Maryport Area Coastal Community Team: Economic Plan January 2016
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Maryport Area Coastal Community Team: Economic Plan January 2016 Maryport Area Coastal Community Team: Economic Plan January 2016 Bowles Green Limited Vale House, Oswaldkirk, North Yorkshire, YO62 5YH 1 Tel: 01439 788980 E-mail: [email protected] Maryport Area Coastal Community Team: Economic Plan January 2016 CONTENTS NB: Section numbers relate to the Government Guidance of Preparing Economic Plans for Coastal Community Teams; they are retained for ease of understanding by officers at DCLG. Introduction 1. Name of Coastal Community Team page: 4 2. Single Point of Contact page: 4 3. Coastal Community Team Members page: 4 4. Accountable Body page: 5 5. Local Area page: 5 6. Context – The Community page: 6 7. Context – The Economy page: 7 8. Related Initiatives page: 9 9. Ambition page: 12 10. Community Needs and How We Will Meet Them page: 13 11. Analysis page: 15 12. Data page: 16 13. Key projects page: 16 19. Barriers page: 25 23. Funding page: 26 24. Maximising Resources and Costs page: 26 25. Consultation page: 26 26. Communication With Partners and Stakeholders page: 27 27. Communication With the Community page: 27 28. Management of Team page: 28 29. Support Structure page: 28 31. Sustainability page: 28 32. Areas of Specific Interest page: 28 Appendix page: 29 Prepared by: Bowles Green Limited Consultants: Vale House Judith Bowles Oswaldkirk, York Steve Green YO62 5YH Tel: 01439 788980 / 01420 51487 Mobile: 07919 373294 Email: [email protected] Bowles Green Limited Vale House, Oswaldkirk, North Yorkshire, YO62 5YH 2 Tel: 01439 788980 E-mail: [email protected] Maryport Area Coastal Community Team: Economic Plan January 2016 Acknowledgements The consultants would like to thank members of the project steering group, members of Love Maryport Town Team and wider stakeholders who have contributed to the preparation of this strategy by giving their time and their ideas. Document History Ref Name Circulation/Purpose Written Date By V1 Draft Report CCT for comment SG & JB 19 Jan 2016 V2 Final Report Published SG & JB 26th Jan Version 1 2016 Bowles Green Limited Vale House, Oswaldkirk, North Yorkshire, YO62 5YH 3 Tel: 01439 788980 E-mail: [email protected] Maryport Area Coastal Community Team: Economic Plan January 2016 INTRODUCTION This Draft Economic Plan has been prepared by consultants for the Maryport Area Coastal Community Team, which has been set up to guide economic development at the coast in the area shown on the map below. The economic plan is being written to a template provided by the government and consists of a description of the local area and its economic challenges, a development strategy, a rationale and a list of projects to deliver the strategy. In accordance with the guidance, it does not repeat economic, social and environmental information that is already set out in existing studies, strategies and plans. Instead, this Economic Plan summarises the position and refers to other plans where appropriate. The projects in this Plan will become priorities for bidding into the Coastal Revival Fund and for other sources of funding. This plan is a ‘live’ document. In its current form (the first edition), it is a starting point. It will evolve and become more precise and detailed as work on projects progresses and as economic and other conditions change. It will be updated on a regular basis. 1. NAME OF COASTAL COMMUNITY TEAM The Coastal Community Team for this area is called Love Maryport Town Team. 2. SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT At present, activity in Maryport Area CCT is being co-ordinated by the Chair of the Love Maryport Town Team. Her contact details are: Debbie Wright Her Citti Crosby Street Maryport Cumbria CA15 6JX Tel: 01900 810400 E-mail: [email protected] 3. COASTAL COMMUNITY TEAM MEMBERS Coastal Community Team The following organisations have taken part in work to prepare this economic plan and are members of the Coastal Community Team for Maryport Area: Allonby Parish Council - www.localcouncils.org/allonby Ewanrigg Local Trust www.ewanrigg.com Lake District Coast Aquarium - www.coastaquarium.co.uk Love Maryport Town Team – www.lovemaryport.org.uk (Lead organisation) Maryport Blues Festival Group - www.maryportblues.co.uk Maryport Harbour Authority - www.maryportharbour.com Maryport Inshore Rescue - www.maryportrescue.co.uk Maryport Maritime Museum - www.maryportmaritimemuseum.btck.co.uk Bowles Green Limited Vale House, Oswaldkirk, North Yorkshire, YO62 5YH 4 Tel: 01439 788980 E-mail: [email protected] Maryport Area Coastal Community Team: Economic Plan January 2016 Maryport Town Council – www.maryporttowncouncil.gov.uk North of England Civic Trust – www.nect.org.uk Senhouse Roman Museum - www.senhousemuseum.co.uk Solway Coast AONB - www.solwaycoastaonb.org.uk Wave Centre - www.thewavemaryport.co.uk West