Cumbria Sub Regional Spatial Strategy 2008 to 2028 For more information on this document please contact the Head of Transport and Spatial Planning on 01228 226717. Or visit: www.cumbriastrategicpartnership.org.uk We can provide this strategy in different formats on request. 9581 Designed by Cumbria County Council 3cStudio Graphic Design 01228 226420 The challenge is to secure a sustainable level and pattern of development that creates balanced communities and Contents meets need including the need for jobs throughout Cumbria Contents p4-5 Executive summary p6-9 1 Introduction p10-13 2 Summary of key spatial issues facing Cumbria sub region p14-21 3 The Spatial Strategy p22-31 4 Areas within Cumbria p32-35 5 Delivering the Sub Regional Spatial Strategy 2 Cumbria Sub Regional Spatial Strategy 3 Executive summary 1.4The Community C Strategy for Cumbria seeks 1.4Key serviceC centres will accommodate In the Lake District National Park rural service • The achievement of the spatial initiatives in to energise the county’s communities, health, development appropriate to the size and role of centres and other sustainable communities will the West Cumbria Energy Coast Masterplan, economy, connections and environment the centre as indicated in para 3.6. Small scale accommodate development to meet locally the Barrow Masterplan and Carlisle Housing over the next 10 – 20 years. Cumbria’s Sub development will take place in local service generated needs. Growth Point Regional1.4 C Spatial Strategy sets out the spatial 1.4centres C and other locations as identified in the planning framework. This enables actions that local development frameworks. In order to achieve the Cumbria Sub Regional • Delivering Balanced Housing Markets affect specific areas and locations to achieve Spatial Strategy the following measures need throughout Cumbria and Housing Market 1.4the delivery C of the Community Strategy and 1.4To achieve C more balanced communities and to be implemented in accord with the county’s Renewal in Furness and West Cumbria provide the sub regional spatial framework reduce inequality in Cumbria, three spatial accessibility principles. Executive summary for local development frameworks in Cumbria. objectives have been identified: • Investment in the following transport schemes: This enables them to align to the Community • All parts of Cumbria need to be within a Strategy.1.4 C 1.4• To reduceC the dependency for high level reasonable distance of high quality inward - A590 improvements services/jobs on towns outside Cumbria investment opportunities - A595/6 improvements The challenge is to secure a sustainable level • To increase the viability and complementary - A66 improvements and pattern of development that creates nature of towns and villages throughout • Sites for high value businesses to be - A69 improvements balanced communities and meets need Cumbria available at: - Access to Windermere/Bowness - including the need for jobs throughout • To develop and maintain high quality modern - Carlisle Airport and associated Cumbria1. This will require private and and integrated transport networks - Barrow Port, Barrow infrastructure public investment, in appropriate locations, - Eden Business Park (Gilwilly, Penrith) - Carlisle Northern Development Route to bring about a transformational change - Kendal - Cumbria Coastal, Furness and to the Cumbrian economy. In the interests - Ulverston Windermere Branch Railway Lines of sustainable development, housing is also The development - Carlisle (including Kingmoor) necessary at a level to complement economic - Lillyhall (Workington)2 • Utilising the potential of the Cumbria coast growth and ensure local housing needs are emphasis is for: - West Lakes Science and Technology Park met through the achievement of balanced (Whitehaven)2 housing markets. There is a need to enhance Major development to take place in environmental assets and for the impacts of Barrow, Carlisle, Workington and Whitehaven. • Provision of additional and improved Higher climate change to be addressed. Significant development is to take place in and Further Education opportunities including Kendal, Penrith, Ulverston and Maryport but the further development of the University Development will support the roles of Barrow with greater consideration as to the scale and of Cumbria, Nuclear Academy, National and Carlisle and provide a range of facilities the capacity for development. Nuclear Laboratory, Dalton Cumbria Facility, and services to improve health, reduce crime Kendal and Furness Colleges and Academies and enhance education and skills attainment Moderate development to take place within communities. in Dalton-in-Furness, Aspatria, Cockermouth, • Developing tourism through provision of Brampton, Longtown, Wigton, Cleator Moor, improved accommodation and key projects In rural and sparse rural areas the character Egremont, Millom, Silloth, Alston, Appleby, including: of individual areas will be respected and Grange-over-Sands, Kirkby Lonsdale, Kirkby development will strengthen the economy and Stephen, Milnthorpe and Sedbergh. - Restoration of the northern reaches of the support rural communities. Lancaster Canal Small scale development to take place - Hadrian’s Wall Zone in local service centres and other locations as - Derwent Forest identified in the local development frameworks. - Windermere Waterfront Regeneration In open countryside development will take place only in exceptional circumstances. 