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Ail Gynllun Datblygu Lleol Adneuo Diwygiedig Sir Gaerfyrddin
ID sylw: 5912
Derbyniwyd: 12/04/2023
Ymatebydd: Cllr. Ken Howell
Cydymffurfio â’r gyfraith? Heb nodi
Cadarn? Heb nodi
Observations:
• “The Plan is committed to addressing and safeguarding the needs of rural communities” - the Plan does not address the needs of rural communities.
• The Rural Affairs Task Group states that:
“There is of course a recognition of the need for sensitive consideration of a number of factors when looking at development in rural areas but the Task Group feels that current planning policy from Welsh Government does not give enough flexibility to enable development, based
on local need, in our most rural communities.”
• While the preservation of the countryside is important, the policy “moth-balls” rural villages as static entities and “enhances” them by keeping them attractive to visit and view. The policies invite people to observe the attractive characteristics – culture, tradition, Welsh-language without
attempting to develop these characteristics and make them sustainable.
• Sustainable transport policies are limiting the development of rural housing while they encourage
extending the development of holiday accommodation. The travel footprint of weekly visitors to and around rural areas is not measured against the travel footprint of weekly activities of local residents.
CONSIDERATIONS:
1. To place rural communities at the heart of the Strategic Policy.
2. To provide “…enough flexibility to enable development, based on local need, in our most rural communities”.
3. To define “enhancement” in material terms as regards sustaining and developing the language, culture and heritage of our rural areas.
Amend Plan
Whilst I fully agree with the proposals submitted by my colleague and fellow Councillor Carys Jones, I wish to submit that the allocation proposed for Drefach Felindre is limited and inadequate for the next ten years. In particular, the allocation of only three houses on the Waugilwen road should be doubled to six, which would accommodate future expansion of the village.
Submissions by Carys Jones - dealt with in another representation
The Plan includes a range of policies and provisions in relation to contributing and addressing the challenges of rural communities from a land use planning perspective. In this respect it has been prepared with regard to the provisions of PPW and other plans and strategies.