Carlisle District Local Plan.indd - Carlisle City Council

Carlisle District Local Plan 2001 - 2016 Revised Redeposit draft4.66 Overhead power lines are controlled by the Electricity Act 1989 and are subject to consentfrom the Secretary of State for Energy. However, the City Council is consulted on suchapplications to allow any objections to be stated. When considering such applications theCity Council will seek the least visually intrusive route and discourage overhead lines withinor adjacent to sensitive areas, such as Hadrian’s Wall Military Zone World Heritage Site,AONBs or conservation areas.PROPOSAL EC20 Employment & Commercial Growth Land AllocationsTo provide for employment development needs, in addition to sites with planningpermission, an additional 77 hectares are allocated for employment purposes,providing for a variety of employment needs.Given the proposed locations for economic development and the allocations on thesesites the policy should make general requirements that all developments must take intoconsideration the effects on: biodiversity; landscape character; cultural heritage; levelsof congestion around the key employment areas; potential impacts of HGV movementson roads between the M6 and Carlisle Airport; opportunities for promoting publictransport, pedestrian and cyclist access; protection of best and most versatile land;flood risk; urban spread; effects on access to employment; effect on proposed sites ofurban regeneration(These issues are covered by other policies in the plan – See policies CP1, LE6-12,CP15)4.67 Employment land allocations are set as minimum targets within the Joint Structure Plan.There are no targets for either brownfield or greenfield land, although a sequentialapproach is encouraged which would normally prioritise brownfield land.4.68 In order to meet these targets existing permissions will satisfy the initial 5 year period to2006. Post 2006 the Regional Investment Site at Kingmoor Park will satisfy the allocation forthis land.4.69 There are deficiencies in the strategic employment site provision. This will be rectifiedtowards the end of the Plan period with the allocation of 20 hectares of land at Brunthill.Land at Brunthill will provide an additional 10 ha of Regional Investment Site. This land willbe allocated post 2011 unless there remains less than 15 ha of land at Kingmoor Park atwhich point it can be brought forward sooner.4.70 For the Business Park development the existing allocation of land at Morton will fulfil theStructure Plan requirement combined with the development at Harraby Green Business Parkand Gladman at Parkhouse. In addition land allocated at Rosehill which was subject of anInquiry earlier this year was also considered suitable for business use.EC204.71 Land is to be designated for potential redevelopment in the Rickergate area of the CityCentre to provide for additional retail/office and hotel development. This will be onexisting land already in employment use. Any additional employment premises arisingas a net gain to the stock will be monitored against the overall employment landprovision (Use Class B1, B2 and B8).Insert new paragraphThe Rickergate area was one of the key areas flooded in January 2005 and is identified asan area liable to flood in the Strategic Flood Risk Assessment. Flood defences are beingSeptember 2006 65