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Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment Discarded Sites List March 2013 1 Introduction The Strategic Housing Land Availability Key Service Centres: Assessment (SHLAA) process identifies sites that are considered potentially suitable Aspatria Cockermouth for residential development. Maryport Silloth Wigton The SHLAA: Main Report (March 2013) demonstrates that there is enough Local Service Centres: deliverable and developable housing sites available to meet the housing targets set out Abbeytown Allonby in the emerging Local Plan . Brigham Broughton Broughton Moor Dearham Some sites have been discarded and have Flimby Great Clifton not been included in the main report. This Kirkbride Prospect SHLAA Discarded Sites List (March 2013) Thursby document identifies those discounted sites Rural Villages: The reasons why a particular site has been excluded is set out in the tables included in Anthorn Blencogo this document. Maps are also provided Blennerhasset* Blitterlees showing the locations of these sites. Bolton Low Houses Bothel The discarded sites are presented by Bowness on Solway* Branthwaite settlement, following the settlement hierarchy Bridekirk Broughton Cross proposed in the emerging Local Plan. Camerton Crosby Crosby Villa* Dean Principle Service Centre: Deanscales* Dovenby Eaglesfield Fletchertown Workington (including Harrington, Seaton, Gilcrux Glasson Stainburn and Siddick) Greysouthern Hayton* Ireby Kirkbampton Langrigg Little Bampton Little Clifton Mawbray not under construction, have been removed Mockerkin* Newton Arlosh as these sites are assumed to be Oughterside* Oulton deliverable and count towards the 5 year Papcastle Pardshaw land supply calculation . Parsonby Plumbland • A large number of sites put forward for Port Carlisle* Skinburness consideration were less than 0.3ha . Given Tallentire* Torpenhow the strategic nature of the SHLAA, these Ullock Waverton* sites have been discounted. It is Westnewton acknowledged that subject to the usual planning constraints, many of these smaller *No sites have been discarded within these sites (although not all), and particularly settlements and therefore, no maps have been those located within existing settlement included in this document. boundaries, may be suitable for residential development. Smaller sites are also likely Sites were discounted using the to make a greater contribution to housing methodology outlined in the SHLAA: Main delivery in the rural villages. Nevertheless Report (March 2013) . In most instances the for the purposes of this study, these sites reasons for elimination falls into one of the have been discounted. following categories: • Sites falling within Flood Zone 3 • The site is already developed for housing. • Loss of an important/valued site e.g. public • The site is already developed for other open space, playing fields, green amenity uses. space, some employment sites. • New greenfield housing sites located in the • Issues with access i.e. no apparent or open countryside (i.e. not adjoining a appropriate access; too narrow recognised settlement) for which there is no • Inappropriate for residential development sustainability argument. due to the close proximity of incompatible • Sites with planning permission, whether or uses such as industrial sites • Significant landscape impact issues respond to consultation. Such sites are considered unavailable. • Archaeologically sensitive locations In a number of instances economic In some situations there may be solutions viability has also been used as a basis for available to overcome the reasons why a site the exclusion of sites, due to: has been discounted, for example: • An alternative means of access within the control of the applicant which may • Questionable viability due to multiple ownership / land acquisitions needed to not be otherwise apparent develop the site / difficult to assemble / • A new landowner may come forward legal issues • Engineering solutions that overcome utilities capacity constraints • Unviable costs regarding contamination, or • Residential layouts and/or landscaping other necessary works which are not schemes that would mitigate landscape/ outweighed by development potential. visual impact Although The SHLAA: Main Report (March Given that the SHLAA is not a policy 2013) sets out the Authority’s assessment of document, the fact that a site has been economic viability, sites categorised as discounted from the SHLAA does not ‘marginal’ or even ‘unviable’ have come constitute a material planning consideration. forward for consideration in recent years, Proposals for future residential development confirming the Authority’s approach of only upon discarded sites, by way of a planning discounting the most constrained of