Preferred Strategy

7. A Vision for 'One Carmarthenshire'

7.1 The Revised LDP needs to be underpinned by a concise, long-term vision and strategy. In order to achieve this, a clear Vision has been developed that is built on consensus. This Draft Preferred Strategy's Vision outlines how the County is planned to develop, change or be conserved up to 2033.^[16]

7.2 The Revised LDP vision directly incorporates the vision set out in the Council's Corporate Strategy "Moving Forward in Carmarthenshire - the next 5 years – 2018-2023"^[17]. Whilst there is no vision to directly draw upon from the Carmarthenshire Wellbeing Plan, the Revised LDP vision reflects its four well-being objectives which are (1) Healthy Habits (2) Early Intervention (3) Strong Connections and (4) Prosperous People and Places.

7.3 The supporting text of well-being objective 4 has been incorporated into the Revised LDP vision due to this objective's emphasis on "maximising opportunities for people and places in both urban and rural parts of our county". This responds to the strong emphasis on recognising rural areas within the conversations undertaken around issues identification. The Revised LDP vision acknowledges and celebrates that our county is one of contrast and engenders a sense of place.

7.4 A "One Carmarthenshire" approach recognises the need to balance conflicting demands and interests and provides a platform for consensus and shared ownership of the Revised LDP. The Revised LDP vision also recognises the Swansea Bay City Deal and this sets the tone for this Draft Preferred Strategy to be positive and sufficiently aspirational.