Peter Winter

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PFK Planning

Ian Arnott

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Eatonfield Developments Limited

Vicky Hannah

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Home Northwest

Ken Thompson

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Coniston Consultants

Jack Thornton

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Edwin Thompson & Co

Paul Kitchen

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Green Design Group

Rachael Lightfoot

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Story Homes

Neil Henderson

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H & H Bowe

Darren Ward

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Red Raven Design

Ric Outhwaite

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arROw Planning

SHLAA’s

                                       Interesting                        100%

                                       Relevant                           100%

                                       Informative                       100%

                                       Understandable               100%

Comments:

• Relevant as overall guide, especially constraints section.  Lack of highways investment is a big constraint for Allerdale and Copeland.
• Good to find out that the work already done does not mean site is not going to guarantee a planning approval.
• Would have benefited if there had been greater confidence over next steps and the timing and method of consultation.

FLOOD RISK AND PPS25:

                                       Interesting                        100%

                                       Relevant                           100%

                                       Informative                       100%

                                       Understandable               100%

Comments:

• Should have explained the actual mechanics of carrying out the Flood Risk Assessment (FRA).
• Good presentation.  Hope the recent flooding problems in Cumbria do not end up with a knee jerk reaction and increase areas rather than look at what caused the problem.

RENEWALS / AMENDMENTS / VALIDATION / PROTECTED SPECIES:

                                       Interesting                        100%

                                       Relevant                             93%

                                       Informative                         94%

                                       Understandable                 94%

Comments:

• Not sure about difference between non-material and minor amendments.  If non-material, should permission be required?
• A standard ‘update’ page on website would be very useful, but would need to be up-to-date and kept that way.
• Liked the idea of the newspaper ‘read all about it’.  Look forward to more of these in the future.
• Protected Species:  Interesting to compare costs of engaging consultants and carrying out mitigation as part of the overall development costs of a project – never underestimate consultants’ fees.
• Lack of clarity of Allerdale Borough Council’s approach.

SPATIAL OPTIONS:

                                       Interesting                          75%

                                       Relevant                             87%

                                       Informative                         81%

                                       Understandable                69%

Comments:

• An event purely for the LDF, once approved, would be very useful.
• Very poor as slides were unreadable and no copies in information pack.
• Poor presentation and difficult to understand as a result.
• Difficult to follow, disjointed, writing too small to read.
• Difficult to understand.
• Poor presentation with no real purpose.

COCKERMOUTH FLOOD RECOVERY AND PLANNING IMPLICATIONS:

                                       Interesting                        100%

                                       Relevant                             87%

                                       Informative                         94%

                                       Understandable              100%

Comments:

• Questionable content re past flooding events and severity.
• A well balanced presentation with good background information and addressing a positive way forward for the future.
• Very informative presentation.  Interesting.  Enjoyable to listen to.
• Very good.  Use as a ‘recovery model’ for other flood disasters.  Have all shop fronts and buildings photographed as a record.

Feedback on event as a Whole:

Would you recommend the event to others?                            100%

Have you found the event useful?                                              100%

Would you attend future Agents Forums?                                 100%

Areas agents would like to see covered in future:

Planning Portal – The Planning Portal Area Manager has attended previous events and it would be useful to hear of recent changes / updates.

Natural England – Protected Species.

Revisit planning update at regular intervals.

Impact of current planning issues on historic / listed buildings.

Affordable housing requirements and how need information is ascertained.

Spatial Model, need clearer information.

CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS:

Well worth attending, keeps one in touch.

Overall a good event and in the main very informative; just a shame the slides on Spatial Options were poor.

Really very useful.

Questions/answers could be time limited.

Well organised event in a good venue.  Cracking lunch.

It is a positive that Allerdale Borough Council continues to organise the event and it should be given positive publicity.

SUGGESTIONS:

Conservation opportunities in Workington.

Would be useful to include officers from other Cumbrian planning authorities to encourage them to hold similar events, increase understanding of issues faced by planning consultants / planning officers, etc.