Local Development Plan* Planning Pembrokeshire’S Future (Up to 2021)

Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan* Planning Pembrokeshire’s Future (up to 2021)

Adopted 28th February 2013

*For the County excluding the area of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Front cover photograph supplied by Milford Haven Port Authority

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Mae’r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg hefyd; i gael copi ohoni mae croeso ichi ffoni’r tîm CDLl ar 01437 775 391, neu anfon e-bost at [email protected] Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Foreword Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan

As Cabinet Member for Highways, Planning, Transportation and Major Events, I am pleased to introduce the Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan, which was adopted, with immediate effect, by the County Council on 28th February 2013.

The Local Development Plan replaces the Joint Unitary Development Plan for Pembrokeshire, adopted in 2006 for all those parts of Pembrokeshire that lie outside the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park.

This Local Development Plan provides the framework for decisions to be made up until 2021 on how land is used and developed, for example what type of development is appropriate or desirable for Pembrokeshire’s economy, communities and environment and how best to secure resilience to climate change and to bring forward affordable housing through the Planning System. It is the culmination of a major piece of work that has included engaging with the community, stakeholders, and elected members over a number of years and its completion and adoption is a signiﬁcant milestone for the County Council.

The Local Development Plan provides a sound basis to deliver sustainable development up to 2021, well supported by evidence, consistent with national policy and the adopted / emerging local development plans of neighbouring local planning authorities.

The Plan seeks to develop a network of strong urban and rural communities, with the distribution of new development reasonably balanced between urban and rural areas and directed to settlements in accordance with existing and anticipated infrastructure provision and levels of service provision.

I am conﬁdent that the Plan will provide a framework for consistent decision making and that land allocated for new development is capable of delivery within the Plan period. Progress with delivering the Plan will be monitored, and provision is made for its review.

Councillor Rob Lewis,

Deputy Leader and Cabinet Spokesperson for Highways, Planning, Transportation and Major Events

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4 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Contents Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan

Chapter 1: Introduction 9 The purpose of the Local Development Plan 9 The structure of the document 10 How to use this document 11 Community Involvement in Preparation of the Local Development Plan 12 The Sustainability Appraisal (SA) and Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) Process 12 The Habitats Regulations Appraisal 12

Chapter 2: Key Plans and Strategies affecting Pembrokeshire 13 Policy Framework: National, Regional and Local 13 National Strategies 13 Regional Strategies 16 Local Strategies 18

Chapter 3: Key Trends and Issues 25 Key Economic, Social and Environmental Trends and Issues 25 Sustainable Communities 26 A Strong Rural and Urban Economy 29 Infrastructure, Transport and Accessibility 31 Environment 33

Chapter 4: Vision and Objectives 37 Delivering the Vision 38 Delivering the Objectives 40

Chapter 5: Plan Strategy 47 SP 1 Sustainable Development 48 SP 2 Port and Energy Related Development 49 SP 3 Employment Land Requirements 51 SP 4 Promoting Retail Development 52 SP 5 Visitor Economy 53 SP 6 Minerals 54 SP 7 Housing Requirement 56 SP 8 Affordable Housing Target 57 SP 9 Welsh Language 59

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Chapter 6: General Policies 75 GN.1 General Development Policy 75 GN.2 Sustainable Design 79 GN.3 Infrastructure and New Development 82 GN.4 Resource Efﬁciency and Renewable and Low-carbon Energy Proposals 84 GN.5 Employment Allocations 86 GN.6 Employment Proposals 88 GN.7 Mixed-Use Allocations 88 GN.8 Protection of Employment Sites and Buildings 90 GN.9 Extensions to Employment Sites 91 GN.10 Farm Diversiﬁcation 91 GN.11 Conversion or Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings 93 GN.12 Town Centre Development 95 GN.13 Retail Allocations 96 GN.14 Major Out-Of-Town Centre Development 97 GN.15 Small Scale Retail 98 GN.16 Visitor Attractions and Leisure Facilities 98 GN.17 Self-Catering and Serviced Accommodation 99 GN.18 Touring Caravan and Tent Sites 100 GN.19 Static Caravan Sites 102 GN.20 Site Facilities on Existing Caravan and Camping Sites 104 GN.21 Marinas 105 GN.22 Prior Extraction of the Mineral Resource 106 GN.23 Minerals Working 107 GN.24 Recycled Waste Materials and Secondary Aggregates 109 GN.25 Buffer Zones around Mineral Sites 109 GN.26 Residential Development 110 GN.27 Residential Allocations 113 GN.28 Local Needs Affordable Housing 116 GN.29 Exception Sites for Local Needs Affordable Housing 118

6 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan GN.30 Specialist and Supported Accommodation 118 GN.31 Gypsy Traveller Sites and Pitches Allocation 119 GN.32 Gypsy Traveller Sites and Pitches 120 GN.33 Community Facilities 121 GN.34 Protection and Creation of Outdoor Recreation Areas 123 GN.35 Protection of Open Spaces with Amenity Value 124 GN.36 Green Wedges 125 GN.37 Protection and Enhancement of Biodiversity 126 GN.38 Protection and Enhancement of the Historic Environment 127 GN.39 Transport Routes and Improvements 129 GN.40 New Waste Management Facilities 131 GN.41 Waste Minimisation, Re-use, Recovery, Composting and Treatment 133 GN.42 Disposal of Waste on Land 135

Chapter 7: Achieving the Vision: Implementation and Monitoring 137 Introduction 137 Implementation 138 Monitoring 139 Plan Review 142

Appendices Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms 145 Appendix 2: Current Mineral Working 156 Appendix 3: Housing Requirement and Supply, 2011 – 2021 157 Appendix 4: Affordable Housing Provision 158 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework 159 Appendix 6: Policy GN.39 – Transport Routes and Improvements Scheme and Programming Details for Safeguarded Transport Schemes 177

Figures Figure 1: Strategic Objective 39 Figure 2: Relationship Between Issues, Objectives, Policies & Monitoring 42 Figure 3: Key Diagram 46 Figure 4: Incidence of Welsh Speakers by Community Council 60 Figure 5: Key Transport Network 61

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8 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 1

The purpose of the Local supporting suite of Technical Development Plan Advice Notes and Circulars as the context for decision making 1.1 The Planning and Compulsory on land use planning where – Purchase Act 2004 (the Act) there is no locally speciﬁc LDP Introduction requires each local planning policy4. These and all adopted authority in Wales to prepare a Supplementary Planning Local Development Plan (LDP, Guidance (SPG) which support the Plan), with the objective of this Plan will be material contributing to the considerations when making achievement of sustainable decisions on relevant proposals development. for development. 1.2 The Plan establishes a Vision 1.4 For convenience, in this based development strategy document the Plan area is and policies to guide the usually referred to as development and use of land in 1 “Pembrokeshire” which should Pembrokeshire from adoption be taken to mean the County to 2021. It provides the policy excluding the National Park. context for directing The Pembrokeshire Coast development to appropriate National Park is subject to a locations, conserving the separate LDP that is the natural, built and historic responsibility of the National environment and providing a Park Authority. basis for rational and consistent decision-making on 1.5 This Local Development Plan planning applications. The replaces previous planning base date for the Plan’s land policy set out in the Joint use allocations is 2011. Unitary Development Plan and the Affordable Housing Delivery 1.3 This Plan complements the 2 Statement. Analysis and Wales Spatial Plan and the calculations in the Plan have Pembrokeshire Community 3 been based on an assumed Plan . It relies on national Plan period from 2011 to 2021. policy, set out in Planning Policy Wales, 5, November 2012, Minerals Planning Policy Wales 2000 together with the

1 Excluding the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park 2 Wales Spatial Plan First Review 2008 3 Pembrokeshire Community Plan 2010 4 LDP Wales paragraph 2.2

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Chapter 1 The structure of the document 1.9 Chapter Four details the Vision and Objectives for this Plan. It 1.6 This chapter (Chapter One) sets out the Vision for what sort brieﬂy explains the process of of place Pembrokeshire should producing an LDP, how and be in 2021 and provides a where it will be applied and the detailed framework of land use – approach to monitoring its objectives, that is, what the achievements. This Plan has Introduction Plan is seeking to achieve. been shaped by community These objectives have been involvement and the processes developed following of Sustainability Appraisal, engagement with stakeholders Strategic Environmental and public consultation. Assessment (SA/SEA), Pembrokeshire County 1.10 Chapter Five sets out the Council’s Quality of Life spatial strategy and the checklist and Habitats Strategic Policies guiding future Regulations Appraisal (HRA) – development and land use in these processes are Pembrokeshire during the Plan introduced in this chapter. period. 1.7 Chapter Two describes how 1.11 Chapter Six sets out General this Plan takes into account Policies that will be used to relevant strategies, policies and guide development and assess programmes such as the future planning applications. Wales Spatial Plan and the Pembrokeshire Community 1.12 Chapter Seven sets out the Plan. arrangements for monitoring the implementation of the Plan 1.8 Chapter Three outlines the and interventions if the Plan issues that impact on the future objectives are not being met. development of Pembrokeshire and these have been shaped 1.13 The evidence that the Authority by public engagement. It has relied on in the preparation explains the collaborative work of this Plan is available to the that has been undertaken with public. other service areas, neighbouring local authorities and stakeholder organisations.

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How to use this document clear basis on which to show Chapter 1 the Plan’s policies and 1.14 The Local Development Plan proposals. However, the comprises a Written Statement allocations shown on the and a Proposals Map. It is Proposals Map were compiled designed to complement 5 using a Geographical national policy and guidance Information System (GIS) and – which may be used in decision digitised at a scale of 1:2500. Introduction making where relevant to an Any clarification or detailed application and does not interpretation of the boundary repeat it. This Plan should be of an allocation shown should read in conjunction with be resolved by reference to the Planning Policy Wales (Edition GIS at 1:2500 scale. 5, November 2012) which identifies those aspects where 1.17 A glossary is included at clear statements of national Appendix 1 to explain the development management meaning of technical terms. policy should not be repeated as local policies. 1.18 Reference is made in the Plan to various Supplementary 1.15 The Written Statement (this Planning Guidance (SPG) document) sets out the Vision documents prepared, or to be for how Pembrokeshire will prepared, by the County develop over the Plan period Council. These documents and identifies objectives to provide further specific detail achieve the Vision. Strategic and guidance that will be used and General Policies set out in decision making. the approach to development that should deliver the 1.19 Many of the Plan policies are Objectives and Vision. inter-related and several policies may relate to any 1.16 The Proposals Map shows the individual development geographical location and proposal. It is therefore extent of site specific important that the Plan is read development and protection as a whole and used in policies on an Ordnance conjunction with national policy Survey base. It is part of this and guidance and local SPG. Plan although it is published as a separate document for ease 1.20 This Plan presents policies for of use. It covers the whole of the main types of development the Plan area. In the event of likely to take place in the Plan’s any discrepancy between the area during the Plan period, Written Statement and the together with general and Proposals Map the written text criteria-based policies which takes precedence. The provide a basis for evaluation of Proposals Map represents a other proposals.

