South Lakeland District Council South Lakeland House Lowther Street Kendal Cumbria LA9 4DQ

Tel: 01539 733333 www.southlakeland.gov.uk

Our Ref: 60.12.69 Your Ref: Date: 9 April 2015

Dear

Arnside & Silverdale AONB Development Plan Document: Site Assessment Methodology

As a key early step in the preparation of the DPD, we invited people to put forward suggestions of sites to be considered for inclusion in the Arnside and Silverdale AONB Plan between 12 December 2014 and 28 February 2015.

We would now like your comments on the site assessment methodology, which will be used to assess the site suggestions. We would like to know if you think this draft site assessment pro- forma (available to view at http://tinyurl.com/od3ya2p) provides a reasonable set of criteria for assessing the site suggestions, or whether you think it can be modified or improved.

Please submit any comments by 5pm on Friday 1 May 2015 to [email protected] or by post to Development Plans team, South Lakeland District Council, South Lakeland House, Lowther Street, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 4DQ. If you wish to discuss any aspect of the pro-forma with officers responsible for this work, please call 01539 793383 or 01524 582383.

The finalised site assessment methodology will be published in May and used to assess the site suggestions. Site visits may be required to assist with the assessments and a separate Sustainability Appraisal will be undertaken for all sites. The assessment outcomes will be published later in 2015.

Yours sincerely

Dan Hudson BSC (hons) MRTPI Development Strategy and Housing Manager On behalf of South Lakeland District Council, Lancaster City Council and the Arnside & Silverdale AONB Partnership