Deposit - Revised Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan 2018 – 2033
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Deposit - Revised Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan 2018 – 2033 Draft for Reporting Revised Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan 2018 - 2033 Foreword To be inserted Deposit Draft – Version for Reporting i Revised Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan 2018 - 2033 Contents: Page No: Policy Index iii How to View and Comment on the Deposit Revised LDP vi 1. Introduction 1 2. What is the Deposit Plan? 3 3. Influences on the Plan 7 4. Carmarthenshire - Strategic Context 12 5. Issues Identification 25 6. A Vision for ‘One Carmarthenshire’ 28 7. Strategic Objectives 30 8. Strategic Growth and Spatial Options 36 9. A New Strategy 50 10. The Clusters 62 11. Policies 69 12. Monitoring and Implementation 237 13. Glossary 253 Appendices: Appendix 1: Context – Legislative and National Planning Policy Guidance Appendix 2: Regional and Local Strategic Context Appendix 3: Supplementary Planning Guidance Appendix 4: Minerals Sites Appendix 5: Active Travel Routes Appendix 6: Policy Assessment Appendix 7: Housing Trajectory Appendix 8: Waste Management Facilities Deposit Draft – Version for Reporting ii Revised Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan 2018 - 2033 Policy Index Page No. Strategic Policy – SP1: Strategic Growth 70 • SG1: Regeneration and Mixed Use Sites 72 • SG2: Reserve Sites 73 • SG3: Pembrey Peninsula 75 Strategic Policy – SP2: Retail and Town Centres 76 • RTC1: Carmarthen Town Centre 82 • RTC2: Protection of Local Shops and Facilities 84 • RTC3: Retail in Rural Areas 85 Strategic Policy – SP3: A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes 88 • HOM1: Housing Allocations 91 • HOM2: Housing within Development Limits 104 • HOM3: Homes in Rural Villages 105 • HOM4: Homes in Non-Defined Rural Settlements 106 • HOM5: Conversion or Subdivision of Existing Dwellings 108 • HOM6: Specialist Housing 108 • HOM7: Renovation of Derelict or Abandoned Dwellings 109 • HOM8: Residential Caravans 110 • HOM9: Ancillary Residential Development 110 Strategic Policy – SP4: Affordable Homes Strategy 112 • AHOM1: Provision of Affordable Homes 113 • AHOM2: Affordable Homes- Exceptions Sites 115 Strategic Policy – SP5: Strategic Sites 116 Strategic Policy – SP6: Employment and the Economy 119 • EME1: Employment- Safeguarding of Employment Sites 121 • EME2: Employment- Extensions and Intensification 122 • EME3: Employment Proposals on Allocated Sites 123 • EME4: Employment Proposals on Non-Allocated Sites 124 • EME5: Home Working 125 Strategic Policy – SP7: Welsh Language and Culture 127 • WL1: The Welsh Language and New Developments 128 Strategic Policy – SP8: Infrastructure 131 • INF1: Planning Obligations 132 • INF2: Healthy Communities 133 • INF3: Broadband and Telecommunications 136 • INF4: Llanelli Waste Water Treatment Surface Water Disposal 137 Strategic Policy – SP9: Gypsy and Traveller Provision 139 • GTP1: Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation 140 Deposit Draft – Version for Reporting iii Revised Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan 2018 - 2033 Strategic Policy – SP10: The Visitor Economy 143 • VE1: Visitor Attractions and Facilities 145 • VE2: Permanent Holiday Accommodation 146 • VE3: Touring Caravan, Camping and Glamping Sites 148 • VE4: Static Caravan and Chalet Sites 149 Strategic Policy – SP11: Placemaking and Sustainable Places 152 • PSD1: Sustainable and High Quality Design 155 • PSD2: Masterplanning Principles – Creating Sustainable Neighbourhoods 158 • PSD3: Green Infrastructure Network 160 • PSD4: Green Infrastructure – Trees, Woodlands and Hedgerows 163 • PSD5: Development and the Circular Economy 164 • PSD6: Community Facilities 165 • PSD7: Protection of Open Space 167 • PSD8 Provision of New Open Space 168 • PSD9: Advertisements 170 • PSD10: Extensions 171 • PSD11: Noise Pollution 171 • PSD12: Light and Air Pollution 173 • PSD13: Contaminated Land 175 Strategic Policy – SP12: Rural Development 177 • RD1: Replacement Dwelling in the Open Countryside 180 • RD2: Conversion and Re-Use of Rural Buildings for Residential Use 181 • RD3: Farm Diversification 182 • RD4: Conversion and Re-Use of Rural Buildings for Non Residential Use 183 • RD5: Equestrian Facilities 184 Strategic Policy – SP13: Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural 185 Environment • NE1: Regional and Local Designations 186 • NE2: Biodiversity 187 • NE3: Corridors, Networks and Features of Distinctiveness 188 • NE4: Development within the Caeau Mynydd Mawr SPG Area 189 • NE5: Coastal Management 190 • NE6: Coastal Development 191 • NE7: Coastal Change Management Area 192 Strategic Policy – SP14: Protection and Enhancement of the Built and 196 Historic Environment • BHE1: Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas 197 • BHE2: Landscape