5 LDP Manual (Welsh Assembly Government 2006) paragraph 2.3.5 and 5.3.1

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Chapter 1 Community Involvement in economic, social and Preparation of the Local environmental criteria. This is Development Plan referred to as the Sustainability Appraisal (SA). 1.21 The Community Involvement Scheme6 sets out the 1.23 European legislation7 requires

– Authority’s arrangements for that protection of the involving stakeholders and the environment be given a high Introduction local community in preparing priority throughout the the Local Development Plan. preparation of the Plan, Stakeholders from a variety of through a process referred to backgrounds have helped to as Strategic Environmental prepare the Local Development Assessment (SEA). Plan. They include organisations frequently 1.24 This process has been involved in development such integrated within the SA, with as infrastructure providers, the results in the national agencies such as the accompanying Sustainability Environment Agency, Town and Appraisal Report. Community Councils, interest 1.25 The Strategic Policies have groups and individuals. been assessed using the Community involvement in this County Council’s own Quality Plan will continue during its of Life Assessment Toolkit, to implementation and ensure compatibility with the monitoring. The “Consultation key principles of the Report” documents the various Community Plan. opportunities and events that have enabled the community and stakeholders to help shape The Habitats Regulations Appraisal this Plan. 1.26 The Local Development Plan is also subjected to a Habitats The Sustainability Appraisal (SA) Regulation Appraisal, required and Strategic Environmental under European law8. This Assessment (SEA) Process legislation has been developed in order to ensure that the 1.22 Local Development Plans must highest level of protection is help to deliver the Welsh afforded to European Government’s commitments on designated sites; namely sustainable development. To Special Areas of Conservation demonstrate that this has been and Special Protection Areas. achieved and that the strategic The Habitats Regulations direction and policies are Appraisal of this Plan has been sustainable this Plan has been published as a supporting measured or tested against document.

6 Part of the Delivery Agreement, 2007 with timetable update, 2009/2010 7 European Directive 2001/42/EC transposed by The Environmental Assessment of Plans and Programmes (Wales) Regulations 2004 8 As a requirement of the Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC transposed by The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 12 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 2: Key Plans and Strategies affecting Chapter 2 Pembrokeshire

Policy Framework: National, People, Places Futures – The Wales

Regional and Local Spatial Plan Update 2008 –

2.3 The Wales Spatial Plan Update Key Plans and Strategies affecting Pembrokeshire 2.1 This Plan is part of the national, 2008 provides a framework for regional and local plans, the future spatial development strategies and policy of Wales. It seeks to address statements that provide the challenges associated with framework for planning in demographic change, Pembrokeshire. It is important accessibility and the that these strategies and distribution of resources over policies are understood and the next 20 years. integrated with this Plan to make sure that the Plan is 2.4 ‘Pembrokeshire - The Haven’ is sound, well-informed and part an area identified in the Spatial of a consistent framework in Plan. Three strategic Hubs are shaping the future of the identified that perform an County. Preparation of this Plan important regional role and has had regard to relevant should be a focus for future Welsh Government, regional investment. One Hub is ‘The and local strategies and Haven Towns’ of programmes. Haverfordwest (including Merlins Bridge) Milford Haven, Neyland, Pembroke and National Strategies Pembroke Dock. Carmarthen (in the adjoining County of Planning Policy and Guidance Carmarthenshire) is the second 2.2 Planning Policy Wales (Edition Hub which plays a pivotal role 5, November 2012) and between three different Spatial Minerals Planning Policy Wales Plan areas. The third Hub (2000), supplemented by identified is Fishguard and various topic specific Technical Goodwick which is an Advice Notes (TANs and important driver for the MTANs) and Circulars set out economy of north the Welsh Government’s Pembrokeshire. national land use planning policies. Planning policy and guidance issued by UK Government Departments relating to non devolved planning matters will be material considerations.

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Chapter 2 2.5 Additionally, the Spatial Plan Park as identified in the Wales identifies key settlements, Spatial Plan, by all three these being Tenby (in the planning authorities and the Pembrokeshire Coast National Welsh Government. This Park), Narberth in identifies how the different Pembrokeshire and Whitland settlements within the – and St Clears in ‘Pembrokeshire – The Haven’

Key Plans and Strategies affecting Pembrokeshire Carmarthenshire and Cardigan area can fulfil different roles and in Ceredigion. These have recommends key actions for Service Centre, employment the future, some of which will and tourism functions. Local be delivered through this Plan. Centres are identified at Saundersfoot (National Park), St Davids (National Park), Environment Strategy for Wales Crymych (mainly within (2006) Pembrokeshire LDP but straddling the boundary with 2.8 The Environment Strategy for the National Park), Kilgetty, Wales outlines the Welsh Newport (National Park) and Government’s long-term (20 Letterston in Pembrokeshire year) strategy for the and Laugharne / Pendine and environment of Wales. Newcastle Emlyn in 2.9 The vision is to see the Welsh Carmarthenshire. environment thriving and 2.6 The Plan strategy reflects the contributing to the economic settlement hierarchy and social wellbeing and health established by the Wales of the people of Wales. To Spatial Plan and its priorities, achieve this, the strategy states with particular emphasis given that we need to manage the to developing the pressures we place on our complementary roles of the environment more effectively Hub Towns and supporting and to address challenges like rural communities. climate change. 2.10 The strategies and policies of this Plan support the potential Area specific Wales Spatial Plan: for Pembrokeshire to develop Pembrokeshire The Haven its economy in areas such as Complementarity Study renewable energy and 2.7 A Complementarity Study has environmentally efficient been undertaken recognising construction and for the important cross-boundary developments to be designed issues that exist between and built as efficiently as settlements in Pembrokeshire, possible, contributing to the Carmarthenshire and the Environment Strategy for Pembrokeshire Coast National Wales’ vision.

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Wales: A Vibrant Economy (2005) economy is for Wales ‘to build Chapter 2 upon the strengths and skills of 2.11 Wales: A Vibrant Economy its people and natural outlines the Welsh environment; recognised at Government’s strategy for home and abroad as confident, delivering sustainable creative and ambitious; a great economic growth for Wales. place to live and work’. This – The approach involves building Plan reflects this ambition by Key Plans and Strategies affecting Pembrokeshire on Wales’ core strengths: an creating a climate in which increasingly skilled, innovative sustainable development is and entrepreneurial workforce, promoted and innovation and an advanced technology and entrepreneurialism are knowledge base, strong encouraged. communities, a stunning natural environment and an exceptional quality of life. Rural Development Plan for Wales, 2.12 This Plan incorporates many of 2007-2013 the themes in the national strategy, with policies that are 2.14 The Rural Development Plan supportive of existing sets out an overall strategy for businesses that wish to grow, development in rural Wales, opportunities for the creation of and includes an analysis of the business premises and by current situation and ‘axis’ (or allocating land for strategic and priority) programmes based on major commercial EU objectives for rural developments. development, each with various targets and objectives. The Rural Development Plan also considers complementarity Economic Renewal: a new direction with other community funding (2010) instruments. The Rural 2.13 The Welsh Government Development Plan puts forward launched an Economic various issues including: Renewal programme in • Low employment, response to changes in the productivity and activity rates; global economic climate. It marks a shift in the • Out-migration of young Government’s approach and adults; and attitude towards supporting the economy, away from direct • Vitality of communities. financial assistance towards A local Rural Development Plan the creation and preservation has been produced that of supportive, enabling identifies issues with the environments in which greatest relevance to businesses can succeed. Its Pembrokeshire (see paragraph vision for a sustainable 2.41).

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Chapter 2 West Wales and the Valleys Regional Strategies Convergence Programme 2007 - 2013 Progress in Partnership – the Regional Transport Plan for South 2.15 Pembrokeshire forms a part of West Wales, 2010-2015 – (2009) the West Wales and the Valleys 2.18 The South West Wales

– area, which is eligible to receive funding from the European Integrated Transport

Key Plans and Strategies affecting Pembrokeshire 9 Regional Development Fund Consortium (SWWITCH) has and the European Social Fund developed the Regional through the Convergence Transport Plan for South West programmes for the period Wales (RTP for SWW). This 2007 to 2013. This funding is establishes regional transport used to promote the economic policy and acts as a bidding development of the area, document for transport funds including that of for the period 2010-2015 Pembrokeshire. aiming to deliver improvements to address identified transport 2.16 Priorities for the European problems in the region. The Regional Development Fund RTP’s vision for south west are the knowledge-based Wales is ‘to improve transport economy, improving business and access within and beyond competitiveness, developing the region to facilitate strategic infrastructure, an economic development and the attractive sustainable business development and use of more environment, and building sustainable and healthier sustainable communities. modes of transport’. To deliver this vision the RTP identifies 2.17 Priorities for the European strategic objectives, a long Social Fund are supplying term strategy and a young people with skills for programme of projects to employment, increasing deliver the strategy and employment and tackling objectives. economic inactivity, improving skill levels and the adaptability 2.19 This Plan reflects the RTP for of the workforce and SWW, by seeking to ensure modernising and improving sustainable economic public services. development and encourage the use of more sustainable and healthier modes of transport.

9 SWWITCH comprises the four local authorities of Carmarthenshire County Council, Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, Pembrokeshire County Council and Swansea City and County Council

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Regional Technical Statement for sustainable management of Chapter 2 the Area covered by the South wastes including strategic Wales Aggregates Working Party – information on the types of (October 2008) locations likely to be acceptable for new waste 2.20 Required as a result of MTAN management facilities.