Coast Indoor Karting - www.westcoastkarting.co.uk Stakeholders/Other Partners A wider group of stakeholders has also engaged with the process and will provide support, assist communication or otherwise support the CCT. Allerdale Borough Council – www.allerdale/gov.uk Cumbria County Council – www.cumbria.gov.uk Cumbria Tourism - www.cumbriatourism.org Netherhall School – www.netherhall.cumbria.sch.uk Northern Rail – www.northernrail.org 4. ACCOUNTABLE BODY The accountable body for this Economic Plan is: Allerdale Borough Council Allerdale House Workington Cumbria CA14 3YJ Contact: Toni Magean, Town Centre Area Manager Tel: 01900 702766 E-mail: [email protected] 5. LOCAL AREA The Maryport CCT area extends along the English Solway coast from Dubmill Point in the north to include Flimby in the south. The main focus for economic activity is the town of Maryport. Maryport sits at the mouth of the River Ellen, at the south-western extremity of the Solway Plain and at the northern end of the former Cumberland Coalfield. The town occupies high ground on top of cliffs and lower lying coastal land around the harbour. To the north of the town the site of the Roman fort and town of Alauna is within the Hadrian’s Wall UNESCO World Heritage Site. With the exception of Maryport and Swarthy Hill, the area is low lying. To the north and south of Maryport there are sand dunes and sandy beaches, especially at Allonby, which is popular with holiday-makers and day visitors. The northern part of the CCT (i.e. the area to the north of Maryport) is within the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and there are fine views across the Solway Firth to Dumfries and Galloway and inland to the Lake District. Behind the coastal dunes, the land use is agricultural with several former mining communities. To the north, inland from Allonby wet grassland provides grazing and further inland, the ground rises to the ridge that forms the inland boundary of the Solway Plain. Bowles Green Limited Vale House, Oswaldkirk, North Yorkshire, YO62 5YH 5 Tel: 01439 788980 E-mail: [email protected] Maryport Area Coastal Community Team: Economic Plan January 2016 The Maryport CCT area is generally remote from the national transport network. The Cumbrian Coast railway line links Maryport and Flimby to the East Coast mainline at Carlisle, and to Workington, Whitehaven, Sellafield and eventually Barrow-in-Furness to the south. The B5300 coast road links Flimby, Maryport and Allonby with Silloth in the north and Workington in the south. Other key roads are the A596, which links Maryport to Carlisle and the M6, and the A594, which links to the A66 at Cockermouth and on to the M6 at Penrith. The Hadrian Cycle Route passes through the CCT from south to north, as does the new Coastal Path. Figure 1: Maryport Coastal Community Team Area The area’s sense of place is formed partly by this geographic heritage and in part by its cultural heritage; the latter is summarised as follows: . The Roman fort and town of Alauna were built in 122 AD as a supply base for the western part of Hadrian’s Wall . The town reduced in size and importance after the departure of the Romans . There was a motte and bailey castle in the 12th century and the area was part of the Netherhall Estate in the 14th Century when a peel tower was built to defend against Scots raids . Humphrey Senhouse began to develop the harbour and the town in the 18th century and renamed Ellenfoot as Maryport in 1749 after his wife, Mary . Maryport developed rapidly during the 19th century with an iron foundry, shipyards and larger port to service coalmining around Dearham, Broughton and Aspatria . A new deep-water dock at Workington took trade from Maryport and the town’s industry had all but collapsed by the 1980s . In the last 20 years Maryport has enjoyed considerable public sector investment in leisure infrastructure, but it has struggled to attract large numbers of visitors 6. CONTEXT – THE COMMUNITY The population of Maryport Area CCT is approximately 17,000. The main settlements are Maryport (12,000), Flimby (1,700), Crosscanonby (1,000) and Allonby (400). The population of Allonby Bowles Green Limited Vale House, Oswaldkirk, North Yorkshire, YO62 5YH 6 Tel: 01439 788980 E-mail: [email protected] Maryport Area Coastal Community Team: Economic Plan January 2016 increases by approximately 2,000 in the summer and to a lesser extent Easter, the half term holidays and off season weekends as occupancy of its caravan sites increases. The resident population can be summarised as follows: . The population is older than the UK average and ageing at a faster rate than the UK population . There is a higher proportion of younger people in Maryport and Flimby than in the rural north . Maryport and Flimby have high rates of unemployment with associated levels of deprivation and higher levels of crime, especially in the east and south of Maryport (Ewanrigg and Grasslot) .