Local Development Plan - Latest News
To follow the progress of the Local
Development Plan, please visit our CONSULTATION
page.
Spring/Summer 2010
Message from Cllr. David Lewis
Previous visitors to this site will know that there are two
formal (legal) stages in the preparation of The Local
Development Plan (
LDP
).
These are the Pre-Deposit plan (2010/11) and
the actual Deposit Plan (late 2011/12) The Deposit
Plan will be the full plan and include all the allocations and
boundaries that will shape our communities over the life of the
plan to 2026.
The preparation of the Pre Deposit Plan is gathering pace. Many
of you will be aware of the consultation exercise which accompanied
the request for Candidate Sites between February
and October 2009.
Since the closure of that exercise in October 2009 officers have
been evaluating all of the candidate sites that have been
submitted.
In addition, officers have made considerable progress in the
number crunching exercise of evaluating the needs of the
communities over the life of the plan. We are making good progress
in evaluating the match between the needs of communities and the
potential of each candidate site in satisfying those needs.
We have found that in some communities there are insufficient
sites to match the likely needs of the community. To overcome this
problem, the Council will itself be suggesting additional sites in
some communities. They will now need to be considered and discussed
with you as the concluding part of the information gathering
process of preparing the Pre Deposit Plan. This
does not mean that these additional sites are favoured or likely to
be included in the final plan.
These additional sites will be advertised for
consultation with you in early June. At the same time
there will be an invitation to the public to submit further
candidate sites for our consideration. This
exercise will last for 6 weeks only. Once received the new
candidate sites will be advertised as previously and the public
invited to comment. Comments on the sites can be made until
the end of September 2010.
Some hard choices will have to be made as we enter this final
stage of preparing the Pre Deposit Plan. We need your help in
comparing the alternative sites. We hope that you will take this
opportunity to help shape the future of your area.
Preparing the
LDP
is
a complex task for the Council. Using this website and email to
comment on sites, is a quicker and more cost effective way of
communicating with us. If you wish to comment as part of a group,
you can also use a petition instead of sending individual
letters.
Latest News
Candidate Sites: Any Further Suggestions?
This is a further opportunity to submit potential sites for
housing or other development that could be suitable for inclusion
in the
LDP
.
Begins: Tuesday June 15th
Ends: midnight Tuesday 27th July 2010
Comments can also be made until midnight Thursday
30th September 2010.
The Council is now submitting potential sites that it thinks
should be considered. This is because it thinks that they should be
considered and discussed among the potential alternatives for the
main housing new sites. This is part of the early
information-gathering stage. It does not mean that the Council
favours any of them or that they should be included in the
plan.
Find:
Frequently Asked Questions
We cannot comment at this stage on individual sites because they
are still being assessed. But view our
Frequently Asked Questions – and our
answers.
Sustainability Appraisal
Comment on the Sustainability and Sustainable Development issues
the
LDP
should
tackle:
Begins: Tuesday June 15th
Ends: Midnight Tuesday July 27th 2010
What are the issues the
LDP
should tackle to deliver more
sustainable communities and form part of our contribution to
Sustainability? The “Scoping Document” sets out the issues facing
Neath Port Talbot and how it’s proposed that the Sustainability
Appraisal will test the preparation of the
LDP
.
Find out more and make your comments on the
Sustainability Appraisal web-pages
The Scoping Document also
explains how the Habitats Regulations Assessment (impacts on sites
that are of international wildlife importance) will be
prepared.
Revised Supplementary Planning Guidance on Affordable
Housing
The Supplementary Planning Guidance (
SPG
) explains how the
policies in the current Unitary Development Plan will be applied by
the Council when considering planning applications.
The
SPG
on
how the Council will negotiate for Affordable Housing has been
revised (29th April 2010).
Visit the UDP SPG web-site pages to
find the revised document.
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