1, the Statement provides a – strategic basis for LDP 2.23 This Plan takes into account Key Plans and Strategies affecting Pembrokeshire minerals planning policies, with the future waste management the following relevant needs of the wider south west objectives: Wales region in accordance with the Regional Waste Plan, • Maximise the use of to ensure that there is sufﬁcient secondary and recycled suitable land available for the materials and mineral wastes. development of facilities that • Safeguard minerals which will support more sustainable may be needed in the long management facilities, such as term. composting sites and materials recycling. • Allow the extension of existing aggregate quarries where sustainable. River Basin Management Plan for • Ensure that new areas of Western Wales (2010) Cleddau and aggregates supply come Pembrokeshire Coastal Rivers from locations of low Catchment Abstraction environmental constraint and Management Strategy (2006) taking into account transport Environment Agency Wales implications. 2.24 Pembrokeshire falls under the • Maintain supply of marine Western Wales River Basin aggregate consistent with the Districts (WWRBD). The River requirements of the Interim Basin Management Plan Marine Aggregates Dredging identiﬁes the pressures facing Policy (IMADP). the water environment in this river basin district, and the actions that will address them. South West Wales Regional Waste The Cleddau and Plan 1st Review (2008) Pembrokeshire Coastal Rivers Catchment Abstraction 2.21 This plan sets out Management Strategy (2006) considerations for the future demonstrates that with careful management of waste in the management Pembrokeshire region, including the reduction rivers can support current of waste and more sustainable levels of abstraction and waste management. maintain environmental quality, recreation and wildlife interests. 2.22 The 1st Review of the Regional Waste Plan provides a land- use planning framework for the

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Chapter 2 2.25 This Plan encourages resource organisations to improve the efﬁciency and a policy quality of life of the people of approach which protects the Pembrokeshire. The natural environment from Community Plan 2010/25 inappropriate development. identiﬁes long term priorities to achieve better quality of life, – setting out how partners will

Key Plans and Strategies affecting Pembrokeshire Dwr Cymru Welsh Water Revised improve the social, economic Draft Water Resources and environmental well-being Management Plan October 2011 of Pembrokeshire and contribute to sustainable 2.26 Dwr Cymru Welsh Water’s development throughout the revised Draft Water Resources United Kingdom. The themes Management Plan (October within which the strategic 2011) identifies a preferred objectives fit are well-being, solution (and fall back option environment, economy, taking into consideration community, housing, learning, possible HRA impacts) to access and safety. The address water resource strategic objectives for capacity issues resulting from improvement over the next 15 revised abstraction licences in years are supported by an the Pembrokeshire Water action plan with measures for Resources Zone and notes success identified. their assumption that the proposed abstraction licence 2.28 The Community Plan is one of reductions are not a small number of statutory implemented before 2020, partnership plans (the focus of because of the considerable the others is on health, social lead time required to care and well-being, children implement solutions. Following and young people and consultation and finalisation of community safety), with the the Plan any impacts of the Community Plan providing the agreed solution, likely to be overarching framework for post 2020, will need to feed these more detailed partnership into Plan review. plans and strategies and for this Plan. 2.29 The strategy for this Plan seeks Local Strategies to deliver the place shaping Statutory Partnership Plans in aspirations of the Community Pembrokeshire Community Plan for Plan, that is those parts of the Pembrokeshire (2010 – 2025)10 Community Plan Vision and priorities that relate to the 2.27 The County Council is development and use of land. committed to working in partnership with other

10 The statutory framework for this Plan is the Local Government (Wales) Measure 2009

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2.30 The Health, Social Care and 2.33 This Plan supports the Chapter 2 Well-being Strategy 2008-2011 implementation of the statutory emphasises the importance of partnership plans through looking after health and enabling the delivery of wellbeing and encouraging appropriate new housing, people to lead a healthier protecting open spaces for lifestyle. The strategy’s aim is to recreation and enabling the –

improve health and well-being development of new or altered Key Plans and Strategies affecting Pembrokeshire by preventing ill health in the community facilities which are first place and by improving well located to serve the needs Pembrokeshire’s health and of communities. The Plan will social care provision for establish improved standards residents who need services. for good, sustainable design and inclusive, accessible 2.31 The Children and Young environments that promote People’s Plan 2008-2011 community safety. advocates working together to achieve the best outcomes for all children and young people in Pembrokeshire. Core aims Non-Statutory Partnership Plans in are to: ensure that all children Pembrokeshire and young people have a flying Pembrokeshire County Council start in life; have a Local Housing Strategy 2007 - 2012 comprehensive range of education and learning 2.34 The County Council’s opportunities; enjoy the best commitment to improve public possible health and are free and private sector housing is from abuse, victimisation and set out in this strategy which exploitation; have access to brings together all the issues play, leisure, sporting and relating to housing, determines cultural activities; are listened the improvement actions to be to, treated with respect and taken within the context of the have their race and cultural National Housing Strategy for identity recognised; have a safe Wales and identifies priorities home and a community, which for action for the next five, ten supports physical and and fifteen years, taking emotional well-being and are forward priorities already not disadvantaged by poverty. identified within the Community Plan. 2.32 The Community Safety Strategy priorities are to reduce crime, the fear of crime and tackle substance misuse and anti-social behaviour.

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Chapter 2 2.35 Priorities identiﬁed include 2.37 The Strategy sets out key maximising the delivery of themes for the promotion and affordable housing, particularly development of tourism across in rural areas, to help sustain the County, which this Plan communities; increasing the takes into account. These are: delivery of affordable housing – through the planning system; • Accessibility;

Key Plans and Strategies affecting Pembrokeshire providing a wide range of • Quality and value; housing options for vulnerable people; housing options for • Partnership; and older people; improving the • Sustainability condition of Pembrokeshire’s housing stock; regenerating 2.38 This Plan delivers the key neighbourhoods and themes from the strategy by encouraging environmentally encouraging developments in friendly new and renovated sustainable locations that housing. This Plan reflects contribute to the diversity and these priorities with an quality of attractions, reflect emphasis on delivery of local distinctiveness and benefit affordable housing, particularly local communities. in rural areas and a focus on good, sustainable design. Local Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) for Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire County Council 2.39 The Pembrokeshire LBAP is a Tourism Strategy (2006 – 2012)11 County wide document which 2.36 The vision of Pembrokeshire establishes a framework to County Council’s Tourism maintain and enhance priority Strategy is that: habitats and species by “Pembrokeshire is recognised identifying and setting action nationally and internationally as plans for priority species and an outstanding and distinctive habitats in the County. Detailed coastal destination, providing Species and Habitats Action good quality experiences for Plans12 set out those actions visitors and residents, whilst required for the priority species supporting its communities and and habitats to achieve a safeguarding its environment ‘favourable condition'. through the sustainable growth 2.40 This Plan reflects the LBAP by of a prosperous, year-round identifying and protecting tourism industry”. nature designations and providing a framework of policies to protect and enhance the wider natural environment.

11 Review Spring 2010* 12 A rolling programme is in place for preparation of these

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Pembrokeshire Advance – Rural 2.43 The focus on creating Chapter 2 Development Plan 2007 – 2013 sustainable employment opportunities with an emphasis 2.41 This strategy establishes how on the strategic priorities above the Rural Development Plan for is an important consideration Wales will be implemented in for this Plan and one which is Pembrokeshire. The delivered by allocations and – overarching priority of the criteria based policies. Key Plans and Strategies affecting Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire Local Development Strategy, in particular as it relates to Axis 3 of the Rural Development Plan Pembrokeshire Coast National Park for Wales, is to “create Management Plan 2009-2013 sustainable employment 2.44 The National Park Management opportunities and establish the Plan is a statutory plan conditions needed for prepared by the Pembrokeshire sustainable economic growth.” Coast National Park Authority 2.42 Strategic priorities identified in for achieving National Park the Rural Development Plan purposes and fostering social that have significance for this and economic wellbeing of Plan include: a focus on quality National Park communities in agriculture, fisheries and food the pursuit of those purposes. sectors and quality tourism The delivery of the plan involves sector; energy (including co-ordination of the efforts of a renewables) and environmental wide range of organisations, goods and services; including the County Council. maximising benefits of 2.45 The Management Plan sets the broadband availability; strategic direction and improving community safety; operational objectives for the encouraging active age- work programmes of the balanced rural communities; National Park Authority and protecting and enhancing the those of its partners in quality of the built and natural delivering national park environment; improving access purposes. It also sets the to the countryside and coast; context for the National Park increasing biodiversity and Authority’s Local Development improving habitat Plan, fulfilling a complementary management; establishing an role to the Pembrokeshire international reputation as an Community Plan within the area for knowledge businesses National Park. and building links with other regions and countries able to add value.

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Chapter 2 Milford Haven Port Masterplan Park Authority and Carmarthenshire and 2.46 Milford Haven Port Authority Ceredigion County Councils. commenced preparation of a 13 The LDPs of neighbour Masterplan for the Port in authorities will replace the early 2010. The purpose of the existing Development Plans in – Masterplan is to clarify the those areas once adopted. port’s own strategic planning Key Plans and Strategies affecting Pembrokeshire for the medium to long term, to assist regional and local planning bodies and transport The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority Local Development network providers in preparing 14 and revising development Plan (end date 2021) strategies and to inform port 2.48 The Pembrokeshire Local users, employees and local Development Plan has taken communities as to how the into account the close port may develop over the interrelationship with the years in response to market Pembrokeshire Coast National and opportunities to strengthen Park. The plan is compatible industrial productivity, maximise with the LDP for the National use of existing infrastructure Park in terms of vision, and deliver environmental gains objectives and policies and based on more effective approach to key policy areas, logistics and production including the building of networks. This plan includes sustainable communities, the development aspirations for the promotion of a sustainable Haven, where these are economy, the protection of the sufﬁciently advanced. environment, achieving Development proposals sustainable accessibility and identiﬁed by the Port respecting the distinctiveness Masterplan will be considered of each plan area and those in future reviews of this plan. who live in, work in and visit those areas.

Development Plans for Neighbouring Local Planning Authorities 2.47 Broad alignment of cross boundary policies with those of neighbouring Local Planning Authorities has been achieved through collaboration with Pembrokeshire Coast National

13 A non statutory plan recommended by the Department for Transport 14 The Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Local Development Plan was adopted in September 2010.

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Carmarthenshire County Council individual plan area. The role of Chapter 2 Local Development Plan15 Cardigan as a service, community and employment 2.49 Carmarthenshire County centre serving villages in north- Council’s plan area adjoins that east Pembrokeshire is of Pembrokeshire County particularly signiﬁcant.

Council and a broad – consistency of planning policy Key Plans and Strategies affecting Pembrokeshire approaches in the respective areas has been achieved, while recognising the importance of the respective policy framework responding to the distinctive needs and characteristics of each individual plan area. The Carmarthenshire plan is also of particular signiﬁcance because of the regional importance of Carmarthen, identiﬁed16 as a ‘Hub’ location serving Pembrokeshire alongside the Pembrokeshire Haven towns and Fishguard / Goodwick ‘Hubs’.

Ceredigion County Council Local Development Plan17 2.50 Ceredigion County Council’s plan area adjoins that of Pembrokeshire County Council and a broad consistency of planning policy approaches in the respective areas has been achieved, while recognising the importance of the respective policy frameworks responding to the distinctive needs and characteristics of each

15 Preferred Strategy published Autumn 2009, timetable for Deposit Plan Winter 2010; submission 2011 16 Wales Spatial Plan 2008 Update. 17 Ceredigion Preferred Strategy published spring 2009, timetable for Deposit Plan Autumn 2010; submission 2011.

