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
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.