Housing, Employment and Open Space allocation proposals
Local Development Framework
Preferred sites for allocation for affordable housing, employment, waste management, and important open spaces
The full report - preferred option
Extensive public consultation took place betwee 26 September and 30 November 2011 on the preferred option for allowing sites. The preferred options are outlined in the following reports and sections.
No decisions have been taken over which sites will ultimately be put forward for alloation. We anticipate this will take place in autumn 2012.
How have sites been selected? Why is allocating land important? Why do we want to allocate land in some places but not others? What does it mean if a site is or isn’t allocated?
Find out in: Housing, Employment and Open Spaces Preferred Options covering report (PDF)
Look at shortlists for Distinctive Areas
- North Distinctive Area allocations including Keswick and Bassenthwaite
- South Distinctive Area allocations including Coniston and Broughton-in-Furness
- East Distinctive Area allocations including Askham and Glenridding
- West Distinctive Area allocations including Gosforth and Bootle
- Central and South East Distinctive Area allocations including Ambleside and Windermere
What are Distinctive areas?
The Core Strategy recognises the Lake District National Park is a large and a diverse area. Sometimes different policies are needed fot different areas to address pressures, opportunities and aspirations
In which Distinctive Area is my location in?
Check out the Lake District National Park Distinctive Areas Map (PDF)
Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment
These accompany the consultation documents and site assessments. They considers the social, economic, and environmental impacts of the shortlisted sites, and whether there are likely to be any significant effect on European protected sites and the Natura 2000 network:
- Sustainability Appraisal for Allocations of Land - Preferred Options (PDF)
- Sustainability Appraisal for Allocations of Land - Appendix 1 List of sites assessed (PDF)
- Sustainability Appraisal for Allocations of Land - Appendix 2 Maps (PDF)
- Habitats Regulations Assessment for Allocations of Land consultations (PDF)
Previous stages
Find out more in Allocations previous stages
Other useful documents
The Core Strategy states "we will seek to allocate sites for affordable housing in our identified Rural Service Centres" (Policy CS02). It also states that in villages we may allocate sites for affordable housing where the identified need in that settlement is proportionately high.
The Allocations of Land DPD Technical Paper (Word document) identifies which villages we will seek to allocate sites for affordable housing and why.