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24 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 3: Key Trends and Issues Chapter 3

Key Economic, Social and 3.4 A detailed list of those issues Environmental Trends and Issues identiﬁed through the consultation process is 3.1 The key trends and issues to contained in the Summary of –

be addressed by this Plan have Issues from Public Consultation Key Trends and Issues been identified following Events (March 2010) and forms consideration of: part of the evidence base. • A review of baseline economic, social and environmental information; Background • The results of pre deposit consultation with key 3.5 Pembrokeshire is a stakeholders; and predominantly rural County, • The results of the with a strong maritime Sustainability influence and has a history of Appraisal/Strategic development based on Environmental Assessment agriculture, tourism, defence, Scoping Exercise. energy and port activities centred on the Milford Haven 3.2 The issues identified through Waterway. The area is this process have directly characterised by a series of informed the strategy for this distinct, yet interdependent Plan. settlements. The unique environment and strong sense of community is attractive to Pre Deposit Consultation both residents and visitors and provides a distinctive sense of 3.3 Pre deposit consultation place. The Pembrokeshire provided a clear indication of ports and the Haven Waterway those issues that key are international assets, critical stakeholders consider to be of to the future energy security of primary importance to land use the UK. planning in Pembrokeshire. These issues have been grouped into the following categories: 1. Sustainable communities; 2. A strong rural and urban economy; 3. Infrastructure, transport and accessibility and 4. Environment.

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Chapter 3 1. Sustainable Communities Strategic Objective derived from these issues: Issues • To develop vibrant communities • In-migration providing a range and mix of • Lack of affordable housing to homes and local services (D) meet local needs – • Implications of an ageing 3.6 The population of

Key Trends and Issues population Pembrokeshire excluding the • Implications of increasing National Park is 91,589 numbers of second/holiday (Census 2001). The population homes density of the County as a • Scale and location of growth whole is 71 people per km2. that is appropriate to the Pockets of deprivation exist in County Pembroke, Pembroke Dock • Adequacy of gypsy and and Haverfordwest with two traveller accommodation – wards amongst the 10% most demand exceeding capacity deprived in Wales in 2008. The • Need in some areas for new or County has an ageing improved school facilities population with 19.2% over 65 • Restricted opportunities for (whole County) compared to continued education/adult 17.4% in Wales (Census 2001). learning and training There is high net out-migration • Lack of community facilities of younger people (16-24 year • Loss of rural services olds), balanced by high in- • Structural changes to migration of people over 45 health/social care provision years old. • Lack of sport and leisure opportunities 3.7 The population of • Sustaining Welsh language and Pembrokeshire is forecast to culture grow during the Plan period18. • Settlement Boundaries – inﬁll Natural change is low, with and rounding off (development deaths slightly outnumbering in rural areas) births but there is signiﬁcant • Mixed-use schemes net immigration which is the • Health or social inequalities main driver of the increasing population. Welsh Government population projections19 for Pembrokeshire excluding the National Park suggests that population will grow from approximately 97,147 in 2011 to 102,626 in 2021 – an increase of 5,479.

18 Scale and Location of Growth Background Paper (2010) and Scale and Location of Growth, Addendum Paper (2011) 19 Welsh Government/Stats Wales 2008-based population projections for Local Authorities and National Parks, published May 2010

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3.8 The most significant issues 3.10 Just under half the total Chapter 3 relating to Pembrokeshire’s Pembrokeshire population of population that need to be 117,100 (2010) live in the five addressed are the implications main towns of Fishguard, of the ageing population profile Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, for household size, housing Pembroke and Pembroke and increased demand for Dock. In 2010 there were an –

adult social care. The number estimated 52,574 households Key Trends and Issues of people over 65 is projected across the Pembrokeshire to increase from 20,636 in Local Housing Market 2011 to 26,458 in 2021. This is Assessment area (which an increase of 28%. The included the National Park) and increase in population over 85 average household size in that is even more pronounced, with area was 2.23. Pembrokeshire an expected increase of 43.5% has a much higher proportion over the same time period. of detached houses (41.5%) Projections suggest that 26% than Wales (27.1%) or England of the total population will be (22.8%). 85.8% of the housing over 65 by 2021 stock is privately rented or (Pembrokeshire County owned, and 14.2% is social Council, 2008)20. The housing (Council and other anticipated increase in social rented)22. The condition associated dependency needs of Pembrokeshire’s housing of the ageing population stock across all tenures needs requires co-ordinated action by improving, in particular to meet public and voluntary sector the Welsh Housing Quality agencies. Attention also needs Standard and to tackle fuel to be paid to the high net out- poverty. Pembrokeshire County migration of younger people Council is on track to meet and the range of opportunities these standards within its own that need to be developed to managed housing stock by encourage them to remain in 2012. 6.1% of all household the County. spaces in Pembrokeshire are used as second residences 3.9 Projected work force numbers /holiday homes23. This figure are expected to remain almost varies significantly across static over the next fifteen electoral divisions in the years21. County, but is significantly higher than that for Wales (1.2%).

20 PCC Population, Household and Labour Force Projections, 2008 21 PCC Pembrokeshire Economic Proﬁle (2008) 22 WAG’s STATSWALES - 2010 Housing Statistics 23 Census 2001

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Chapter 3 3.11 Affordable Housing is a key 3.13 Life expectancy in issue for Pembrokeshire. The Pembrokeshire for women is Pembrokeshire Affordable 81 years and for men 75.9 Housing Delivery Statement years; this is in line with the 2007- 11 (2009) published Welsh average. The proportion jointly by Pembrokeshire of the population with a long – County Council and term illness and general health

Key Trends and Issues Pembrokeshire Coast National classified as ‘not good’ is Park Authority identified a need 22.3% and 11.2% respectively, for nearly 3,000 affordable compared with approximately homes based primarily on 23% and 12.5% respectively in evidence from the Common Wales. The proportion of obese Housing Register. The or overweight adults is 55% affordability ratio was 7.4:1 for which is 1% higher than the average house price to income national proportion. in Pembrokeshire in 2008 (Halifax Estate Agents survey). 3.14 Overall 25.2% of the resident House prices have increased in working age population in the area and despite the recent Pembrokeshire had at least downturn, remain high. High NVQ4 qualification or above in housing costs are preventing 2008 compared to 26.5% in those on low incomes and first Wales and 29% in Great time buyers from entering the Britain25. Whilst academic housing market. Drivers of the achievement is generally good high demand for housing in overall, there is a lack of Pembrokeshire that has specialised skills in the area inflated prices include in- and the provision of good migration of those attracted to quality further and higher the County as a retirement education opportunities linked destination, employment to limited employment growth and second home opportunities. There is a need ownership. to match skill availability to demand (Wales Spatial Plan). 3.12 By 2021 it is anticipated that 30% of households in 3.15 The County is the 8th highest Pembrokeshire will consist of in Wales in terms of the one person24. This Plan will percentage of Welsh speakers need to provide a variety of (21.8%), and has seen an housing to include a mix of improvement both in numbers affordable housing and to and ranking in recent years, reflect the rise in one person reflecting the growing interest households. in the language and culture within Pembrokeshire, the strong tradition of speaking Welsh in the north of the County and education policies.

24 Local Housing Market Assessment (2007) 25 Ofﬁce for National Statistics annual population survey data (Jan 2008 – Dec 2008)

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2. A Strong Rural and Urban • Regenerating Town Centres (G) Chapter 3 Economy • Building on the County’s strategic location for energy and port Issues related development (E) • Poorly performing town centres • Lack of retail 3.16 Agriculture, tourism, energy provision/opportunities and public services dominate –

• Structural changes in the the current economy of Key Trends and Issues agricultural industry/farm Pembrokeshire. Over the past diversification 30 years the Pembrokeshire • Lack of employment economic base has undergone opportunities in rural areas considerable change with the • Loss of skilled young people closure of power, oil and from the County defence establishments; • Underperforming visitor rationalisation in public economy services, agriculture and • Need to expand industrial/port fishing; and on-going changes activities in tourism. There has been • Need to meet local, regional some compensatory economic and national demand for development, for instance the minerals – a significant recent development of the LNG economic resource terminals and Bluestone and • The need to ensure food the commencement of security construction of a new • Wage levels/seasonality of jobs Pembroke Power Station. In • Demand for home working/live- overall terms the tourist work units industry is the County’s largest • Demand for and need to industry and employer, but upgrade camping/caravan many of these jobs are part- accommodation time and seasonal in nature. • Inadequate and/or Activity in manufacturing, inappropriate skills base in the financial and business services local workforce sectors is less than half the national average. There are a Strategic Objectives derived from large proportion of small these issues: employers and a relatively high • To sustain and enhance the rural proportion of people are self- and urban economy (C) employed compared to • To develop a quality visitor national levels. Salaries within economy founded on an Pembrokeshire are broadly in outstanding natural and built line with the Welsh average environment (H) (ONS 2009 Earnings by • To support the development of workplace data – median the complementary but distinctive earnings in pounds for roles of Pembrokeshire’s Towns, employees working in area) at especially within the Haven Hub £440 a week compared to (F) £440.8 in Wales. A proportion

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Chapter 3 of employment is seasonal, 3.19 Minerals in Pembrokeshire are with higher levels of a signiﬁcant resource, essential unemployment, outside peak for economic growth, an summer periods26. important employment sector and a geological study 3.17 Pembrokeshire’s Town Centres resource. There are 15 quarries – have been underperforming in in the Plan area (some

Key Trends and Issues recent years and there is a straddling the boundary with need to regenerate and the National Park28, with three improve the environment in a of these dormant at present. number of towns, as well as They contain a mix of increasing the range and resources but are primarily hard quality of shopping rock. Marine dredged sand and opportunities27. gravel, brought in through Pembroke Dock, makes a 3.18 Industrial development is significant contribution as a centred in the main along the resource. north and south shores of the Milford Haven Waterway, where 3.20 There is an expectation29 that the port of Milford Haven is an appropriate contribution will extremely important, especially be made towards meeting for the energy industry, local, regional and UK needs servicing two refineries, tank for minerals through this Plan. storage depots and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) 3.21 A 10 year landbank for hard developments and for ferry rock and a 7 year landbank for services, marine leisure and sand and gravel throughout the other port related activities. Plan period are requirements of Haverfordwest, the County national policy. In the Plan area, town and administrative centre, minerals policies have been is the key employment area in developed using a County Pembrokeshire, being the reserve figure which includes location of the main public consented production within service sector employers which and outside the Pembrokeshire include the County Council, Coast National Park30. Pembrokeshire College, Withybush Hospital and the Local Health Board.