sites. application or through the site allocations process, will be considered on their own Some other sites which were considered to merits. have potential for housing, identified by the Local Authority, have had to be eliminated Landowners and agents are advised to from the process because the landowner has consult the tables included in the document, been resistant to development or has failed to which will give an indication as to why their site has been discarded. Landowners/agents/developers are strongly advised to contact the local planning authority to explore the scope/cost of any potential mitigation measures before formally submitting proposals for the development of discarded sites. Discarded sites: Principal Service Centre Workington Map 1: Workington (North) Map 2: Workington (South) Map 3: Workington (Harrington) Map 4: Workington (Stainburn) Map 5: Workington (Seaton) Map 6: Workington (Siddick ) SHLAA Ref Location Settlement Site Site Comments Area Capacity AAWK08 Land off Oxford St Oxford St Workington 0.02 1 Less than 0.3ha AAWK17 Land off Minster Minster Close Workington 0.04 1 Less than 0.3ha Close N11.WK13 21a Carlton Road Carlton Road Workington 0.06 2 Less than 0.3ha AAWK10 Land off High St High Street Workington 0.07 2 Less than 0.3ha AAWK07 Land off New South New South Workington 0.1 3 Less than 0.3ha Watt St Watt St N11.WK22 Former opera house Pow Street Workington 0.1 3 Less than 0.3ha AAWK44 Land at Grey Street Grey Street Workington 0.11 4 Less than 0.3ha AAWK06 Land adjacent to Far Moss Workington 0.13 4 Less than 0.3ha Northside Post Office AAWK16 Land off Grasmere Grasmere Workington 0.15 5 Less than 0.3ha Avenue Avenue N11.WK11 Former Dairy Hall Brow Workington 0.17 6 Less than 0.3ha N11.WK07 Social Club Jane St Workington 0.2 7 Less than 0.3ha EXWK36 Westfield Public Wastwater Av Workington 0.23 8 Less than 0.3ha. House Has planning permission AAWK43 Land at Bolton Street Bolton Street Workington 0.26 9 Less than 0.3ha N11.WK16 Rear of Northside Workington 0.27 9 Less than 0.3ha Primary School N11.WK09 Cavendish House Elizabeth Workington 0.29 10 Less than 0.3ha Street EXWK16 Land to the rear of Stainburn Workington 0.32 11 Site has planning 53 Stainburn Road Road permission N11.WK20 Land adj Northside Workington 0.8 27 Site lies within flood zone 3. Primary School Substandard means of access. Lies within PADHI zone AAWK21 Land off Solway Rd Solway Rd Workington 0.8 27 Residential development incompatible with nearby industrial use. AAWK42 Land adj Derwent Barepot Workington 0.88 29 Inadequate access. View Contamination and works associated with reservoir retaining wall renders development unviable AAWK09 Land adjacent to High Street Workington 1.04 37 Substandard access - Poultry Houses inadequate visibility AAWK04 Land north of St Maryport Rd Workington 1.06 37 Site divorced from Helens Industrial settlement. Amenity issues Estate from adjacent industrial uses. AAWK45 Land at Calva Farm Calva Brow Workington 1.16 41 Divorced from Settlement. Poor access. N11.WK05 Land off Solway Rd Workington 1.34 47 Adjacent industrial uses and within PADHI zone - better suited to industrial/ employment AAWK24 Site adj Moss Bay Mossbay Workington 1.58 56 Lies within southern link Metals Road road safeguarding area AAWK19 Moorclose Park and Furness Road Workington 1.68 59 Beneficial use - public open Gardens space. Loss of green corridor between estates AAWK02 Land at Stanley Stanley Street Workington 1.85 65 Site has planning Street permission N11.WK06 Land to the rear of Mossbay Workington 2.06 77 Current used as a sports Solway House Road playing field. Lies within PADHI zone SHLAA Ref Location Settlement Site Site Comments Area Capacity EXWK02 Land off Maryport Maryport Road Workington 2.46 92 Divorced from settlement. Road Lies within outer PADHI zone N11.WK17 Playing Fields Moorclose Workington 2.86 107 Fire station HQ site with Road permission AAWK26 Land adj The Ranch Moss Bay Rd Workington 3.45 138 Currently in beneficial use - sports/open space. Part of site may be developable AAWK01 Land at Port of Derwent Howe Workington 13.29 532 Insurmountable Workington contamination constraints. Isolated location. N11.WK21 Land at Newlands High Street Workington 0.6 20 Site has planning Hall permission. Development commenced EXRU87 Land at Furnace Furnace row Workington 0.05 2 Less than 0.3ha Row (Distington) EXRU149 1 Windscales Windscales Workington 0.06 2 Less than 0.3ha Avenue Avenue (Distington) EXRU98 Former High Duty A597 Workington 3.54 142 Divorced and poorly related Alloys Social Club (Distington) to existing settlement pattern. Unsustainable location for housing EXWK01 Land at Grayson Workington 0.08 3 Less than 0.3ha House (Harrington) EXWK25 Land adj A597 A597 Workington 0.18 6 Less than 0.3ha (Harrington) N11.WK04