Vale of Glamorgan Local Development Plan

Your Vale - Your Future

The Vale of Glamorgan Council is preparing a new Local Development Plan (LDP), which will set out how land within the Vale is used between 2011 and 2026. This includes everything from housing developments, community facilities and employment opportunities to transport, waste management and retailing. The proposals and policies in the LDP will eventually replace those in the Adopted Unitary Development Plan 1996 - 2011.

 

If you wish to be kept informed of progress on the preparation of the LDP or have any queries regarding the Delivery Agreement, please telephone the LDP team on (01446) 704600 or E-mail LDP@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk. Please provide us with your contact details and indicate whether you wish to be contacted in the future in English or Welsh, and by letter or E-mail.


Delivery Agreement

LDP Delivery Agreement

In August 2006 the Council produced a Delivery Agreement, which set out the timetable for the preparation of the Plan together with a Community Involvement Scheme that describes how and when stakeholders, including the general public, can get involved. In accordance with Regulation 9(5) of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development Plan)(Wales) Regulations 2005, the Council sought agreement from the Welsh Assembly Government in August 2007 to amend the timetable shown in the Approved Delivery Agreement. The Revised Delivery Agreement includes the amended timetable as approved by the Welsh Assembly Government in October 2007. The Welsh Assembly Government has also published a document entitled Planning Your Community (July 2006) which seeks to encourage community involvement in the new Local Development Plan process in Wales.

 

You can view a summary of the Delivery Agreement here. Paper copies of the Delivery Agreement have also been placed at various deposit locations across the Vale of Glamorgan. Draft Delivery Agreement Consultation Comments and the Council's response


Vision

In January 2007, the Council agreed to adopt the vision contained within the Vale of Glamorgan Community Strategy (2003-2013) as the vision for the LDP.

The vision informed the development of the LDP draft preferred strategy which was subject to consultation in January and February 2008. LDP Visioning Paper


Candidate Sites

The Council invited developers, landowners and other interested parties to nominate “candidate sites” for potential inclusion in the emerging LDP between 4 December 2006 and 31 January 2007. Further information on the candidate sites is available.


Draft Preferred Strategy and Initial Sustainability Appraisal Report including key background documents

The production of a Draft Preferred Strategy is one of the first stages in the production of the LDP. Further information on the consultation documents, key background documents, Cabinet Reports and associated documents are available for viewing.


The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes

(Wales) Regulations 2004

On Monday 14 August 2006, the Vale of Glamorgan Council, as the responsible authority, determined that the Vale of Glamorgan Local Development Plan (LDP) is likely to have significant environmental effects and accordingly a Strategic Environmental Assessment will be carried out during the preparation of the Plan and any subsequent reviews of the Plan. You can view the determination and the regulations below.

Strategic Environmental Assessment Determination.

The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes

 

Approved Sustainability Appraisal Scoping Report

The Approved Scoping Report outlines the initial stage of the Sustainability Appraisal process and establishes the sustainability context and the baseline information for the Vale of Glamorgan. Further information on the Approved Scoping Report is available for viewing.