Carlisle DistrictLocalPlan 2015-2030 Foreword I am delighted to endorse the Local Plan. It provides a platform to embark upon the most ambitious levels of growth ever and directly echoes the priorities and vision of the Carlisle Plan 2015 - 2018 which aims to: ‘…work in partnership to further establish our position as the regional centre and focus for investment, ensuring that residents can share in the benefits through increased opportunities and greater choice of jobs, range of housing and a quality environment’. Carlisle is a very special and diverse place for those who The Plan has been shaped with the support and involvement live, base their business, work in, or visit the District. It of local communities, landowners, businesses, agencies and extends from the Solway Coast to the North Pennines, many others - all who share the desire to plan for a prosperous with the City of Carlisle, with its cathedral and castle, at future for the District by meeting the need for new homes, a its heart. There is also an abundance of lowland farmland growing economy and the protection of our precious natural supporting agricultural and other rural businesses, and environment and outstanding heritage assets over the next many characteristic small towns, villages and hamlets. The 15 years. World Heritage Site of Hadrian’s Wall strides across it all. Carlisle City Council is now well placed to deliver this Plan, The Local Plan provides the vision, strategy, policies and by building on existing community support and working site allocations that will shape the future of Carlisle District. in partnership with business, developers, landowners and It provides clear direction on how to meet the challenges we infrastructure providers. face, such as: climate change; a growing population; and I would like to take this opportunity to thank all those who the need to deliver much needed regeneration in specific have been involved in the evolution of the Plan; from early parts of the City. It also identifies where, when, how and consultation to the finished document. the quantity of new development to be delivered. It will guide future planning documents such as Neighbourhood Development Plans and aims to create inclusive, safe and healthy communities. Cllr Colin Glover Leader of Carlisle City Council Contents The Carlisle District Local Plan 2015-2030 1. Introduction 1 2. Vision and Objectives 9 Spatial Vision 10 Strategic Objectives 12 Spatial Portrait 15 Key Diagram 24 3. Spatial Strategy and Strategic Policies 25 Policy SP 1: Sustainable Development 26 Policy SP 2: Strategic Growth and Distribution 28 Policy SP 3: Broad Location for Growth: Carlisle South 37 Policy SP 4: Carlisle City Centre and Caldew Riverside 40 Policy SP 5: Strategic Connectivity 45 Policy SP 6: Securing Good Design 48 Policy SP 7: Valuing our Heritage and Cultural Identity 50 Policy SP 8: Green and Blue Infrastructure 53 Policy SP 9: Healthy and Thriving Communities 56 Policy SP 10: Supporting Skilled Communities 60 4. Economy 63 Policy EC 1: Employment Land Allocations 64 Policy EC 2: Primary Employment Areas 67 Policy EC 3: Primary Shopping Areas and Frontages 70 Policy EC 4: Morton District Centre 72 Policy EC 5: District and Local Centres 73 Policy EC 6: Retail and Main Town Centre Uses Outside Defined Centres 75 Policy EC 7: Shop Fronts 77 Policy EC 8: Food and Drink 79 Policy EC 9: Arts, Culture, Tourism and Leisure Development 81 Policy EC 10: Caravan, Camping and Chalet Sites 83 Policy EC 11: Rural Diversification 84 Policy EC 12: Agricultural Buildings 86 Policy EC 13: Equestrian Development 88 5. Housing 91 Policy HO 1: Housing Strategy and Delivery 92 Policy HO 2: Windfall Housing Development 98 Policy HO 3: Housing in Residential Gardens 101 Policy HO 4: Affordable Housing 103 Policy HO 5: Rural Exception Sites 108 Policy HO 6: Other Housing in the Open Countryside 110 Policy HO 7: Housing as Enabling Development 114 Policy HO 8: House Extensions 116 Policy HO 9: Large Houses in Multiple Occupation and the Subdivision of Dwellings 118 Policy HO 10: Housing to Meet Specific Needs 120 Policy HO 11: Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople Provision 122 Policy HO 12: Other Uses in Primary Residential Areas 125 6. Infrastructure 127 Policy IP 1: Delivering Infrastructure 128 Policy IP 2: Transport and Development 130 Policy IP 3: Parking Provision 133 Policy IP 4: Broadband Access 135 Policy IP 5: Waste Minimisation and the Recycling of Waste 137 Policy IP 6: Foul Water Drainage on Development Sites 139 Policy IP 7: Carlisle Airport 141 Policy IP 8: Planning Obligations 142 7. Climate Change and Flood Risk 145 Policy CC 1: Renewable Energy 146 Policy CC 2: Energy from Wind 150 Policy CC 3: Energy Conservation, Efficiency and Resilience 155 Policy CC 4: Flood Risk and Development 157 Policy CC 5: Surface Water Management and Sustainable Drainage Systems 161 8. Health, Education and Community 165 Policy CM 1: Health Care Provision 166 Policy