Character 198 Strategic Policy – SP15: Climate Change 200 • CCH1: Renewable Energy 202 • CCH2: Electric Vehicle Charging Points 207 • CCH3: Water Quality and Protection of Water Resources 209 • CCH4: Flood Risk Management and Avoidance 212 Deposit Draft – Version for Reporting iv Revised Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan 2018 - 2033 • CCH5: Renewable and Low Carbon Energy in New Developments 213 • CCH6: Climate Change – Forest, Woodland and Tree Planting 214 Strategic Policy – SP16: Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework 216 • SD1: Development Limits 219 Strategic Policy – SP17: Transport and Accessibility 220 • TRA1: Transport and Highways Infrastructural Improvements 222 • TRA2: Active Travel 224 • TRA3: Gwili Railway 223 • TRA4: Redundant Rail Corridors 226 • TRA5: Highways and Access Standards in Development 226 Strategic Policy – SP18: Mineral Resources 227 • MR1: Mineral Proposals 228 • MR2: Mineral Buffer Zones 229 • MR3: Mineral Safeguarding 229 Strategic Policy – SP19: Waste Management 231 • WM1: Waste Management Proposals 233 • WM2: Landfill Proposals 234 • WM3: Agricultural Land – Disposal of Inert Waste 235 Deposit Draft – Version for Reporting v Revised Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan 2018 - 2033 How to View and Comment on the Deposit Revised LDP The consultation on this Deposit Revised LDP is an important step in planning for the future of Carmarthenshire. It provides an important opportunity for anyone interested in how Carmarthenshire and its communities will develop and grow in the years to come to understand and comment on the plan’s policies and proposals over the plan period. This LDP as part of the planning system has a fundamental role in delivering sustainable development and in creating healthy, cohesive and economically viable and vibrant communities. It must help in the process of balancing and integrating conflicting objectives in order to meet current development needs while safeguarding those of the future. The plan recognises the needs of the area be they social, environmental or economic and in doing so seeks to contribute towards the achievement of sustainable development by setting out policies and proposals which reflect those sustainability objectives and the need to protect the environment as guiding and facilitating investment decisions as well as the delivery of services and infrastructure. It is important to note that the LDP does not ‘plan for everything’, and is as such part of a broader set of strategies and investment programmes. Consequently whilst the LDP seeks to draw together influences and reflect them where relevant there are aspects around certain provision the Plan cannot dictate or control. These include investments and long terms plans from other public bodies. In using this Plan and commenting on its content the preferred approach is through the LDP online consultation portal which can be accessed through the Revised LDP webpage1. The portal is interactive and allows you to view and comment on the plan as you read it. By utilising the portal respondents can ensure a speedy access to their submission and will be able to view other representations submitted (as they are published). Alternatively, a pdf will be available for download. 1 https://www.carmarthenshire.gov.wales/home/council-services/planning/local-development-plan- 2018-2033#.XV-ruOhKiUk Deposit Draft – Version for Reporting vi Revised Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan 2018 - 2033 Copies of this Deposit LDP together with the supporting consultation documents are available for inspection at the Councils customer service centres and at all public libraries during normal opening hours. A standard consultation response form has also been prepared and is available on request for those unable to access the web portal. Please submit your comments via the online portal. Alternatively please send completed consultation representation forms to: [email protected] Or post them to: Head of Planning, Planning Division, Environment Department, Carmarthenshire County Council, 3 Spilman Street Carmarthen SA31 1LE Representations or comments must be submitted no later than XX XXXXXXX 2020. Anything submitted after this date will not be considered. Further guidance or information is available on the LDP web-page or from the Forward Planning Section on 01267 228818 or by emailing [email protected] Deposit Draft – Version for Reporting vii Revised Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan 2018 - 2033 1. Introduction 1.1 The Council is responsible for preparing and keeping up-to-date the Local Development Plan (LDP)2. The LDP sets out planning policies and allocates sites for different types of development. The Council is also responsible for development management which involves the processing and determination of planning applications with the LDP guiding and managing development