Gwynedd Local Development Plan (the new Plan)

 

In accordance with national guidance, Local Planning Authorities must review their adopted Local Development Plan (LDP) every four years and prepare a Replacement Plan. The current Plan, the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan was adopted on 31 July 2017. Therefore , a Review Report has been prepared relating to the process of preparing a new Local Development Plan for the two Local Planning Authority Areas (Gwynedd and Anglesey).

 

The Review Report looks at all the evidence relevant to the Joint LDP and reaches a conclusion about the type of review that will be followed. It does not detail any changes to be made to the Plan. 

 

The Draft Review Report was subject to a 6 week public consultation period between 5 November and 20 December 2021. 

 

The Full Council agreed at its meeting on 3 March 2022 to publish the Review Report and submit it to The Welsh Government.

 

The Review Report is available to download:

Review Report: Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan (March 2022)

Further it is possible to inspect a hard copy of the document at Siop Gwynedd Caernarfon, Pwllheli and Dolgellau.

 

Following a decision by Cyngor Gwynedd and the Isle of Anglesey County Council to cease the joint working agreement on Planning Policy matters on 31 March 2023, the Gwynedd Planning Policy Service has been established.

 

The process of preparing a new Local Development Plan (LDP) for the Gwynedd Local Planning Authority area only (which is the area of Gwynedd located outside the Eryri National Park) has commenced. The new LDP will cover a period between 2024 and 2039. The Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan continues to provide the local policy framework for decisions on planning applications, until the Gwynedd Local Development Plan is adopted.

 

Delivery Agreement

 

A number of statutory steps are required to be followed as part of the preparation and adoption of the Local Development Plan. The first step in the process is to prepare a Delivery Agreement. The Delivery Agreement is divided into two parts, namely:-

 

1.       Timeline of Key Steps for the preparation of the new LDP; and

2.       A Community Involvement Plan that sets out how and when the stakeholders and community can contribute during the process of preparing the Plan.

 

A public consultation in relation to the Draft Delivery Agreement along with the Impact Assessment on Equality, Welsh Language and Economic Disadvantage was undertaken between 26 October 2023 and 7 December 2023. 

 

What happens next?

Following the public consultation period, a report will be submitted to Cyngor Gwynedd's Cabinet and then to the Full Council for members' consideration. 

 

If Cyngor Gwynedd’s Full Council approve the Delivery Agreement it will be sent to the attention of the Welsh Government for their approval.

 

Keeping in touch

If you wish to receive correspondence from the Planning Policy Service in relation to the preparation of the Local Development Plan, please contact the Planning Policy Service to register your details.