Preferred Options Consultation Document
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Contents Introduction .................................................................................................................................. 1 Using the document ................................................................................................................... 2 Getting more information and how to make your comments ...................................................... 4 Vision ............................................................................................................................................ 6 Strategic Objectives .................................................................................................................... 8 Site Assessment and Selection ................................................................................................ 11 Housing ...................................................................................................................................... 13 Housing Growth in the Local Service Centres ................................................................................ 15 Housing Growth in the Limited Growth and Infill and Rounding Off Villages ................................... 19 Managed Release of Allocated Sites .............................................................................................. 21 Reserve Housing Sites ................................................................................................................... 24 Affordable Housing ......................................................................................................................... 27 Custom and self-build housing ....................................................................................................... 30 Settlement Boundary revisions ....................................................................................................... 32 Site allocations......................................................................................................................... 35 Workington ..................................................................................................................................... 40 Maryport ......................................................................................................................................... 56 Aspatria .......................................................................................................................................... 65 Wigton ............................................................................................................................................ 69 Abbeytown ..................................................................................................................................... 76 Broughton (Great Broughton & Little Broughton) ............................................................................ 80 Flimby ............................................................................................................................................ 83 Kirkbride ......................................................................................................................................... 87 Prospect ......................................................................................................................................... 91 Thursby .......................................................................................................................................... 93 Employment ............................................................................................................................... 98 Site allocations......................................................................................................................... 98 Safeguarded existing employment sites ................................................................................ 121 Tourism, Coastal and Countryside Recreation ..................................................................... 122 Revised Tourism, Coastal and Countryside Recreation Policy .............................................. 122 Retail and Town Centres ......................................................................................................... 126 Site allocations....................................................................................................................... 126 Lower Derwent Valley ............................................................................................................ 133 Town Centre Boundary Revisions ......................................................................................... 136 Gypsy, Traveller and Travelling Showpeople ........................................................................ 140 Areas suitable for wind energy development ........................................................................ 146 Open space............................................................................................................................... 149 Amenity Green Space ............................................................................................................ 149 Green Gaps ........................................................................................................................... 152 Green Infrastructure ............................................................................................................... 154 Appendix 1 - Glossary and Acronyms ................................................................................... 156 Appendix 2 - Monitoring and Delivery .................................................................................... 164 Appendix 3 – Saved Policies from the Allerdale Local Plan 1999 removed or replaced by the Allerdale Local Plan (Parts 1 and 2) ................................................................................. 165 Appendix 4 – List of sites submitted ...................................................................................... 168 Appendix 5 – Site Coding Guide ............................................................................................. 178 1 / Introduction Introduction All local planning authorities are required to prepare a local plan that provides a vision and a framework for the future planning of their area, addressing needs and opportunities in relation to housing, the economy, community facilities and infrastructure – as well as a basis for safeguarding the environment, adapting to climate change and securing good design. They are also a critical tool in guiding decisions about individual development proposals, as local plans are the starting-point for considering whether applications can be approved. Allerdale Borough Council’s Local Plan covers the area of the Borough that lies outside the Lake District National Park and is made up of two parts. Part 1 was adopted in July 2014 and sets out the strategy including the future levels of housing and employment growth and the settlements where new development will be directed to. The Council is in the process of producing Part 2 – Site Allocations. The purpose of Part 2 is to translate the housing and employment development identified in Part 1 to the community level by identifying the individual sites where development will occur. Therefore Part 2 has to be prepared in conformity with Part 1. As the levels of housing and employment growth and the settlements specified as development locations were established in Part 1, these are not subject to further consideration or consultation as part of the preparation of Part 2. The allocations contained within Part 2 do not grant automatic planning permission, this must still be obtained through the planning application process. The allocations do however establish that the principle of such development is acceptable. There are a number of different stages involved in the preparation of the Site Allocations Document: Main Stages Date • Call for sites • Discussion Paper September – Call for Sites • Site Assessment Methodology November 2013 • Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report Issues and • Public consultation on all sites submitted for July – September 2014 Options consideration for allocation / designation • Public consultation on further sites suggested to the January – February Additional Sites Council as part of the July 2014 Issues and Options 2015 consultation WHERE WE ARE NOW Preferred Options January – March 2017 • Public consultation on the Council’s preferred sites • Sets out the final Site Allocations Document for submission to the Secretary of State Publication January 2018 • Representations at this stage can only relate to legal compliance and soundness Page | 1 1 / Introduction • Site Allocations Document submitted to Government (Planning Inspectorate) with all the comments Submission and received during the Proposed Submission April 2018 Examination consultation • Independent Examination carried out in public by a Examination July 2018 Planning Inspector Adoption • Council formally adopts plan Late 2018 • Each year, identified targets and planning Monitoring and applications are monitored to assess delivery of the Review Local Plan, including sites The Council has reached the ‘Preferred Options’ stage. This means we have selected: • The sites that we consider should be allocated for housing, employment, retail and gypsies and travellers • The levels of growth for the individual Local Service Centre villages • The sites that we consider should be protected as amenity