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Replacement Local Development Plan

Local Development Plans (LDPs) need to be reviewed at least every four years to make sure they are up to date.

 

We reviewed our LDP in June 2021 and published an LDP Review Report. The report recommended an RLDP be prepared for the period 2021 to 2036. We also published an RLDP Delivery Agreement which sets out the processes, resources and timescales involved in preparing the RLDP. You can view these documents online, or view a hard copy at the Civic Offices or libraries managed by the Vale of Glamorgan.

 

We are now working on the RLDP which will help shape the Vale of Glamorgan for the next 15 years. It will help us decide what developments will and will not be permitted at different locations, and highlight areas that we need to protect.

 

Welsh Government have published a community guide to development plans. This guide covers the development plan system, how plans are prepared, and how you can engage in the process.

 

 

Placemaking workshops

On the 30th of September 2024 the RLDP Initial Consultation Report was considered and agreed at a meeting of Full Council. In agreeing the Initial Consultation Report, Full Council endorsed the actions set out within the document and granted approval to use the Preferred Strategy as a basis for progression on to next stage of RLDP preparation, the Deposit Stage.

 

The Initial Consultation Report includes a commitment to request that the site promoters undertake informal engagement on placemaking with local communities to inform the masterplanning of these sites, and it is intended to carry these out in the coming months.

 

It should be emphasised that the purpose of these exercises is not to revisit the principle of developing these sites. Instead, the purpose is to gain local insight into the sites and understand priorities and concerns about them. In this knowledge, where possible, site promoters will be able to respond proactively to key issues.

 

Placemaking involves working collaboratively across sectors and disciplines to comprehensively consider the future development of distinctive and vibrant places. A key component of Placemaking is involving the community so that the sites context, character, heritage and culture can be understood. Topics that comments would be welcomed on may include: the local highway network, public open space provision, proposed end uses for mixed use units, important local cultural and heritage issues, important local social activities (e.g. sports clubs etc) and environmental risks and opportunities such as flooding and ecology.

 

We would like to give to advanced notice that the site promoters for each of the key sites intend to hold these placemaking events on the following dates:

 

  • St Athan (SP4 KS4 Church Farm St Athan, SP4 KS5 Land West of St Athan) – Wednesday 16th October 2024 4pm – 8pm – Paul Lewis St Athan Community Centre. CCR Energy will also be in attendance at this session to discuss proposals for the Former Aberthaw Power Station site.

    https://sites.savills.com/stathan

  • Dinas Powys (SP4 KS2 Land north of Dinas Powys) – Friday 18th October 2024 3pm - 7pm –Murchfield Community Centre

    https://www.boyerplanning.co.uk/public-consultation/land-north-dinas-powys

  • Rhoose (SP4 KS4 Land at Readers Way, Rhoose) – Wednesday 23rd October 2024 3.30pm – 7pm – Celtic Way Community Centre

    https://pipcole.co.uk/

  • Barry (SP4 KS1 Land at North East Barry) – Date and time to be confirmed

 

Further information will be hosted on the key site promoter’s websites and a link to this will be available on this website from the date of the event and for a period of two weeks thereafter. Comments can be made using the details on the web links above.

 

As set out in the Delivery Agreement, the next formal public consultation will be on the Deposit Plan, and this is currently scheduled to take place early next year.

 

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