Lancaster District Local Plan Strike-Through Edition Marked up to Show Policies Not Saved and Policies Superseded by Core Strategy 4Th September 2008
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Lancaster District Local Plan Strike-through Edition Marked up to show Policies Not Saved and Policies Superseded by Core Strategy 4th September 2008 Lancaster District Local Plan Strike-Through Edition September 2008 Lancaster City Council www.lancaster.gov.uk Andrew Dobson Dip EP MRTPI PDDMS Head of Planning Services Lancaster City Council Lancaster Town Hall Dalton Square Lancaster LA1 1PJ 4th September 2008 V2/1 September 2008 i Lancaster District Local Plan Strike-through Edition Marked up to show Policies Not Saved and Policies Superseded by Core Strategy 4th September 2008 Introduction to the September 2008 Strike-Through Edition of the Lancaster District Local Plan From the autumn of 2004 onwards the national guidance, legislation and regulations that were used to prepare the Lancaster District Local Plan were replaced by a new system for preparing development plans. All of the policies of the Lancaster District Local Plan will eventually be replaced by policies within new-style development plan documents. During the intervening period a Direction from the Secretary of State, issued on 18 September 2007, “saved” most of the policies of the Lancaster District Local Plan until they are replaced by policies within new Development Plan Documents. These saved policies continue to be part of the local development plan and will continue to be pertinent to the determination of development proposals. Policies (and the supporting text) which have not been saved by the Direction of the Secretary of State are shown within this Edition of the Lancaster District Local Plan with red strike-through text. These policies no longer form part of the development plan for Lancaster District. On the 23 July 2008 Lancaster City Council adopted the Lancaster District Core Strategy. Consequently some of the policies of the Lancaster District Local Plan which had been saved by the Direction of the Secretary of State have been wholly replaced or partly replaced by policies of the Core Strategy. Policies of the Lancaster District Local Plan which are superseded in their entirety by policies in the adopted Lancaster District Core Strategy are shown with black strike-through text. These policies no longer form part of the development plan for Lancaster District. Policies of the Lancaster District Local Plan which are superseded in part by policies in the adopted Lancaster District Core Strategy are shown with dashed underlined text. Both the partially superseded policy and the relevant Core Strategy policy need to be taken into account when planning proposals are being considered. These partly superseded policies continue to form part of the development plan for Lancaster District but where there is a conflict or difference the Core Strategy Policy should carry greater weight. The adoption of the Lancaster District Core Strategy also has implications for the Lancaster District Local Plan Proposals Map. The interactive on-line version of the proposals map will be revised to take account of these implications, the paper version of the proposals map will be revised when work proceeds on further development plan documents. Please note that this Strike-Through Edition of the Lancaster District Local Plan has been prepared to assist all parties interpret the implications of the Secretary of State’s Direction on Saved Polices and the implications of the adoption of the Lancaster District Core Strategy. This document has been prepared purely with this intention and the formal position remains that provided through reference to; (i) the adopted version of the Lancaster District Local Plan of 16 April 2004, (ii) the Direction from the Secretary of State, dated 18 September 2007, under paragraph 1(3) of Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 directing that for the purposes of the policies specified in the Schedule to this direction, paragraph 1(2)(a) of Schedule 8 to the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 does not apply, and, (3) the Lancaster District Core Strategy as adopted on 23 July 2008. Further assistance is available from Lancaster City Council’s Forward Planning Team at [email protected] 1) A large print version of the text in this document can be supplied on request 2) All maps contained in this document are reproduced from the Ordnance Survey mapping with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty's Stationery Office © Crown copyright. Unauthorised reproduction infringes Crown copyright and may lead to prosecution or civil proceedings. Lancaster City Council Licence No. LA 078379. 