Planning

The effective management of Carlisle's built and natural environments is directed through the planning process.

Planning Services is a key, statutory function within Carlisle City Council and it is considered vital that its customers clearly understand what they can expect from the Service. We have therefore prepared this Charter, which sets out how the Service will be delivered and defines the standards to be met.

Planning Charter

Changes to the Planning System

From 1^st October 2008, unless your home is a Listed Building or lies within an environmentally sensitive area (Conservation Area, an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty or a World Heritage Site) where firmer restrictions still apply, there is greater scope to extend or add to your home, without the need to apply for planning approval, provided that you meet a new set of limits and conditions.

Local Development Framework

Strategic Housing Land Availability Assessment (SHLAA)

Update on progress with the 'call for sites' information.

Consultations

Consultation on four SPDs, Achieving Well-Designed Housing, Designing Out Crime, Planning Obligations and Trees and Development has now commenced. Click here if you wish to see the documents.

Local Plan

The City Council adopted the Carlisle District Local Plan 2001-2016 at its meeting on the 9th September 2008. The Local Plan is a "saved plan" under the provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. It will be saved for three years during which time other documents will have to be prepared or measures taken to save policies for a longer period.This work will be taken forward as part of the Council's Local Development Scheme.

Planning Services consists of three sections:

Development Control: all planning applications, including domestic and commercial development, alterations to listed buildings, telecommunications masts. Development Control is also responsible for the enforcement of the Council's planning policies.
Local Plans and Conservation: the production, review and monitoring of planning policy, especially the statutory Local Development Framework and related advice in the form of development briefs and supplementary planning documents. Conservation operates the Council's historic buildings grants scheme and advises on listed buildings and conservation areas. A landscape architect / tree officer decides matters relating to the protection of trees, woods and hedgerows.
Building Control: deals with about 1,400 Building Control submissions each year and is also responsible for the removal of dangerous structures, control of demolition, safety at sports grounds, access for disabled people, the award-winning Shopmobility and street naming and numbering.

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