1 The objective is to raise local incomes and GVA to a level commensurate with the rest of the region. 2 To include tertiary education facilities. 4 Cumbria Sub Regional Spatial Strategy 5 1 Introduction 1.4 C 141.1 TheC Community Strategy for Cumbria, seeks to energise the county’s The Cumbria Community Strategy aims to communities, health, economy, connections and environment over the 1.4 C 14 C create: next 10 – 20 years. It brings together Introduction aspirations and ambitions from a range of • safe, strong and inclusive communities; 1 thematic and geographic strategies. • health and well-being throughout life; 1.4 C 14 C • a sustainable and prosperous economy; • effective connections between people and places; • world class environmental quality. 1.4 C 14 C 6 Cumbria Sub Regional Spatial Strategy 7 1.41.2 CCumbria’s Sub Regional Spatial Strategy 1.41.3 CTo guide development management 1.4 The Sub Regional Spatial Strategy 1.5 This strategy and consequent development sets out the spatial planning framework of the strategy sets out a number of also sets out an agreed list of priority plans need to be closely monitored and to enable actions that affect specific development principles3 which are measures which we will work together to reviewed so that development necessary areas and locations to achieve the fundamental to securing appropriate achieve and for which we will lobby at a to meet economic and social objectives is 1.4 C 1.4 C above. It provides the sub regional development and effective ‘place regional and national level. The strategy not inhibited by the relevant plans being Introduction spatial framework for local development shaping’. The development and should also be read alongside Routes out of date. 1 frameworks in Cumbria. This countywide application of these principles will enable to a Prosperous Cumbria which sets out 1.4 strategyC aims to achieve an integrated 1.4 theC diversity of the issues, problems the improved transport infrastructure approach to delivering a prosperous and assets in Cumbria to be recognised projects that would support a prosperous and sustainable future for the whole of whilst at the same time ensuring a Cumbria. 1.4 CCumbria. 1.4 Cconsistent approach to assessing the appropriateness of development proposals. The principles build upon those originally set out in the joint structure plan and set out in the Regional Spatial Strategy for the North West. Local authorities will be encouraged to take these forward in the local development frameworks. 3 See section 5. 8 Cumbria Sub Regional Spatial Strategy 9 12 IntroductionSummary of key spatial issues facing Cumb ria sub region 1.4 C 142.1 CCumbria is geographically isolated 2.2 The county’s settlement pattern results 2.3 Despite the need to travel, the transport and distant from regional, national and in a dispersed population with distinct infrastructure is out of date and requires European markets. This isolation is further problems of sparsity with many smaller major investment. The lack of quality accentuated in Cumbria’s remoter rural towns not being sufficiently large to networks is seen to inhibit inward 1.4 C 14 C areas and is a contributing factor to the provide all the facilities required for investment and further reinforces the difficulties in attracting investment into modern living. Facilities and services are sense of remoteness. the county. Put another way Cumbria more costly to provide and difficult to 1.4 C 14 Cis relatively self contained, with some access and the limited size of the markets relationships with North Lancashire, make it less attractive to invest in such North East England and South West services. As a result people may need 1.4 C 14 CScotland. to travel longer distances to satisfy their needs or more innovative ways to access Cumbria is services and facilities (such as mobile services) may be required. relatively self contained with relationships with North Lancashire, North East England and South West Scotland Summary of key spatial issues facing Cumbria sub region 2 10 Cumbria Sub Regional Spatial