26 Pembrokeshire Economic Proﬁle (2008) 27 Background Paper for Local Development Plan: Retail, Main Towns, July 2008, County Wide Retail Capacity Study (2010) 28 Some of these quarries straddle planning authority boundaries 29 South Wales Regional Aggregates Working Party Overview 30 This approach has been agreed with the National Park Authority as an interim approach pending the longer-term cessation of minerals production in the National Park and its re- apportionment to other parts of the region (not necessarily just the residual area of Pembrokeshire)

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3. Infrastructure, Transport and car and for them the provision Chapter 3 Accessibility of public transport is critical. Public transport use for Issues travelling to work is low; 0.38% • Limited provision of public commute by trains and 3.01% transport travel by bus, minibus or coach • Limited car parking (Census, 2001). However a –

• Impact of traffic greater proportion of people Key Trends and Issues • The need to reduce travel work at or from home in • Infrastructure constraints on Pembrokeshire than in England scale and location of and Wales or Wales as a development – sewerage whole31. The provision of capacities/drainage issues dedicated school transport is • Limited role of airport of great significance. PCC has • Variable quality and availability identified a need for significant of ICT infrastructure – investment in transport broadband internet coverage infrastructure, for example and quality dualling the A40 and improving • The need to maintain and the A477. improve rail links • Inadequate access, to, from 3.23 There are also strategic rail and within the County links to and from • The need to identify locations Pembrokeshire. The main rail and make provision for corridor from the east runs to recycling facilities Haverfordwest and Milford Haven. There is a spur from Strategic Objectives derived from this line running north to these issues: Fishguard Harbour. Additionally, • To improve access to goods and there is a further link to services (I) Narberth, Tenby, Pembroke • To mitigate and respond to and Pembroke Dock. These climate change (A) lines all have a passenger service and most carry some 3.22 There are three key Trunk freight traffic. Roads whose routes run into Pembrokeshire, namely the 3.24 Milford Haven Port is the A40 (T), A477 (T) and A487 (T). busiest port in Wales and the They link to the two ferry 3rd most important in the UK terminals, at Pembroke Dock (Milford Haven Port Authority (A477 (T)) and Fishguard Annual Report 2009). With Harbour (A40 (T) and A487 (T)). 25% of the country’s petrol and The A4076 (T) is a further diesel requirements and up to important Trunk Road, linking 30% of its gas being handled Haverfordwest with Milford at the port, Milford Haven is the Haven. 65.6% of people travel Energy Capital of the UK to work by car, however 21.7% (Milford Haven Port Authority of households are without a Annual Report and Accounts

31 LDP Background Paper: Scale and Location of Growth (2010)

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Chapter 3 2008). During 2009, the port 3.25 Sewage and off site drainage handled just over 59m gross infrastructure capacity32 is a tons of shipping which signiﬁcant issue for some amounted to over 39m tonnes locations within Pembrokeshire of cargo. There are also with development in some important pipeline links from areas dependant upon – the Milford Haven ports into updated sewerage

Key Trends and Issues other parts of Wales and infrastructure and England. There are two Irish upgraded/updated waste Sea ferry terminals in water treatment works. Pembrokeshire at Fishguard and Pembroke Dock providing 3.26 There are emerging concerns important freight and regarding the adequacy of passenger links to and from water resource capacity in Ireland. While sea travel to and Pembrokeshire and additionally from Ireland is declining in some local connection issues terms of numbers of may arise. There is some passengers there has been an potential for loss of resources33 increase in freight. This during the Development Plan increase in freight has period, primarily as a result of implications for the transport the implications of the review of network. There is an airport in consents under the Habitats Haverfordwest which is Directive. Dwr Cymru Welsh primarily used for private flying, Water34 has identified measures club flying, training and receipt to resolve these issues, for of medical supplies. The which regulatory funding will be Regional Transport Plan required to meet revisions to identifies Haverfordwest three abstraction licences, with (Withybush) Airport as one of such revisions likely to take three small regional Airports in effect post 2020. south west Wales. There could be modest expansion of 3.27 There are significant ancillary facilities at the airport geographical constraints on during the Plan period, more access to and performance of significant growth in activity high speed broadband internet being constrained by the in some areas of capacity / alignment of the Pembrokeshire. In areas runways and by the use of part without access there are of the airfield by the implications for businesses and Pembrokeshire County Show for the ability of people to work each year. from home. The County Council is committed to working with Welsh Government and the business community to resolve these difficulties.

32 For foul drainage this includes biological and hydraulic capacity. 33 Identiﬁed by Environment Agency Wales 34 DCWW Revised Draft Water Resources Plan (2011)

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4. Environment Chapter 3 3.28 The predominance of Issues designated sites in the County • Efﬁcient use of resources demonstrates its importance, • The need for high quality, internationally and nationally, sustainable design to improve across a rich diversity of the environment and people’s habitats, including river, marine, –

health and well being lowland heaths and semi- Key Trends and Issues • Access to adequate natural oak woodland and recreational open/green space some coastal and estuarine • Meeting national targets for areas. These assets, including renewable energy marine and terrestrial Special • Effects of climate change Areas of Conservation (SACs), • Flooding Special Protection Areas • Impact of pollution on the (SPAs), Sites of Special environment and people’s Scientific Interest (SSSIs), health and well-being National Nature Reserves • Loss of and threats to heritage (NNRs), Local Nature Reserves assets (LNRs) and Wildlife Reserves35 • Erosion of local distinctiveness need to be managed carefully • Loss of and threats to species for both local and national and habitats benefit and to safeguard the • Impact of development on unique environment. New sites landscape and environment may be designated during the • Brownfield land prioritised for Plan period through a development over Greenfield consultation process with the land Countryside Council for Wales • Improving water quality and (CCW)36. conservation • The need to reduce and 3.29 As well as habitats there are appropriately manage waste many important species present across the County as a Strategic Objectives derived from whole, with otters, bats, these issues: dormice, farmland birds, Marsh • To protect and enhance the Fritillary and Brown Hairstreak natural and built environment (J) butterflies locally prevalent. • To deliver design excellence and Whilst the total area which is environmental quality (B) designated for biodiversity is • To mitigate and respond to 35.3 km2 (3530 ha) or 3.4% of climate change (A) the land area, many species • To improve access to goods and exist and migrate across the services (I) area as a whole and beyond. • To develop a quality visitor The LDP plays an important economy founded on an role in enhancing biodiversity outstanding natural and built across the County as a whole environment (H)

35 Wildlife Trust of South and West Wales Nature Reserves 36 Deﬁnitive information on nature designations is available from CCW http://www.ccw.gov.uk/Splash.aspx

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Chapter 3 and protecting designated that would damage it, including sites and species and essential sites listed in the schedule of ecological connectivity Regionally Important ‘corridors’ for biodiversity from Geological Sites (RIGS) (non damaging development. Some statutory designations), SSSIs habitats are important for their designated for their geological – ground water dependent or geomorphologic features

Key Trends and Issues ecosystems, an issue picked and several Geological up by the Water Framework Conservation Review (GCR) Directive and the Water sites. Resources Management Plan for Welsh Water 2012, which 3.33 The County has a high number identifies water resources as an of heritage assets. The Plan issue for part of the County, area has 1632 listed buildings but identifies proposed and 236 Scheduled Ancient solutions. Monuments. There are 20 Historic Parks and Gardens, 3.30 The Water Framework Directive two Historic Landscapes, 24 also identifies the need to Conservation Areas - with a maintain water quality across Townscape Heritage Initiative in the Plan area, this including Pembroke Dock, two country rivers, primary aquifers, source parks and 8.64km2 of village protection zones, estuaries and green and common land, the coast. which together add to the special natural characteristics 3.31 Rivers such as the Western and cultural heritage of the Cleddau (for instance in area. These areas are an Haverfordwest), the Ritec and important part of what makes the lower Teifi are prone to the Plan area distinctive. flooding. 2.2% of existing residential properties are 3.34 Pembrokeshire has a range of located on floodplains. previously developed Housing is identified as being (brownfield) land. One of the highly vulnerable to flooding in issues in Pembrokeshire is that Technical Advice Note 15 and many of these sites, such as this Plan needs to ensure that some former airfields, may not future development is well be suitable for development planned to avoid impacts in the because of their location future. The County Council is and/or scale. Brownfield land committed to working with within or adjoining settlements partner organisations to ensure and suitable for development that future development takes should be prioritised for into account flood risk, which development over greenfield is increasingly important. land in accordance with national planning policy. Some 3.32 Pembrokeshire has a rich brownfield sites in the Plan area geological diversity that needs have contamination problems protection from development which will need remediation in conjunction with their redevelopment.

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3.35 Article 5.2 of the EU Landﬁll Directive (1999) requires the UK to achieve targets relating to the reduction of waste to landﬁll which have been adopted by the Welsh –

Government. This means that Key Trends and Issues by 2020 no more than the equivalent of 35% of the biodegradable municipal waste produced in 1995 may be disposed of through landfill/landraising. The revised Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC lays down further measures and requires the Welsh Government to produce a waste strategy in accordance with the Directive’s requirements. The revised National Waste Strategy for Wales 2010 lays down new, tougher targets, including a re- use / recycling/composting target of 70% by 2024/25. The Welsh Government is also seeking powers for landfill bans/restrictions under the proposed Waste (Wales) Measure 2010. This Plan makes provision for the identification of locations for facilities for recycling and disposal as required by the South West Wales Regional Waste Plan (1st Review, 2008) and to meet the likely demands of these new targets.

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36 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 4: Vision and Objectives Chapter 4

4.1 In considering how this Plan The LDP Vision: should tackle key issues affecting the County, identiﬁed “To ensure that Pembrokeshire is in Chapter 3, and guide and prosperous and that it remains –

manage future development, it vibrant and special by creating: a Vision and Objectives is important to have a clear network of strong urban and rural Vision and Objectives for what communities in Hub Towns, the County should be like at Service Centres, Service and the end of the Plan period – Local Villages supported by a 202137. robust, sustainable, diverse high value-adding economy 4.2 The overall Vision of this Plan underpinned by the Area’s unique describes the land use environment, maritime access to elements of the Vision for the Milford Haven Waterway and Pembrokeshire as set out in Fishguard Harbour and the Wales Spatial Plan (People, internationally important energy Places, Futures: The Wales and tourism opportunities.” Spatial Plan 2008 Update) and Pembrokeshire’s Community Plan (Update38 2009). 4.3 There are signiﬁcant challenges facing Pembrokeshire in the period leading up to 2021. Vision Many of these have been highlighted in Chapter 2 which ‘A network of strong identiﬁes the main issues that communities supported by a this Plan addresses. This Plan robust, sustainable, diverse complements national and high value-adding economy other local policies relevant to underpinned by the Area’s Pembrokeshire, particularly the unique environment, maritime Wales Spatial Plan and the access and internationally Community Plan and it is important energy and tourism sensible that it should accord opportunities’ (Vision for with their headline visions. Pembrokeshire the Haven - Wales Spatial Plan 2008)

To ensure that Pembrokeshire is prosperous and that it remains vibrant and special. (Pembrokeshire Community Plan 2010)

37 “The LDP should be based on a vision of the future which should be clear, realistic, and based on the objectives and priorities of the relevant community strategy” (Para 2.10 Local Development Plans Wales 2005) 38 “The Wales Spatial Plan provides the overarching policy framework for the preparation of LDP. Local Planning Authorities are required to have regard to both the vision and propositions set out in the document” (Para 2.33, LDP Manual 2006) 37 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013

Chapter 4 Delivering the Vision

4.4 The Vision describes the type of place the Council would like Pembrokeshire to be in 2021. In order to achieve this it is – helpful to break this Vision

Vision and Objectives down to identify the key elements that will deliver it.

