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Carlisle District Local Plan 2001 - 2016 Revised Redeposit draft3.64 In designing pedestrian and cycle routes care should be taken to ensure that areas aresafe for pedestrians and cyclists not only from a traffic point of view but also to ensurethat neither a sense of fear is created, nor crime encouraged by isolating the route fromother activities, especially at night. Cycle parking facilities should be located as close aspossible to the destination served, in secure positions where surveillance from passers-by ismaximised. Normal standards for cycle parking are one space per eight car parking spaceswith a minimum of two cycle spaces per development. Educational provision should betwo spaces per eight students. In development accommodating ten or more cycle spacesappropriate shelter, lighting and signage should be provided.3.65 The Council will seek to ensure that major new developments or the expansion of existingsites are capable of being served by public transport and where appropriate will requirecontributions from developers for the provision of, or improvements to public transportfacilities.3.66 Applicants will be expected to submit a Transport Assessment in accord with nationalguidance for large-scale proposals demonstrating how the proposal seeks to minimisethe need to travel and encourage journeys by sustainable modes. A Green Travel Planpromoting sustainable transport solutions should also be included within the assessment, oron its own for smaller scale non residential projects not requiring a transport assessment butlikely to generate a significant increase in traffic. Guidance as to the scale of developmentrequiring this additional information is listed in Policies T30 Transport Assessments and T31Travel Plans of the Cumbria and Lake District Joint Structure Plan 2001-2016 (ProposedChanges).POLICY CP16 Planning Out CrimeThe design of all new development must contribute to creating a safe and secureenvironment, integrating measures for security and crime prevention and minimisingthe opportunity for crime.The following points should be applied to all development proposals:1. Security measures should be an integral part of the design2. Developments should be laid out and buildings positioned to maximise naturalsurveillance with the intention of creating a sense of neighbourhood and deterringcriminal and anti-social activity3. Public and private spaces should have clearly defined boundaries.4. Footpaths and cycleways should be designed to maximise their use and preventopportunities for concealment, unauthorised access or provide a choice of escaperoutes.5. Landscaping schemes should be designed to ensure that they do not createsecluded areas, opportunities for climbing or reduce natural surveillance.6. Lighting should deter criminal and antisocial activity whilst minimising lightpollution.CCTV may be considered necessary in certain circumstances.Developers should, at the earliest stage possible, consult the Architectural LiaisonOfficer to advise on measures to be incorporated for designing out crime.44 September 2006
Carlisle District Local Plan 2001 - 2016 Revised Redeposit draft3.67 Section 17 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 makes it a duty for local authorities toexercise its various functions with due regard to the likely effect and to do all it reasonablycan to prevent crime and disorder in its area. The City Council takes an active role inthe Carlisle and Eden Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership and will continue touse its planning policies to assist in this process. A number of Planning Policy Statementsemphasise the way in which design and layout can assist in reducing the potential forcrime, in addition the ODPM has published Safer Places - The Planning System and CrimePrevention.3.68 The planning system can be instrumental in producing environments that are well managed,lively and attractive, which discourage crime and anti social behaviour. The Councilconsiders it important that people feel safe in the environments in which they live and moveabout in. Developers will therefore be expected to adopt designs for new developments thattake fully into account the security of property and people. However the approach to designshould still be sensitive to local circumstances. It is evident that insensitive approachesto crime prevention can result in an increased fear and perception of crime by creatingenvironments which appear threatening and as such are avoided. A number of existingalleyways will be gated to prevent nuisance and this should be borne in mind when creatingnew access routes.3.69 Developers are advised to liaise with the Police Architectural Liaison Officer (ALO) as partof the ‘Secured by Design Initiative’ on ways in which both the physical and environmentalsecurity of a new development can be improved through design helping to improve securityand reduce incidences of crime.3.70 The Council has Supplementary Planning Guidance ‘Designing Out Crime in ResidentialAreas’ which was produced in line with the then DoE Circular 5/94 ‘Planning Out Crime’which states that ‘there should be a balanced approach to design which attempts toreconcile the visual quality of a development with the need for crime prevention.’3.71 It is intended that this policy will take this guidance further and ensure that the principlesare applicable to all types of development. The Supplementary Planning Guidance willbe updated in association with the Carlisle and Eden Crime and Disorder ReductionPartnership.September 2006 45
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