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Carlisle District Local Plan 2001 - 2016 Revised Redeposit draft4.1 Land with planning permission and land allocated for employment use, together withexisting employment areas in the principal settlements of Carlisle, Brampton and Longtownare identified as Primary Employment Areas. In these areas employment related usespredominate. New development and extensions to existing premises and changes of use ofexisting premises to employment related uses will be appropriate.4.2 The Council considers, in line with Draft Structure Plan Policies EM10 and EM11, that thesesites should be retained as Primary Employment Areas to ensure maximum contributionof available land to meet development needs and to help meet the objectives of theSustainable Strategy of the Plan4.3 There may, however, be occasions where an exception to this policy will be appropriate. Theolder industrial areas of Carlisle include parts of Denton Holme and areas to the south eastof the City Centre where there is a tightly knit pattern of development, often with housingand industry in close proximity. These areas contribute to the range of industrial premisesand sites in the City.4.4 However, firms in these areas may occupy sites and premises which are not suited tomodern day requirements and offer little opportunity for expansion. There may be conflictbetween housing and industrial uses. If businesses currently occupying sites which are poorlyrelated to residential areas relocate or close and the premises or sites become vacant,proposals for residential development will be considered, along with the feasibility of theircontinued use or redevelopment for employment purposes. Some residential allocationshave been made in this Plan on land that was previously used for employment purposes.4.5 There may be instances where established employment sites become vacant and theredevelopment costs of such sites are prohibitive for employment sites, either throughcontamination or demolition costs. In these circumstances the availability of Derelict LandGrant should be investigated. If grant aid is not available there may be opportunities forthe development of a mixed-use scheme, where other uses may be able to finance theredevelopment of the majority of the site for employment use. If the alternative proposeduse is retail, this will only be acceptable if the site is in a location where retail developmentwould be acceptable under other policies of the Plan. Such areas may include sitesimmediately adjacent to the City Centre Shopping Area. Alternative uses will be consideredin the context of the Draft Structure Plan Policy EM11, the site’s location and surroundingland uses.4.6 Throughout Primary Employment Areas and on sites allocated under Proposal EC22, usesin Use Class A2 will be acceptable in principle, together with other employment uses. Theseinclude light industrial uses, research and development facilities and some offices.4.7 Within the Plan area, to ensure adequate separation of hazardous installations and housingor other incompatible uses, the City Council will take into account the advice of the Healthand Safety Executive concerning off-site risks to the public arising from any proposeddevelopment which would introduce one or more hazardous substances.4.8 Within the Plan area there are a number of notifiable installations. Whilst these aresubject to stringent controls under existing health and safety legislation it is consideredprudent to control the kinds of development in the immediate vicinity of these installations.In determining whether or not to grant planning consent on land in the vicinity of suchinstallations, the City Council will take account of advice from the Health and SafetyExecutive about risks to the proposed development from the hazardous installation.48 September 2006
Carlisle District Local Plan 2001 - 2016 Revised Redeposit draft4.9 The future use of Harker, Heathlands and Rockcliffe former RAF 14MU sites has beenconsidered within the framework of an overall sustainable development patterns for Carlisle.It is considered that it is more sustainable to maintain existing development uses than tochange to alternative land uses.4.10 This policy acknowledges the existing use rights of these outlying sites and buildings at theformer RAF 14MU (sites 2, 3 and 6). Development within the existing use rights of the sitesand buildings (some B1, B2 but mostly B8) will be acceptable, although where this involvesan increase in vehicular movement from these sites, the impact on the surrounding ruralroad network will be carefully considered. Site specific drainage solutions will be desirablefor any refurbishment/redevelopment.4.11 The Sandysike and Whitesyke areas are located some three kilometres south of Longtownwith access to the former from the A7 trunk road and the latter from the A6071 Longtown-Brampton road. Much of both of the areas are now forestry plantations, but interspersedamong these are a number of storage sheds erected by the RAF during the Second WorldWar. Since the War, these sheds have been used for a variety of storage uses. Initially, theseuses were subject to temporary planning permissions, but in the last few years the CityCouncil has followed a policy of granting permanent permission and where appropriate,approving extensions subject to improvements being carried out.POLICY EC2 Mixed Commercial AreasWithin Mixed Commercial Areas, proposals for B1 (Business), B2 (General Industrial),B8 (Warehousing) and A2 (Financial and Professional) uses will be acceptable providedthat:1. the relationship of the site to the highway network is satisfactory; and2. access to the site is satisfactory; and3. appropriate parking provision can be provided; and4. the scale of development is appropriate in relation to the site and the amenity ofadjacent uses is not prejudiced.A1(Retail) uses will only be acceptable on Mixed Commercial Areas that are within300m of the Primary retail areas of the City Centre or Key Service Centres subject to theabove criteria and other policies of this Local Plan.Add to Policy:Mixed Commercial areas may be suitable for some residential development; howeverthis will depend upon the nature of existing uses and the ability to integrate a residentialenvironment without impinging on the amenity of surrounding uses and futureoccupiers. The ability to ensure new development will be compatible with surroundinguse class operations will be a determining factor where mixed uses are retained.The loss of and availability of employment land will also be taken into account whenconsidering whether such a change of use is acceptable.Mitigation: Need to identify mixed commercial development must consider effects oncultural/historic value of the city centre; traffic movements; opportunities for promotingsustainable transport modes; drainage patterns and capacity of existing drainage.(SeePolicies CP9-11, CP15, CP16, LE6-12)September 2006 49
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