EC Directive 79/409.

Specific Consultation Bodies / Statutory Bodies - These are bodies that must be consulted on development plans and planning applications. Statement of Community Involvement (SCI) - The Statement of Community Involvement sets out the processes to be used by the local authority in involving the community in the preparation, alteration and continuing review of all local development documents and in the consideration of planning applications. The Statement of Community Involvement is an essential part of the Local Development Framework.

Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) - Formal process to anticipate the likely significant environmental effects (including cumulative environmental effects) of implementing a plan and its reasonable alternatives with a view to avoiding, reducing or offsetting any negative impacts. See Sustainability Appraisal

Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA) - The assessment of flood risk on a catchment-wide basis.

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Submission - This is the stage where a Development Plan Document is submitted to the Secretary of State for independent examination by a Planning Inspector.

Sub-Regional Housing Market Areas - Geographical areas within which there are clear links between where people live and work. These areas can be defined by the patterns of household movement. These patterns are influenced by factors such as proximity to family, friends, employment, education and other facilities, and are likely to operate across Local Planning Authority boundaries.

Supplementary Planning Document (SPD) - A Local Development Document that may cover a range of issues, thematic or site specific, and provide further detail about policies and proposals in a 'parent' Development Plan Document. Sustainability Appraisal (SA) - Formal, systematic and comprehensive process of evaluating the environmental, social and economic impacts of a plan, policy or programme or its alternatives. The SA process incorporates the SEA process. Sustainable Community Strategy (SCS) - The SCS sets the overall strategic direction and long term vision for the economic, social and environmental well being of an area, taking account of five sustainability principles: • Living within environmental limits • A strong, healthy and just society • Achieving a sustainable economy • Promoting good governance • Using sound science responsibly

Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) - Current "best practice" for new development that seeks to minimise the impact on drainage systems e.g. through the use of pervious areas within a development to reduce the quantity of runoff from the site.

Travel Plans - A travel plan aims to promote sustainable travel choices (for example, cycling) as an alternative to single occupancy car journeys that may impact negatively on the environment, congestion and road safety. Travel plans can be required when granting planning permission for new developments.

Written Representations - A procedure by which representations on planning appeals, development plans and Development Plan Documents can be dealt with without the need for a full public inquiry or informal hearing.

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