The Local Plan is a statutory
document prepared by the Borough Council, which forms part of the
development plan for the Borough. It sets out its planning
policies for the development and use of land. Together
with the Cumbria and Lake District Joint Structure Plan
and Cumbria Minerals and Waste Local Plan, both
prepared by Cumbria County Council, it formed the statutory
Development Plan for the area. A number of Structure Plan
policies have been cancelled, however, along with all Minerals and
Waste Local Plan policies. (See
http://www.planningcumbria.org/).
As a result of the Planning and
Compulsory Purchase Act 2004, the national system for producing
planning policy documents changed and the 'old' development plan
system of a County Structure Plan and Borough-wide Local Plan was
replaced by a 'new' system comprising a Regional (Spatial) Strategy
and a Local Development Framework (LDF).
At this time older style development
plans and supplementary planning guidance were formally saved, to
be gradually replaced by new documents in the LDF.
The Council produced several documents under the LDF system and
these are available on the
Local Development
Framework page.
The Local Plan saved* by Barrow Borough Council consists
of:
- Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council Local Plan Review 1996-2006
(Adopted 24th August 2001); and
- The Housing Chapter Alteration 2006 (Adopted 2nd June
2006)
*Please note:
As of 28 September 2007, Policies A2, D14, F17 and
G11 of the Local Plan Review were cancelled; and as of the 2
June 2009, Policy B2 of the Housing Chapter Alteration 2006 was
also cancelled.
The adoption of the Barrow Port Area Action Plan Development
Plan Document (AAP) on 12 July 2010 has resulted in the
cancellation of Policy A15 of the Local Plan Review and the
superseding in part of a number of other saved policies.
The Barrow Port AAP supersedes all the Local Plan allocations
with in the AAP Area, apart from the Ground 'Water Protection
Area Relating to the Major Aquifer'.
The forthcoming Local Plan
Introduction of the Localism Act 2011 and the National Planning
Policy Framework in March 2012, resulted in further significant
changes to the national system for producing planning policy
documents. Local Planning Authorities are now required to produce a
Local Plan rather than a Local Development Framework. The Council
intends to produce a single document which will contain the
strategic policies, land allocations, development control policies
and a proposals map. We are working towards this now and the
timetable for the production of the new Local Plan can be seen in
the Council's Local Development
Scheme (January 2013).
Viewing the Saved Local Plan
The saved Local Plan, in the form
that it was adopted in 2001 and formally Altered in 2006, can still
be seen below as a static version of the text and maps. Care should
be taken viewing these documents as a number of the policies and
allocations they show are now superseded. The maps also only
show the constraints as they existed when the Plan was adopted
in 2001 (or Altered in 2006). They are provided for reference
only.
Please note: It is
recommended that you view the interactive version of the
'Barrow-in-Furness Adopted Proposals Map' which shows the up to
date development plan policies of the Local Development Framework
and the remaining saved policies of the Local Plan.
The interactive Adopted
Proposals Map is available through the Council's Web Mapping
Service and can be seen by following the link below:
To original version of the Local
Plan can be viewed below, where the document and large
scale maps can be downloaded in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. The
document has been split into chapters due to its large size.
Please remember that some of the content has been
superseded.
Large Scale Maps:(NB. These maps are out of date and
are provided for historic reference only)
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The Development of the saved Local Plan
The Council first adopted a Borough-wide Local Plan in
November 1991. The nominal end date for the Plan was 1996 and
a comprehensive Review of the document was carried out resulting in
the Barrow-in-Furness Borough Council Local Plan Review 1996-2006,
which was adopted on 24 August 2001. The housing chapter of
the Local Plan Review was subsequently amended and
this 'Housing Chapter Alteration' was adopted on 2 June 2006. The
stages of the Alteration leading to its formal adoption are set out
below for information.
Issues Paper & Deposit Versions
An altered housing chapter was placed on First Deposit on
the 4th May 2004 for a six week period ending on the 18th June. A
copy of this document is available to download below.
Following publication of the First Deposit, the Council
considered the representations received in response to that
document. It agreed to a number of further changes and issued
a Second Deposit version of the alteration for a six week period
ending on 10th December 2004. A copy of this document is
available to download below.
Public Inquiry & Inspector's Report
A Public Inquiry was held into the outstanding objections to
the proposed alteration in April 2005. The Inspector's Report
following the Public Inquiry was issued in July 2005.
Proposed Modifications
The Council considered its response to the Inspector's Report
in January 2006 and advertised that it did not intend to
accept all of the Inspector's recommendations and also
proposed to make further modifications. Representations on these
modifications were invited during the period 10 February
2006 and 17 March 2006. The proposed modifications, together
with the Council's responses to the Inspector's
recommendations, are set out in the Statement of Reasons and
Decisions below. There is also a copy of the draft Housing Chapter
Alteration showing the proposed modifications.
The Council considered its response to the representations
received in respect of the proposed modifications in April 2006 and
advertised its intention to adopt the proposals after 1 June
2006.
Adoption
The Housing Chapter Alteration was adopted by the Council on 2
June 2006. The adopted documents and Notice of Adoption can be
viewed below.