2004. Policy in Red Strikethrough: Policy was Not Saved (it is no longer part of the Development Plan) Policy in Black Strikethrough: Policy is Wholly Superseded by Policies of the Core Strategy (is no longer part of Dev. Plan) Policy has Dashed Underlining: Policy is Partly Superseded by Policies of the Core Strategy (it should continue to be taken into ii account along with the pertinent Core Strategy Policy) Lancaster District Local Plan Strike-through Edition Marked up to show Policies Not Saved and Policies Superseded by Core Strategy 4th September 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS III Diagram 6 – Carnforth Housing Opportunity Sites 26 North Road, Carnforth 26 1. INTRODUCTION 1 Oxford Street, Carnforth 26 Diagram 1; The Local Plan Area 2 Diagram 7 – Hornby Road, Caton 27 1.1 Background 3 Hornby Road Caton 27 Diagram 8 – Coastal Road, Bolton-le-Sands 27 The District Local Plan 3 Coastal Road, Bolton-le-Sands 27 Influences on the Local Plan 3 Diagram 9 – Galgate Silk Mill 27 National Planning Guidance 3 Silk Mill, Galgate 27 Figure 1 – Population and Household Change 3 Housing in Villages 28 Regional Planning Guidance 3 Housing in the Countryside 30 The Lancashire Structure Plan 4 The Removal of Occupancy Conditions 30 Neighbouring Authorities 4 Other Council Policies 4 Affordable Housing 32 The Environment 5 Affordable Housing 32 The Council’s Vision 5 Housing Exceptions in the Rural Area 33 The Council’s Development Strategy 6 The Council's Environmental Strategy 6 2.5 Standards for New Housing 35 How to Use this Plan 7 Layout, Design and the Use of Materials 35 The Proposals Map 8 Sustainable Living 36 Supplementary Planning Guidance 9 The Environmental Appraisal 9 2.6 Catering for Specific Housing Needs 37 2. HOUSING 11 Student Accommodation 37 Residential Caravans and Park Homes 37 2.1 Background 12 Gypsies 37 New Residential Development and Land Recycling12 The Existing Situation 38 New Gypsy Sites 38 2.2 Meeting Housing Requirements 14 Accommodation for Elderly People 39 Figure 2 – Assumed Dwelling Contributions from Sheltered Accommodation 39 Existing Sites at July 2000 14 Retirement Homes 40 Housing Sites in Previous Local Plans 15 Nursing Homes 40 The Urban Concentration Strategy 15 2.7 Existing Housing Areas 41 Figure 3 – The Urban Concentration Strategy 15 Meeting the Housing Requirement 16 Environmental Improvements 41 Figure 4 – Components of Housing Supply 16 Development on Small Sites in Lancaster, Morecambe, Heysham and Carnforth 41 2.3 The Main Urban Area 17 Residential Use of Upper Floors 42 Housing Opportunity Sites 17 Flat Development 42 Poulton Market, Morecambe 17 Houses in Multiple Occupation and Hostels 43 Venture Caravan Park, Morecambe 17 Housing Regeneration in Morecambe 44 Summerville Caravan Park, Morecambe 17 Diagram 10 – The Central Poulton Action Area 44 Oxcliffe Road, Morecambe 18 The Central Poulton Area of Morecambe 44 White Lund Road Depot, Morecambe 18 3. THE LOCAL ECONOMY 46 Middleton Road, Heysham 18 Heysham Road Depots, Heysham 18 3.1 Background – the Local Economy 2 Lancaster Moor North 18 Figure 6; Lancaster District King Street/Aldcliffe Road, Lancaster 19 Economically Active Population 1981-2006. 2 Former Pye Feedmill, Lancaster 19 Figure 7; Lancaster District St George’s Quay 19 Employment Structure, 1981-1993 2 Luneside East 19 Figure 8; Commuting out of the District Bulk Road, Lancaster 19 1971-1991 48 Nightingale Hall Farm 19 Business Land and Property 48 Stonewell, Lancaster 20 Figure 9 – Structure Plan Lancaster Central Canal Corridor 20 Employment Land Requirements 48 Car Free Housing 20 Green-field Development 21 3.2 Business Development Sites 49 The Royal Albert area 21 Diagram 11 – Bailrigg Business Park 49 Diagram 2 – Lancaster Moor Hospital 22 Bailrigg Business Park 49 Lancaster Moor Hospital 23 Diagram 12 – Lancaster Business Park 50 Westgate South, Morecambe 24 Lancaster Business Park 50 Diagram 3 – Westgate South 24 Mellishaw Lane 50 Derwent Road, Lancaster 24 Diagram 13 – The Mellishaw Area 50 Diagram 5 – Derwent Road 24 Carnforth Business Park 51 Summary 25 Diagram 14 – Carnforth Business Park 51 Figure 5 – Urban Area Site Summary Table 25 Other Rural Employment Locations 51 2.4 Carnforth and the Rural Areas 26 Willow Mill, Caton 51 Claughton Buffer Store 52 Small Sites 26 Hornby Industrial Estate 52 Large Sites 26 Cowan Bridge Industrial Estate 52 Housing Opportunity Sites 26 Glasson Dock 52 Carnforth 26 Galgate Silk Mill 52 Crag Bank East 26 Halton Mills 52 Diagram 5 – Crag Bank East 26 Lundsfield Quarry 26 Policy in Red Strikethrough: Policy was Not Saved (it is no longer part of the Development Plan) Policy in Black Strikethrough: Policy is Wholly Superseded by Policies of the Core Strategy (is no longer part of Dev. Plan) Policy has Dashed Underlining: Policy is Partly Superseded by Policies of the Core Strategy (it should continue to be taken into iii account along with the pertinent Core Strategy Policy) Lancaster District Local Plan Strike-through