Planning Policy
Allerdale Borough Council is the local planning authority for
the area of the Borough that lies outside of the Lake District
National Park. The planning policy team are responsible for the
preparation and monitoring of planning development plan documents
(DPDs), the protection of the conservation areas and listed
buildings, and Neighbourhood Planning. The Allerdale planing policy
team are based at Allerdale House, Workington. Contact details for
the team can be found on the left of the page.
If you live within the Lake District National Park then any
planning matters and/or queries should be referred to the
Lake District National Park
Authority, which is based in Kendal. The map below
can be used to check which is your local planning
authority if you are unsure.
Existing Local Plan (Saved Policies)
The current planning DPDs for Allerdale Borough
Council are the 1999 Local Plan and the 2006 First
Alterations document, which updated some of the original policies.
More information and the links to download the Local Plan and the
First Alterations documents can be found on the Current Local Plan page.
Local Plan (Part 1) - Pre Submission
Draft
The planning policy team are currently working on a replacement
Local Plan that will set out the planning framework and policies to
guide development in the Borough for the period 2011-2026. There
are two parts to the replacement Local Plan:
- The principal component is the Local Plan which consists
of both Strategic and Development Management policies
(Part 1). The Local Plan (Part 1) Pre
Submission Draft has now been published for comments.
Having considered all the comments received during the Preferred
Options consultation we have made appropriate changes to our draft
document and developed our policies further. We have now
produced a Local Plan which we believe is sound. A further
consultation of six weeks will now carried out after which we will
submit our Local Plan to the Government.
- The Site Allocations DPD will be the second part of the Local
Plan. It allocates sites for a range of different uses such
as housing, employment, open space and nature conservation having
regard to the settlement hierarchy, the future role of each
settlement/tier and the level of housing and employment growth
identified in the Strategic Policies.
Conservation of the historic environment
Allerdale Borough Council is also responsible for the
preservation of the historic environment, which includes Listed
Buildings, Conservation Areas, Scheduled Ancient Monuments and
Sites of Archaeological Significance. Within the planning
policy team we have a conservation officer who prepares
conservation area appraisals and also gives advice
and guidance on works on historic buildings and
structures. For more information click on the 'Conservation of
the historic environment' link on the left of the
page.
Neighbourhood planning
The ability for local communities to prepare their own
neighbourhood plans has been introduced under the provisions of the
Localism Act 2012. The parts of the Act in relation to
neighbourhood planning came into force on 6 April 2012 and the
planning policy team will be responsible for assisting
neighbourhood planning groups in developing their ideas and plans.
More information on neighbourhood planning can be obtained from the
Department for
Communities and Local Government (DCLG) .
Cockermouth Town Council has been selected as one of the
neighbourhood planning 'Front
Runner' pilot projects that are testing the new
regulations.
Annual monitoring report
The Annual
Monitoring Report (AMR) is a document that is produced by the
Council annually, looking back at the previous financial year
from 1 April to 31 March. The AMR measures various indicators
to assess the performance of the individual planning policies set
out in the local plan but also to provide a general portrait of the
social, economic and environmental conditions in the district and
the wider effects of the Local Plan on the district.