Review Report

Comment

Representation ID: 27172

Received: 28/11/2017

Respondent: Town and Country Planning Services (Conwy)

A review of the land allocations is overdue and there is evidence of local hoarding of land to the disadvantage of other applicants. Only genuine sites over 10 units should be retained and contingency sites removed.
I support a review of the boundaries.
The rural settlement strategy requires review.
I would like the LDP to set an upper limit on any site attempting to circumvent the LDP at 20 dwellings.
A review of green barriers should link in with this work.
Housing allocations in Llanfairfechan need to be updated.
Colwyn Bay housing supply needs increasing.

Noted. Amendments to policies will be considered as part of the LDP Review process.

Object

Representation ID: 27173

Received: 28/11/2017

Respondent: Town and Country Planning Services (Conwy)

The use of the word poor design is not well chosen when we see examples of out of scale public buildings out of context being approved for use by the public sector but not in the private sector locally.
The problem has been of the Council being unable to articulate its design ambitions when asked leading to uncertainty.

Noted.

Object

Representation ID: 27174

Received: 28/11/2017

Respondent: Town and Country Planning Services (Conwy)

Open space allocations seem to be out of step with the LDP evidence with some areas having unchanged major shortfalls of open space for the LDP period.
Housing allocation led growth has not occurred to try and meet with some of this strategic shortfall. The council must allocate land and deal with these deficits itself next rather than rely on others to do it for them.
I am also concerned to hear of rumours to build cheap homes on allotment land which favours RSAs.

Accepted in part. LDP policy CFS11 will be reviewed to consider the additional open space typologies recommended by Fields in Trust (2017). The Open Space Assessment is being updated and reflects these new typologies and standards. The assessment will inform the review of existing open space allocations and the consideration of any new allocations. Open space, including allotments, is currently protected in communities with deficits under Planning Policy Wales, Technical Advice Note 16 and LDP policies.

Support

Representation ID: 27175

Received: 28/11/2017

Respondent: Town and Country Planning Services (Conwy)

Welcome the review on this item.

Noted.

Support

Representation ID: 27176

Received: 28/11/2017

Respondent: Town and Country Planning Services (Conwy)

Welcome a review on this item too as the tourism sector is diversifying as quick as the LDP review.

Accepted - Policy TOU/4 will be reviewed.

Support

Representation ID: 27177

Received: 28/11/2017

Respondent: Town and Country Planning Services (Conwy)

Welcome the review of EMP4 as I am its arch critic. It has been excessively used as a blunt object to harm local small business on some assumption that doing nothing is better than helping our own local business people consolidate, move or diversify. The B class is quite out of date with modern e trading and commerce outwith the public sector who still have B1 uses.

Noted. There is a need to review EMP/4 to ensure it takes into account the changes to national planning policy made post adoption of the LDP.

Support

Representation ID: 27178

Received: 28/11/2017

Respondent: Town and Country Planning Services (Conwy)

Welcome an early review of EMP6 as it has also caused unintended hardships and trapped people when its now shown that the LDP shows no demands for employment for B1. How was such a policy allowed to be applied one wonders if the evidence did not exist but a residential need was there under HOU1/2.

Noted. There is a need to review EMP/6 to ensure it takes into account the changes to national planning policy made post adoption of the LDP.

Support

Representation ID: 27179

Received: 28/11/2017

Respondent: Town and Country Planning Services (Conwy)

This policy has led to a virtual stop in new conversions harming the supply of homes in rural areas at a time when village supply has also been brought to a near halt. The policy is in need of review so I would build in more flexible criteria to kickstart rural hopes.

Noted. The paragraph confirms that this policy will be re-assessed as part of the LDP Review process.

Support

Representation ID: 27180

Received: 28/11/2017

Respondent: Town and Country Planning Services (Conwy)

I have read the ideas about the Welsh Language policies and welcome moves to focus assessments for development types that matter.
I think in future WLIA locally needs to focus more on housebuilding of 25plus on greenfields with a special emphasis on the 40 plus house scheme. It also needs to
deal with school closures and loss of public transport links and public services in future, not shops. As regards mapping linguistic areas at risk I remain to be convinced that will reverse years of public policies which have undone their special fabric and would not add to controversy.

Noted. Welsh Language policy and SPG will be re-assessed as part of the Review, in light of changes to National guidance.

Object

Representation ID: 27181

Received: 28/11/2017

Respondent: Town and Country Planning Services (Conwy)

Flooding policies require review for the coast after NRW has lowered its thresholds and has stated it is not intending to invest in coast defences thereby prejudicing development and land uses in Conwy.

Noted. Further consultation will take place with NRW and the strategy and policy amended accordingly.