Agenda a Chofnodion

I aelodau o Gr?p Llywio'r Cynllun Datblygu Lleol Diwygiedig i rannu eu barn ar y penawdau sy'n weddill o fewn y papur briffio i lywio'r Cynllun Datblygu Lleol Diwygiedig

The Development Services Manager ( Planning Policy) provided a brief update on progress relating to the RLDP to date including the role of the Members’ steering group. He added that a number of meetings were previously held in 2021/2022 however, for several reasons, inclusive of the pandemic, operations ceased on the RLDP (2020-2030) and instead commence work on the RLDP 2022-2037. The first meeting for this new plan period was held in December 2022.

The Development Services Manager (Planning Policy) commented on the purpose of the Members’ Steering Group, which is to guide the preparation of the plan, not a specific decision-making group, but as an open forum where issues ae discussed prior to reaching any decision-making stages. He invited any views or queries from Members to the policy team via email or phone, should they not be raised in the meeting.

The Development Services Manager outlined the progress of the policy team who have met with various other Council departments and stakeholders including NRW, as part of the LDP Forum and Stakeholder Group. He added that they have prepared evidence to date on what is in the existing towns and villages and which of those would be the most appropriate for growth and produced a large amount of analysis around housing figures, in terms of working out what the level growth should be required over the plan period. As a result of the evidence collated, the team have compiled a number of Growth and Spatial Options, which highlight how much RCT is going to grow by and where.

The Development Services Manager confirmed that it is the Welsh Government that sets out national policy and guidance in relation to the preparation of the LDP.

In response to a query regarding the involvement of the private sector in employment and whether there was previously a specific Business Forum, the Development Services Manager commented that there are currently many stakeholders who contribute to these issues, the Federation of Small Businesses who engage in the LDP Forum and the Council’s Town Centre Team link in with local businesses. Additionally, the team have commissioned consultants on the Employment Land Review who will liaise with a number of businesses and companies that run/lease out industrial estates.

The Head of Planning advised that the town centre businesses are engaged, and he confirmed that he would present the feedback to the Council’s Regeneration section in relation to re-establishing the business forum. Furthermore, Cllr Middle wished to send an email to the Development Services Manager to address the employment issue.

The Spatial Options:

Option 1 – Continue with the Current LDP

The Development Services Manager commented on the north/south split to encourage development and attempt to prevent dereliction, depopulation and decline in the north, whilst trying to manage growth in a sustainable manner in the south. He added that everything was based around the designated Principal Towns and Key Settlements, with eight large Strategic Sites (mainly large, constrained brownfield sites).

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