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To follow the progress of the Local
Development Plan, please visit our CONSULTATION
page.
January 2012
Message from Cllr. David Lewis
Local Development Plan Latest News
LDP: The Council's Initial Responses to the
comments received during the Pre-Deposit Consultation are now
available.
The Pre-Deposit consultation ended 17th
October.
This was the first of two formal consultations
on the
LDP
and focused
on the Authority’s vision, strategic options, preferred strategy
and key policies. It was also an important stage for you and your
community to get involved so that your views can be taken on
board.
We received comments by letter, e-mail and
on-line via the
LDP
website consultation pages. In December 2011 all comments were
reported to the Council’s ‘Economic & Community Regeneration
Cabinet Board’.
The Council’s initial responses to the
comments received are now available to view on the Pre-Deposit page.
What Happens Next?
The Council is now considering whether there
is a need to undertake further or new work – this is a key stage in
the preparation of the
LDP
.
We are looking at three areas:
- Whether any of the comments challenge the
soundness of the Pre-Deposit Plan and its preparation;
- Whether there are specific issues that will
need to be addressed before the Deposit Plan is finalised; and
- Whether there are any major challenges to the
strategies, policies and preferred alternatives that need to be
addressed.
Looking Ahead…
The timetable for the next stages of work is
set out in the Delivery Agreement with
the Welsh Government.
Once all responses have been assessed, we will
work on preparing the full ‘Deposit
Plan’. This will be the full draft of the
LDP
which will include proposals
for key areas of change, including regeneration or protection and
specific sites to be used for particular purposes such as housing,
employment or protection as green wedge.
In early 2013 the Deposit Plan will be
published for consultation. Objections received at this stage will
then be considered by a Welsh Government Planning Inspector in the
LDP
Examination in
Public.
If you would like to keep in touch with the
preparation of the
LDP
,
please continue to visit this website. You can also visit our Civic
Centres, One Stop Shop in Pontardawe or any one of Neath Port
Talbot’s libraries where the staff will help you. If you would like
to be kept informed of key stages on the Plan’s preparation please
contact us using the details
provided.
Councillor David Lewis
(Cabinet Member with responsibility for the
Local Development Plan)
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