Planning Policy
The local plan and local development framework
Allerdale Borough Council is responsible for the preparation of
a Local Plan for our area excluding the
Lake
District National Park. The Local Plan is only adopted as
Council planning policy after extensive public participation and
consultation.
The Allerdale Local Plan was adopted in November 1999. It is
necessary to keep such policies under review. The First Alteration
to the Local Plan was originally published in September 2002.
Since then there has been a second deposit period, a public inquiry
and the Inspector's Report was received in late 2005. Post Inquiry
Modifications were published in early 2006 and the
alterations adopted in July 2006.
New legislation replaces Local Plans with Local Development
Frameworks (LDF) but the Local Plan will remain valid until the new
Framework is adopted. The Council has commenced work on the LDF and
intends to complete it by 2013. The first part of the LDF will be a
'Core Strategy' which was published
for early consultation in 2006. More details can be
found in the Local Development Framework
section.
The Lake District
National Park Authority is the Local Planning Authority for
that part of our area that lies within the national park and as
such deals with planning applications and the production of the
Local Plan and LDF for that area.
Statement of Community Involvement
The Council formally adopted the Statement of
Community Involvement in March 2010. This is the first document of
the Local Development Framework and sets out how the Council
proposes to involve the local community in the production of Local
Development Documents.
Cockermouth Front Runners Project
Allerdale has been successful in its bid to have Cockermouth
selected as one of 20 vanguard schemes for the Government's new
Neighbourhood Planning proposals. See Cockermouth Frontrunners for more
information.
Policy Team
Currently there are 7 members of the Planning Policy team.
We are based in the Planning Department at Allerdale
House and are contactable via the details below.
Our main task is to implement the change from the old Local Plan
system to the emerging Local Development Framework.
Latest News
23rd December 2011 - The Council has produced
its Annual Monitoring Report for the
period covering 2010/11.
26 October 2011 - The Cumbria Renewable Energy Capacity and Deployment
Study has been produced.
23 August 2011 - The Council has updated its
5 Year Land Supply document.
19th April 2011 - An update to the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA), carried
out in response to the November 2009 floods, is now
available.
24th December 2010 - The Council has produced
its Annual Monitoring Report for the
period covering 09/10.
16th December 2010 - The Council has published
the first stage of its Infrastructure
Delivery Plan. This document assesses provision of various
types of infrastructure across the borough.
19th October 2010 - The Council has updated its
5 Year Land Supply document.
27th November 2009 - The Council has produced a
revised discussion paper regarding the spatial options we are
currently exploring for the Core
Strategy. We would welcome any comments you may have on the
contents of this document.
10th September 2009 - The Council has collated
a wide range of planning related data to serve as a key part of the
evidence base for the emerging development plan. This information
has been presented in the Allerdale
Atlas.
12th June 2009 - The Local Development Scheme (LDS) has been updated.
This is the timetable for LDF production.
5th May 2009 - The West Cumbria Retail Study has been
completed.
8th January 2009 -
The Council, in partnership with Copeland Borough Council has
produced the West Cumbria
Employment Land & Premises Study. This study will form part
of the evidence base for the emerging LDF and will help
shape planning policy for the use and allocation of
employment land.
16th October 2008 - The Regeneration team has
produced a video explaining the process of the new planning system.
The video, entitled Introducing the LDF, can be viewed on
the Local Development Framework page.
7th April 2008 - The Allerdale Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA)
has now been completed. This document shows those areas of the
borough at possible risk from flooding.
25th March 2008 - The Council formally adopted
the Cockermouth Conservation Area Design
Guide Supplementary Document on the 5th March 2008. There
now follows a 3 month period in which any persons aggrieved by
the SPD may apply to the High Court for a judicial review of
the decision to adopt
28th February 2008 - The Council has published
an Open Space Study, looking at recreation spaces across the
borough. More details can be found on our Evidence Base page.
15th February 2008 - The Council formally
adopted the Wind Energy Supplementary
Planning Document on the 23rd January 2008. There now
follows a 3 month period in which any persons aggrieved by the
SPD may apply to the High Court for a judicial review of the
decision to adopt.