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Ail Gynllun Datblygu Lleol Adneuo Diwygiedig Sir Gaerfyrddin
ID sylw: 4881
Derbyniwyd: 13/04/2023
Ymatebydd: Jackie Joyce
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Towy Valley is steeped in Welsh history and culture and The Council, is one of many custodians of this special area and should equip itself with polices that seek to enhance and protect these very special places. Retain the SLAs in the LDP, after all, an effective policy regime will enable the Council to be a good honest custodian of our beautiful and precious landscapes.
We need equivalent polices, regulation etc as those that currently exist to protect listed buildings and their development and conservation to apply to our wider cultural and historic landscapes.
All SLAs need to be retained. The council need to actively and purposely pursue the creation of Areas of Outstanding National Beauty, after all this is why people love living here and visiting. Thus it makes sense to protect what we love about our beautiful historic landscapes.
The Towy Valley is not only beautiful but is steeped in Welsh culture and history. It is very sinister that the Council is seeking to surreptitiously remove the special landscape area (SLA) designation paving the way for inappropriate development. The Council need a full suite of planning polices in order to properly assess development in our cultural landscapes and should therefore retain the designation of SLAs in the LDP.
It seems underhand to remove SLAs whist not providing their replacement - this is not open and honest consultation.
We are privileged to be custodians of this landscape and should ensure that it’s cultural specialness is protected for generations to come. The Council is a custodian and should act as such.
If you consider the policies, rules and regulations in place to protect heritage and listed buildings - you need similar regulation to properly protect and enhance our landscapes. It makes no sense to protect individual buildings with such an array of polices whist at the same time seeking to remove SLAs. Something is surely wrong with such an approach to policy making!
The Plan seeks to recognise the high quality landscapes across the plan area and will be supported by a Landscape Character Assessment which will seek to characterise landscape importance and inform future decision making. Those areas currently identified as Special Landscape Areas will be fully considered as part of the Landscape Character Assessment. This will be prepared and published as Supplementary Planning Guidance for adoption concurrent with the Plan.