4.5 The key principle to deliver the Plan is identiﬁed as being sustainable development; the objectives that underpin this key principle and the Vision are identiﬁed, together with objectives and sub-objectives on the next pages.

38 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 4 services – Developing D C Sustaining and urban economy of homes and local Vision and Objectives vibrant communities providing a range and mix providing enhancing the rural and Building on Delivering B E development and port related location for energylocation for the County’s strategic the County’s environmental quality environmental design excellence and change A Haven Hub Haven Mitigating and F Supporting the responding to the responding challenge of climate distinctive role of role distinctive development of the development especially within the especially •• prosperous • vibrant • special • communities strong • economy value-adding • unique environment • maritime access • energy sector tourism opportunities Pembrokeshire’s towns, Pembrokeshire’s LDP Vision Pembrokeshire 2021: Vision Pembrokeshire LDP J G Regenerating town centres town Protecting and Protecting built environment enhancing the natural and I Improving Developing environment and services H natural and built access to goods quality visitor economy of place and an outstanding founded on a distinct sense founded Figure 1: Strategic Objectives to deliver the Vision – Sub Objectives developing these are shown in Figure 2. shown in Figure 1: Strategic Objectives to deliver the Vision – Sub Objectives developing these are Figure

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Chapter 4 Delivering the Objectives 4.10 Delivering sustainable development in the context of 4.6 Ten strategic objectives pick up climate change means thinking on the different elements of the carefully about the location and Vision as highlighted in Figure design of new development. 1. This means locating new – development in appropriate

Vision and Objectives 4.7 Sustainable development is an locations that will not require overarching principle that is relocation in the future as a crucial to the Plan’s result of issues such as implementation. The strategic flooding and will not objectives and sub objectives unnecessarily cause additional (shown in Figure 2) combine to travel39. Careful planning will deliver this and will tackle many mitigate against society facing of the issues identified earlier in future costs which could the Plan. undermine sustainable development and economic 4.8 There are interconnections growth. As well as location, the between a number of the objective of delivering design objectives. For example excellence is a crucial element ‘regenerating Pembrokeshire’s of sustainable development. To town centres’ supplies job reduce long term running costs opportunities within the towns and prevent the need for and better services for local expensive alterations at a later people and visitors. date excellent design at the earliest stage is crucial. 4.9 Delivering the Vision and principle of sustainable 4.11 There are inevitably dilemmas development will be a complex and conflicts that will emerge in process and in order to delivering the Vision for the achieve this for Pembrokeshire County. To deliver strong the County Council must work communities across the County with partner organisations to means strengthening both rural respond positively to climate and urban communities. This change, one of the biggest means supporting the challenges facing society. The development of rural objective to mitigate and communities which has the respond to the challenge of potential to increase the need climate change underpins the to travel. Such impacts can delivery of the Plan. however be mitigated and

39 The Stern Report (2006) noted that in the UK annual ﬂood losses alone could increase from 0.1% of GDP today to 0.2-0.4% of GDP once the increases in global average temperatures reach 3 or 4 degrees Celsius.

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reduced by developing a Chapter 4 framework which promotes employment, services and sustainable transport options in rural areas and focuses growth on existing rural communities with services. Other impacts on –

landscape and biodiversity Vision and Objectives likely to emerge from a more rural focus on development will be mitigated by policies focusing on good design, appropriate scale of development, and requiring landscape and biodiversity protection measures where necessary.

4.12 Figure 2 on next page shows how this Plan will deal with the issues identiﬁed, how the Plan’s objectives have been transformed into policy approaches and how these will be monitored.

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Chapter 4 Figure 2: Relationship between Issues, Objectives, Policies and Monitoring

Key Delivered by policy monitoring Key Issue Objective Sub-Objective approach outcomes Topics Area of

– identiﬁed concern to Detailed element/ from public, be breakdown of the Vision and Objectives An assessment stakeholder addressed area of concern Policy to address the area of of whether the consultation by the Plan concern Plan is working and evidence base

Key monitoring Key Issue Objective Sub objective Delivered by Policy Approach outcomes

Environment Mitigating and • To retain best Allocated sites identified in 1. Development (4) responding to quality agricultural sustainable locations appropriate takes place in climate change land for for different types of development. accord with the Infrastructure, (A) productive strategy of the Transport and purposes. Local Accessibility and Criteria based policy to assess Development (3) whether proposals are appropriate Plan. Improving • To minimise in nature and location. access to development on 2. No significant goods and areas of land at additional flood services (I) flood risk. risks arising from development.

• To promote Identify Settlement Boundaries for 3. Development housing settlements where development is is delivered in development in considered appropriate. line with the settlements where settlement good levels of Settlement hierarchy approach hierarchy. services already directs housing allocations and exist to reduce windfall to settlements with a the need to travel. good level of goods and service provision. • To reduce the need to travel to Criteria based policies enable new access work, service and community facilities to services and be opened in settlements across goods. the hierarchy.

Employment allocations identiﬁed where appropriate and criteria based policies enable new employment premises to be opened in settlements across the hierarchy.

• To be efﬁcient in Criteria based policy requiring the use of development proposals to resources and minimise energy demand, improve energy. efﬁciency and promote power generated from renewable resources.

Criteria based policy on sustainable design.

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A Strong Building on the • To ensure Allocated employment sites to 4. Availability Rural and County’s sufﬁcient land is enable energy related and take up of Urban strategic available for port developments both for research employment Economy (2) location for and energy / and development on the Haven land is secured energy and renewable energy and in the Hub Towns. for Port and Infrastructure, port related technologies both energy / – renewable

Transport and development for research and Criteria based policy supportive of Vision and Objectives Accessibility (E) for delivery in key port related development energy related (3) sites on the proposals. sectors, Haven and in the Hub Towns. 5. Levels of new • To improve Requirements for future transport infrastructure connectivity infrastructure improvements provided over across the County identiﬁed the course of and particularly to the Plan and the Hub Towns progress with and Haven. the prioritisation/ • To provide Policy framework that facilitates funding and necessary improvements to communications development of infrastructure for infrastructure. key strategic development to transport take place. Criteria policy which ensures schemes and necessary infrastructure is improved ICT provided with all developments. connectivity.

A Strong Supporting the • To strengthen and Criteria based policy on 6. Rural and development of improve the retail sustainable design. Pembrokeshire’s Urban the distinctive offer. town and local Economy (2) role of Criteria based policy on historic centres are Pembrokeshire’s • To strengthen environments. vibrant and towns, Haverfordwest’s diverse. especially within role as a sub- Town Centre boundaries identiﬁed Haverfordwest’s the Haven Hub, regional centre. with policy approach which role as a sub- (F) protects core areas for retail. regional centre is strengthened. And Appropriate retail allocations are identiﬁed within the Hub Towns Regenerating (Town Centres) and Service Town Centres Centres (Local Retail Centres) to (G) develop the distinctive roles of centres and strengthen Haverfordwest’s role as a sub- regional centre.

43 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 4 Key monitoring Key Issue Objective Sub objective Delivered by Policy Approach outcomes

A Strong Developing a • To encourage Criteria based policy on tourism 7. A range of Rural and quality visitor development that proposals which enables holiday Urban economy complements the appropriate new development to accommodation Economy (2) founded on a natural and built take place and allows for the and attractions distinct sense environment. upgrading of existing facilities. are available to – Environment of place and an meet the different needs

Vision and Objectives (4) outstanding • To improve the natural and range and quality of visitors. built of attractions and environment accommodation. (H)

A Strong Sustaining and • To reduce the New employment and mixed-use 8. New Rural and enhancing the need to travel. sites are allocated in appropriate employment and Urban rural and urban locations. mixed-use sites Economy (2) economy (C) • To facilitate for live-work agricultural Criteria based policies on the units are diversiﬁcation in economy (including on provided in both rural areas employment sites and community urban and rural facilities) which enables areas and development in settlements existing sites are across the hierarchy. Criteria safeguarded. based policy to protect existing employment sites. 9. A range of employment Criteria based policy approach to opportunities manage agricultural diversiﬁcation. exist in urban and rural areas

• To safeguard the Safeguarded minerals resource 10. Development mineral resource with appropriate Buffer Zones and which would and manage its a policy framework on minerals undermine the development. development. safeguarded minerals resource is not permitted.

Sustainable Developing • To provide Land is identiﬁed within the Plan 11. An Communities vibrant sufﬁcient land to for 5700 dwellings. estimated 5700 (1) communities meet the housing new dwellings providing a needs arising Criteria based policy establishing are provided of range and mix within the County affordable housing targets. All which at least of homes and Council’s planning development in Small Local 980 new local services area. Villages to be for affordable affordable (D) housing. homes are • To provide provided. housing which is affordable.

• To protect local Criteria based policy on the Welsh 12. Development culture and language is sensitive to language. the needs of language sensitive communities in scale and nature

• To enable the Identiﬁed allocations for 13. Existing provision of community facilities. Criteria community community based policy to protect and facilities are facilities. provide community facilities. protected and provision enhanced

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Environment Delivering • To protect and Identiﬁed designated nature sites 14. Landscape (4) design enhance the on the Proposals Maps. quality, diversity excellence and natural and environmental environment, Identiﬁed green wedges on the distinctiveness is quality (B) particularly Proposals Maps. maintained designated nature – 15. Development

and sites and Criteria policy protecting Vision and Objectives protected species landscape, biodiversity and does not Protecting and and habitats habitats. compromise the enhancing the across the plan favourable natural and area. conservation built status of species environment (J) and habitats of European signiﬁcance and wherever possible enhances biodiversity

• To manage waste Criteria-based policies for 16. Waste sustainably. assessment of waste facilities to meet management proposals. the County’s requirements. Allocations for new waste facilities.

Criteria policy on use of recycled and secondary aggregates

Criteria policy on recovery and re- use of waste.

• To conserve and Criteria based policy approach to 17. A ﬂourishing enhance the assess development proposals historic and built historic which would impact on the environment. environment. historic and built environment.

• To achieve good High quality sustainable design 18. High quality sustainable policy. sustainable design. design.

