Carlisle District Local Plan.indd - Carlisle City Council

Carlisle District Local Plan 2001 - 2016 Revised Redeposit draftAgency’s Economic Strategy supported the designation of a Regional Investment Site atKingmoor Park in Carlisle to further the regional development of the City.2.6 The Cumbria and Lake District Joint Structure Plan also recognises its importance in its roleas a regional centre for business, commerce, shopping, leisure and tourism. This cannotbe underestimated with support for the range of employment opportunities and improvingtransport links. Importantly the Structure Plan recognises the need for housing to sustain theCity’s economic potential.2.7 The City of Carlisle is recognised as the location for a significant scale of developmentthat should support and enhance its role and increase the overall attractiveness for privateinvestment. It will be important to ensure that growth is co-ordinated and satisfies needs,whilst not adversely affecting the area’s cultural heritage and environmental quality.Ensuring that growth is sustainable can have a positive impact on the health of residents byimproving quality of life. This will need to be taken into account when considering proposalsfor growth.2.8 With Carlisle as the focus it is important to sustain the rural area to support and diversifythe rural economy. Primarily this will be concentrated on the key service centres of Bramptonand Longtown which have important roles in their own right serving the wider community.2.9 The Spatial Context is developed further in Development Principle 1 which sets out themain locations for development during the Plan period concentrating development on theurban area of Carlisle, the settlements of Brampton and Longtown and a number of othersettlements to support the rural economy.Other Strategies2.10 The City Council is responsible for preparing a number of other strategies that relate tothe Development Plan. The main ones are the Council’s Corporate Plan which focuses theCouncil’s resources and the Housing Strategy. The County Council is responsible for theLocal Transport Plan which has land use implications throughout the County.2.11 The Corporate Plan has been reviewed setting a clearer focus for corporate priorities toachieve the needs of the District. The two main priorities are Cleaner, Greener and Saferand Developing Carlisle as a Learning City. The first priority is carried through many of thepolicies in this plan, the second of these priorities is to develop the theme of ‘A learningCity’ which is part of the City Vision to Improve Carlisle’s Image. Whilst the City Council isnot an education provider the implications of changes to the provision of secondary, higherand further education impact upon the Council’s services and the use of land. The Strategyof the Local Plan will enable Carlisle to develop as a learning City and policies have beendeveloped in line with this priority.Carlisle RenaissanceThe floods of 2005 focussed attention on the need and potential for a comprehensiveprogramme of regeneration in Carlisle. From the resulting devastation came adetermination to address the significant economic and social challenges while transformingthe physical character and infrastructure of targeted ‘transformational areas’. This agendafor regeneration must be considered as a process, an approach to thinking and workingwithin Carlisle City Council, its employees, services, activities and methodologies.14 September 2006