CM 2: Educational Needs 168 Policy CM 3: Sustaining Community Facilities and Services 170 Policy CM 4: Planning Out Crime 172 Policy CM 5: Environmental and Amenity Protection 174 Policy CM 6: Cemetery and Burial Grounds Provision 178 9. Historic Environment 179 Policy HE 1: Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site 180 Policy HE 2: Scheduled Ancient Monuments and Non-Designated Archaeological Assets 182 Policy HE 3: Listed Buildings 184 Policy HE 4: Historic Parks and Gardens 185 Policy HE 5: Historic Battlefields 185 Policy HE 6: Locally Important Heritage Assets 187 Policy HE 7: Conservation Areas 189 10. Green Infastructure 191 Policy GI 1: Landscapes 192 Policy GI 2: Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty 194 Policy GI 3: Biodiversity and Geodiversity 196 Policy GI 4: Open Space 200 Policy GI 5: Public Rights of Way 203 Policy GI 6: Trees and Hedgerows 204 11. Monitoring and Implementation 207 12. Glossary 211 Appendix 1: Sites Allocated within Policy HO 1 227 Appendix 2: Local Plan Monitoring Framework 253 1 Introduction 1 Introduction 1.1 The Carlisle District Local Plan (2015 – 2030) is at the forefront sites that have planning permission. Designations include of shaping how the District, its many settlements and vast rural existing land uses such as areas of housing, employment and area will develop between now and 2030. The Plan sets out the City and other retail centres, and areas of protected land a long-term spatial vision and strategic objectives to support such as the two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the development of a thriving District through the identification Hadrian’s Wall World Heritage Site and its buffer zone, nature of land to accommodate new development, and policies to conservation areas, parks and playing pitches, amenity open achieve this growth in a positive, managed and sympathetic space and conservation areas. way, whilst ensuring the timely delivery of the infrastructure 1.4 Allocations identified on the Policies Map should be read in necessary to support growth. conjunction with the relevant policy in the Local Plan which 1.2 The policies and proposals within the Local Plan, and any will set out criteria that any planning applications will need other adopted local or neighbourhood development plans and to comply with. By setting out specific land allocations in supplementary planning documents in operation, are those this way, the Plan provides local communities, land owners, against which all planning applications within the District will developers and infrastructure providers with a clear indication be assessed. Ultimately the aim of the Local Plan is to facilitate of the future pattern of development across the District. sustainable development. It is therefore important to read the Inclusion as an allocated site within the Plan indicates that the Plan as a ‘whole’ i.e. with reference to all the policies that may principle of development on such sites is acceptable. be relevant, as it is these policies taken collectively which 1.5 It is important to acknowledge at the outset that the Local determine what will be regarded as constituting sustainable Plan will operate alongside the Cumbria Minerals and Waste development. Policies should not be taken out of context and Local Plan (MWLP) which contains mineral and waste specific will not be applied in isolation. policies for use in determining planning applications for waste 1.3 The Local Plan operates alongside a Policies Map, which or quarry developments across Cumbria. Once the MWLP is illustrates the policies in the Local Plan(s) which have an area adopted it may be necessary to update the Local Plan Policies or place specific application, including those sites that are Map to illustrate Mineral Safeguarding Areas and other relevant allocated for development and, where appropriate, committed designations and/or allocations. 2 1.6 The Local Plan will also operate alongside any neighbourhood 1.8 Monitoring is an integral part of the plan making and review development plans brought forward. The concept of process. A series of indicators have been identified to assess neighbourhood development planning was introduced by the the relative effectiveness of the Local Plan with regards to Localism Act 2011. It allows communities to develop a vision achieving its desired outcomes. The Authority Monitoring of what their area should be like and make decisions on where Report (AMR) reports on an annual basis the performance certain types of development should go. They go through a of the Local Plan, and in doing so, plays a leading role in formal preparation process but importantly need to be in line identifying the need to review existing policies and proposals. with the strategic policies within the Carlisle District Local Plan. One such plan is currently being progressed in Dalston. The Council will continue to work with and support those pursuing neighbourhood development plans.