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Chapter 4 Figure 3 I Gaerfyrddin To Carmarthen To Bwlchygroes Tegryn – Abercych Hermon Boncath Vision and Objectives Blaenffos Crymych Cilgerran Aberteifi Cardigan Tenby Eglwyswrw Tavernspite Dinbych-y-Pysgod Kilgetty Cilgeti Tafarn Ysbyty Tafarn Llanddewi Velfrey Llanddewi Efelffre Llandudoch St Dogmaels Tredeml Pentlepoir Templeton Begeli Begelly Llan-Fair New Hedges Penally Penalun Maenclochog Llandysilio Llandissilio Clunderwen Arberth Narberth Broadmoor Jeffreyston St Florence Newport Trefdraeth Robeston Wathen Llangwathen Milton Llandyfai Lamphey Carew/Sageston Clarbeston Road Caeriw a Sageston Cas-mael Cosheston Puncheston Spittal Cryndal Crundale Penfro Fishguard Abergwaun Houghton Pembroke Cas-blaidd Hook Wolfscastle Llangwm Hundleton Neyland Johnston Rhosfarced Rosemarket Treletert Doc Penfro Letterston Wdig Hwlffordd Pembroke Dock Pembroke Goodwick Simpson Cross Haverfordwest Croes Cas-lai Hayscastle Cross Mathri Mathry Tiers Cross Tiers Roch Pont-yr-Hafod Y Garn Milford Haven Milford Croesgoch Aberdaugleddau Tyddewi St Davids Areas Settlement Outside Plan Area Settlement Outside Plan Ardal y Cynllun Aneddiad tu allan i Strategic Road Network Rhwydwaith Ffyrdd Strategol Passenger Railway Rheilffordd i Deithwyr Area PCC LDP Ardal Gynllunio Cyngor Sir Penfro Authority LDP Adjoining Local Planning Hub Ffocws Hub Town Trefi Ffocws Rural Town Wledig Tref Service Centre Canolfan Wasanaethol Service Village Pentref Wasanaethol Cynllunio Lleol CDLI Cyffiniol Awdurdod Ardal Ferry Terminal Fferi Terfynfa Pembrokeshire Boundary Ffin Sir Benfro Haverfordwest Airport Maes Awyr Hwlffordd Ferry Route Llongau Fferi Teithio Llwybr LEGEND - ALLWEDD Key Diagram Diagram Allweddol

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5. LDP Strategy 5.3 The Preferred Strategy considered alternative 5.1 The Strategy is designed to strategies. These alternatives deliver the Vision for included a strategy focusing –

Pembrokeshire, meet the growth mainly on the Hub Plan Strategy objectives of this Plan and Towns, and another directing respond to the issues identiﬁed growth to linked settlements in to deliver sustainable rural areas which in development. It is derived from combination provided a range national and regional policy of services. A strategy for a principles and an evaluation of more balanced distribution of economic, social and growth, targeting those environmental factors and the settlements with a good range key issues and characteristics of services and facilities, was that make Pembrokeshire determined to be the best unique. approach to deal with the issues facing Pembrokeshire 5.2 The strategy focuses on and to meet the Plan’s Vision enabling development in and Objectives.41 accordance with the objectives and sub-objectives established 5.4 This strategy will be in Figure 2 Chapter 4: It implemented through includes a settlement strategy developments that comply with that aims to achieve a 16 Strategic Policies contained balanced distribution of new within this chapter and development between urban supported by General Policies and rural Pembrokeshire. and allocations, set out in the Within the rural area, growth is following chapter. The Strategic focused on those settlements Policies include: with a good level of service • An over-arching Strategic provision. It is anticipated that Policy on sustainable 60% of housing will be built in development that relates to the urban areas and 40% in all proposals. the rural areas.40

40 Appendix 3 provides further information. 41 Evidence to support the chosen strategy is contained within various background papers and supporting documents, including: • Scale and Location of Growth paper, 2010 • Summary of Issues from Public Consultations • Rural Facilities survey report, 2008 • Local Housing Market Assessment, 2007 • LDP Sustainability Appraisal, 2010

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Chapter 5 • Strategic Policies relating to The following General Policies provide speciﬁc land use and a range more detailed guidance on this of topics that are within the Strategic Policy: GN.1 – GN.4, GN.33 inﬂuence of the planning – GN.38. system. These policies indicate the role that a 5.6 The planning system provides – particular land-use or topic for a presumption in favour of

Plan Strategy has in achieving the Vision sustainable development and and Objectives for national planning policy Pembrokeshire over the Plan provides a deﬁnition of period. sustainable development in • A small number of area- Wales42. The overarching aim of based Strategic Policies, the Plan is to ensure that setting out appropriate scales Sustainable Development is and detailed locations for achieved. This means ensuring future development. The that the types of development area-based Strategic Policies that take place are appropriate will deliver the spatial aspects for their location and built and of the Vision and Objectives designed in such a way as to and are also supported by achieve positive economic, General Policies and social and environmental allocations. impacts. Detailed policies such as General Policies GN.1 to 5.5 The Key Diagram illustrates the GN.4 and GN.33 to GN.38 of elements of the spatial strategy the Plan will be critical in including the location and ensuring that this Strategic status of settlements in the Policy is met. These policies settlement hierarchy and focus on ensuring that important transport routes and proposals are appropriate in Hubs. scale and nature for different locations, that the design achieves safe, attractive and SP 1 Sustainable Development inclusive environments which are sustainable and optimise All development proposals must energy use and efﬁciency and demonstrate how positive incorporate renewable energy economic, social and technologies where feasible, environmental impacts will be whilst addressing landscaping achieved and adverse impacts and infrastructure requirements minimised. of any development.

All key issues apply.

This Strategic Policy will contribute towards achieving Objective(s): A, B, C, D and J

42 See sections 4.1 and 4.2 of Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5)

48 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 5 5.7 The delivery of zero-carbon SP 2 Port and Energy Related development and wider use of Development low-carbon and no-carbon technology in new building Development at the Ports of projects is being driven by Milford Haven and Fishguard will Government targets and be permitted for port related – associated changes to the facilities and infrastructure, Building Regulations, the including energy related Plan Strategy related ‘Code for Sustainable development. Homes’ and the requirements of BREEAM. This policy is Linked key issues: A strong rural and complementary to these urban economy, Infrastructure, initiatives, which in combination Transport and Accessibility will help to deliver new development that is This Strategic Policy will contribute sustainable. towards achieving Objective(s): A, C and E Topic-based Strategic Policies The following General Policies provide 5.8 The following Strategic Policies more detailed guidance on this relate to a range of land-uses Strategic Policy: GN.4, GN.6, GN.9, and topics which will contribute GN.21, GN.35 - 39 and GN.41. to achieving positive change and development in Pembrokeshire. They relate to topics identiﬁed under the objectives of this Plan and should contribute towards achieving these objectives.

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Chapter 5 5.9 Milford Haven Port (which 5.10 Milford Haven Port already incorporates the dock areas at hosts major energy-related both Milford Haven and installations and infrastructure Pembroke Dock) provide and there is potential to further internationally important and develop this role. It also scarce deep-water port provides a ferry terminal, at – facilities in a sheltered location. Pembroke Dock, providing

Plan Strategy At Fishguard Harbour freight and passenger (Goodwick) and Milford Haven connections to the Republic of Port improvements to facilities Ireland. As well as the ferry and infrastructure will benefit terminal, there are also the local and national economy extensive areas of employment and will confer benefits on land at Pembroke Dockyard, other countries, particularly the together with smaller areas Republic of Ireland. These used for other purposes. Within areas have been spatially Pembroke Dockyard, discrete defined on the Proposals areas of land are available for Maps. The spatial area defined re-use for employment and/or recognises those areas that are port-related purposes. most suitable for these forms Additionally, re-configuration of of development, but the policy areas currently in use may be is not intended to protect such proposed in conjunction with areas exclusively for such transformative development development. Individual proposals. At Milford Dock, proposals coming forward current land uses include under policy SP2 will require employment, leisure, marina, project level Habitats residential, retail, berthing for Regulation Assessment to fishing vessels and port-related consider their likely significant engineering. Further land in effects on the features of the this area is available for re-use SAC. The seaward limit of and there is a possibility that, planning control is normally the as at Pembroke Dockyard, re- mean low water mark (at configuration of areas currently Pembroke Dock it is the mid- in use may be proposed in channel mark). Development conjunction with transformative proposals below this mark (or development proposals. beyond the mid-channel mark at Pembroke Dock) are outside 5.11 Fishguard Harbour is primarily a the scope of the planning ferry terminal and like system, being regulated under Pembroke Dock provides the provisions of other onward connections to the legislation. Republic of Ireland.

50 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 5 SP 3 Employment Land 5.12 In accordance with Planning Requirements Policy Wales (Edition 5, November 2012), this policy Land is provided for the provides a range of sites in development of 173 hectares of sustainable locations that are employment land on a mix of suitable for development for – strategic and local employment enterprise and employment sites. Strategic employment sites purposes. Plan Strategy are identified at the following locations: 5.13 The Wales Spatial Plan Update 2008 identifies as a strategic priority an aim to develop a Site Name Site Reference Area Use more diverse and (ha) Class entrepreneurial knowledge- Blackbridge, S/EMP/086/LDP/01 33.45 B1, B2, based economy and identifies Milford Haven B8 both energy and the Pembrokeshire S/EMP/096/00001 22.38 B1 environment as being critical to Science and achieving success in this area. Technology Park, Pembroke Dock 5.14 To support the future Withybush S/EMP/040/00001 20.61 B1 Business Park, development of port and Haverfordwest energy related activities in Trecwn S/EMP/136/0001 21.11 B1, B2, proximity to the Milford Haven B8 Waterway, strategic employment sites are allocated The specified uses are those that at Blackbridge (Milford Haven) will be permitted on the listed sites. and at the Pembrokeshire Where appropriate, other classes of Science and Technology Park employment use or compatible sui (Pembroke Dock). The energy generis uses may also be permitted sector (renewable energy (or combinations of such uses). technology in particular) is important as a potential growth Linked key issues: A strong rural and sector in the Waterway area. urban economy, Infrastructure, Transport and Accessibility 5.15 A further strategic employment site is provided at Withybush This Strategic Policy will contribute (Haverfordwest), which will towards achieving Objective(s): C and support employment growth in E the County town. This site is on the strategic road network, The following General Policies provide providing connections to more detailed guidance on this Fishguard to the north and Strategic Policy: GN.5 – GN.9, GN.40 other parts of south and west and GN.41. Wales to the east.

