Supplementary Guidance

Selective use of Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) is a means of setting out more detailed topic or site specific guidance on the way in which the policies of the LDP will be applied in particular circumstances or areas. While only policies in the LDP have special status in determining planning applications, SPG may be taken into account as a material consideration.

The Council has therefore produced the following list of SPG which it intends to produce and/or update during the course of the Plan period. For clarity, the LDP policy number which the SPG will further clarify is given along with an anticipated date of publication.

Upon adoption and implementation of the LDP it may become apparent that further SPG is required to clarify certain policies in the Plan. The Council therefore may need to issue additional SPG to those outlined in the table.

Supplementary Guidance

LDP Policy Reference	Policy Name	Supplementary Planning Guidance	Anticipated Date of Publication
I1	Infrastructure Requirements	SPG: Planning Obligations	Published: October 2016
SP5	Development in the Coastal Corridor Strategy Area	SPG: Fabian Way Innovation Corridor	September 2019
SRA2	Harbourside Strategic Regeneration Area	Port Talbot Harbourside & Town Centre Development Framework SPG	September 2019
VRS1	Valleys Regeneration Scheme	Park Avenue Development Framework SPG	To be confirmed
AH1	Affordable Housing	SPG: Affordable Housing	Published: October 2016
OS1	Open Space Provision	SPG: Open Space & Greenspace	Published: July 2017
EC1	Employment Allocations	SPG: Baglan Energy Park Development Framework	Published: October 2016
EN2	Special Landscape Areas	SPG: Landscape and Seascape Supporting Documents: NPT LANDMAP - Landscape Assessment (2004) Carmarthen Bay, Gower and Swansea Bay - Local Seascape Character Assessment (2017)	Published: May 2018
EN6	Important Biodiversity and Geodiversity Sites	SPG: Biodiversity and Geodiversity	Published: May 2018
EN8	Pollution and Land Stability	SPG: Pollution	Published: October 2016
EN9	Developments in the Central Port Talbot Area
RE2	Renewable and Low Carbon Energy in New Development	SPG: Renewable & Low Carbon Energy	Published: July 2017
SP20	Transport Network	SPG: Parking Standards	Published: October 2016
BE1	Design	SPG: Design	Published: July 2017
BE2	Buildings of Local Importance	SPG: The Historic Environment SPG: Schedule of Buildings of Local Importance SPG: Schedule of Designated Canal Structures	Published: April 2019
WL1	Developments in Language Sensitive Areas	SPG: Development and the Welsh Language	Published: July 2017