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Chapter 5 5.16 A major opportunity site also 5.20 In addition to the identiﬁed new exists at Trecwn (a former employment sites a criteria- Ministry of Defence site). based policy approach will provide opportunities for new 5.17 Policy GN.37 will be particularly employment proposals to relevant to the delivery of come forward on unallocated – strategic employment sites, to land in or well-related to

Plan Strategy ensure the avoidance of settlements and in rural signiﬁcant adverse impact locations where such a location through the maintenance and is essential to the enterprise. enhancement of protected and priority species, their habitats SP 4 Promoting Retail and designated sites. Policy Development GN.37 also sets out a requirement for mitigation The retail hierarchy for provisions in appropriate Pembrokeshire is: cases. Sub-regional Town Haverfordwest Centre 5.18 Local employment sites are Town Centre Pembroke Dock, identiﬁed at a range of other Pembroke, Milford locations in the Hub Towns and Haven, Fishguard, additionally in some rural Narberth settlements. This will support Local Retail Centre Goodwick, Neyland, the plan’s growth and Crymych, Letterston, distribution strategy in a Johnston, Kilgetty sustainable manner. All new retail and leisure 5.19 The development of development should be employment premises in rural consistent in scale and nature settlements is encouraged, with the size and character of the ensuring there will be greater Centre and its role in the retail opportunities for the rural hierarchy. population to work nearer their homes and thus reduce the Proposals which would demand for travel into undermine the Retail Hierarchy Pembrokeshire’s main towns. will not be permitted. Pembrokeshire already has a high level of self-employed Linked key issues: A strong rural and individuals - many of whom urban economy work from home – and this will be encouraged further. This Strategic Policy will contribute Improved infrastructure, towards achieving Objective(s): D, F, G transport and communication and I networks will be important in encouraging such growth. The following General Policies provide more detailed guidance on this Strategic Policy: GN.12 – GN.15

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5.21 Retail proposals will be the smallest of the town Chapter 5 expected to reﬂect the level of centres will be expected to hierarchy within which the reﬂect the niche retail nature of proposal is located in both the existing town centre. scale and nature. All the Town Centres are designated in part 5.25 Proposals within the Local as Conservation Areas and Retail Centres should not –

maintaining the individual undermine or impact on the Plan Strategy character of these Towns must vitality or viability of surrounding form an important element of Town Centres, but should any development proposal. maintain the service provision of these settlements and 5.22 Proposals within continue to provide facilities for Haverfordwest should make a the surrounding rural areas. positive contribution to its role as the County town and a sub- SP 5 Visitor Economy regional town centre. Proposals which enhance Proposals for development provision, particularly of larger relating to the visitor economy will comparison stores, within the be supported provided that they Town Centre will be are in sustainable locations, encouraged and an allocation contribute to the diversity and for such units is made as part quality of accommodation and of the Plan. attractions, respect and protect the environment and beneﬁt local 5.23 Proposals within Pembroke communities. Dock should reﬂect the role played by the town as the Linked key issues: A Strong rural and important retail centre in South urban economy, Environment, Pembrokeshire. Proposals Infrastructure, Transport and which build on connections Accessibility between the town and marina will be encouraged as well as This Strategic Policy will contribute improved pedestrian towards achieving Objective(s): H connections from the town centre to the developments at The following General Policies provide London Road. A more detailed guidance on this redevelopment opportunity Strategic Policy: GN.16 – GN.21, exists for the St Govan’s GN.34 and GN.35 Centre within the Town Centre. 5.26 The General Policies establish 5.24 It is anticipated that proposals the locations that will be within Milford Haven, considered appropriate for Pembroke, Fishguard and different types of development Narberth will be of a smaller and the criteria that proposals scale than those proposed in will be expected to meet in Haverfordwest and Pembroke order to enhance the Dock. Proposals in Narberth, sustainability of Pembrokeshire as a visitor destination.

53 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 5 5.27 Pembrokeshire’s natural and SP 6 Minerals built environment has attracted visitors for many years, both to A contribution to the national, the National Park and further regional and local need for a inland to the County’s rivers, continuous supply of minerals will mountains, heritage and be met by: – historic towns and villages. The

Plan Strategy visitor economy is now one of 1. Maintaining a reserve of hard the most signiﬁcant drivers of rock and sand and gravel the local economy and both during the Plan period; the Wales Spatial Plan Update 2008 and Pembrokeshire 2. Safeguarding known County Council Tourism resources43 of coal and Strategy (2006-2012) aggregates (including sand and recognise its importance as a gravel and hard rock) from sector to the County. permanent development, except those in settlements; 5.28 A focus for the future is the and provision of a strong and diverse year round industry 3. Safeguarding the landfall based on a high quality locations for marine dredged destination which visitors will sand and gravel. want to revisit. A crucial feature of achieving this is ensuring Linked key issues: A strong rural and that the aspect that draws urban economy visitors - the quality of the environment – is enhanced by This Strategic Policy will contribute any development that takes towards achieving Objective(s): C place. To ensure this is achieved, proposals for visitor The following General Policies provide attractions and leisure facilities more detailed guidance on this in the countryside, are required Strategic Policy: GN.22 – GN.25 to demonstrate that such a location is essential. 5.29 Minerals Technical Advice Note 1 on Aggregates (2004) requires minimum landbanks to be maintained throughout the Plan period (a 10 year supply of hard rock and a 7 year supply of sand and gravel).

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5.30 The Pembrokeshire Coast 5.33 The Council acknowledges the Chapter 5 National Park Authority is not policy direction of focusing required to maintain a landbank mineral working outside the for hard rock or sand and National Park. It has identiﬁed gravel and is only expected to the sand and gravel resource49 contribute to supply in for the Plan period and will exceptional circumstances. secure the required sand and –

gravel land bank progressively, Plan Strategy 5.31 Based on an ‘in principle’ through review of this Plan, agreement between the with an associated monitoring Council and the National Park trigger, to maintain an above Authority, a Pembrokeshire- minimum landbank. The wide reserve provides for a landbank for hard rock is combined landbank for hard plentiful and a generous rock of 36.47 years and for landbank will remain at the end sand and gravel of 17.86 years of the plan period. at 2012, with 28.82 years of hard rock supply and 8.36 5.34 The minerals industry has not years sand and gravel available given an indication of its at 202144 45 . preference for future sand and gravel production sites within 5.32 This policy safeguards the the Plan area and in that mineral resource of the Plan context, neither sand and area (coal, hard rock, sand and gravel working allocations nor gravel) and the landfall for identiﬁcation of Preferred Areas offshore working, in for future working are accordance with national46 and appropriate for this Plan. regional policy47, to ensure Instead, an Area of Search is availability for future identiﬁed for future sand and generations and to ensure that gravel working, which is the the resource in Pembrokeshire safeguarded sand and gravel is able to contribute to the resource area. This forms an national, regional and local element of the safeguarded demand for minerals. Existing mineral resource shown on the mineral working sites are listed Proposals Map. at Appendix 2 and the extent of the safeguarded areas48 is shown on the Proposals Map.

44 Taking account of the approved quarry extensions at Pant Gwyn Quarry and Treﬁgin Quarry. 45 Mineral Landbank Calculations (based on December 2008 data) Summary Statement for Pembrokeshire County Council - Updated, July 2012 46 Minerals Planning Policy Wales (2000), Minerals Technical Advice Notes (Wales) 1 (2004) and 2 (2009) 47 the Regional Technical Statement for the area covered by the South Wales Aggregates Working Party (2008) 48 Mineral Mapping Project Wales, WAG (BGS), 2010 49 BGS Minerals Mapping Wales 2010

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Chapter 5 5.35 Further discussions will now consented quarries in the take place within the region National Park are worked out between Local Planning or production ceases for other Authorities and with minerals reasons. Should any shortfall in operators to identify the best the reserve be revealed through potential locations for future annual monitoring, planning – sand and gravel working in applications in the Areas of

Plan Strategy Pembrokeshire and south west Search will be assessed Wales. These will examine the against Policy GN.23. nature and extent of potential alternative supplies, including SP 7 Housing Requirement opportunities to use recycled secondary products. The LDP Provision is made for therefore presents an interim approximately 7,300 dwellings in position on minerals the Plan period, to enable delivery production, particularly in of 5,700 dwellings. relation to sand and gravel. The Council is committed to maintaining the momentum Linked key issues: Sustainable towards the eventual cessation Communities of minerals production in the Pembrokeshire Coast National This Strategic Policy will contribute Park and will work towards achieving Objective(s): D collaboratively to help resolve this issue, while recognising The following General Policies provide that full achievement will only more detailed guidance on this be reached once existing Strategic Policy: GN.11, GN.26 – GN.32

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5.36 The LDP housing requirement into beneﬁcial use, the Plan Chapter 5 is derived from Welsh makes provision for 7,329 Government's 2008-based dwellings. This allows for household projections50. The 1,605 dwellings more than the household projections indicate 5,724 units required, to allow that a total of 5,724 new for choice, ﬂexibility and homes are required from 2011- renewal of the existing housing –

2021, at an annual rate of 572 stock and for non-take up of Plan Strategy per year51. A major driver of the sites. The scale of housing land housing requirement is the provision is based on an reduction in the average size of anticipated growth in households, and particularly population of approximately the increase in single-person 9,000. Detailed analysis in households. This changing relation to the housing nature of household provision requirement is set out in the is one aspect of the increasing Scale and Location of Growth need for homes. ADDENDUM 2011 background paper which draws on 5.37 New homes will be developed population and household mainly on land allocated estimates prepared by Welsh specifically for housing and in Government52 and the County sustainable locations within Council. A summary of the defined Settlement Boundaries, housing requirement and with care taken to protect and supply is attached at Appendix enhance the natural and built 3, with further site specific environment. The scale and guidance included in the distribution of housing accompanying Supplementary development in Pembrokeshire Planning Guidance (SPG) on will address imbalances in the Development Sites. age profile of the population, for example by assisting young people to set up new SP 8 Affordable Housing Target households in rural villages. At least 980 new affordable 5.38 Sufficient residential land is dwellings will be provided. made available to meet the future needs of communities Linked key issues: Sustainable for both market and affordable Communities housing. On the basis of sites allocated for housing under This Strategic Policy will contribute Policy GN.27, as well as towards achieving Objective(s): D completions, units under construction and allowances The following General Policies provide for windfall sites, small sites, more detailed guidance on this conversions, demolitions and Strategic Policy: GN.27, GN.28 and bringing empty properties back GN.29 50 Publication post-dated the base date for the Plan 51 Scale and Location of Growth Background Paper (2010) and Scale and Location of Growth, Addendum Paper (2011) 52 Welsh Government Household Projections 2008

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Chapter 5 5.39 Everyone in the County should provision of affordable housing. have access to a good quality The majority of affordable home that meets their housing housing provision to meet the requirements. The provision of target is expected to be a choice of housing that is delivered through on site affordable to the local developer contribution. – population is vital in achieving

Plan Strategy this. 5.42 The affordable housing target comprises a realistic 5.40 The need for affordable assessment of how many housing in Pembrokeshire is affordable homes will be acute across the whole developed over the Plan period County53 and is informed by to meet newly arising need and the Common Housing Register, to contribute to existing the Pembrokeshire Local identified need. The target Housing Market Assessment provides for affordable homes (2012) and the Pembrokeshire delivered through various Housing Strategy. In January means, including: 2010 there were 2,427 • Planning obligations households in need54 of negotiated as part of all affordable housing. The LHMA residential developments - identified an annual shortfall of approximately 476 dwellings; 1656 affordable homes over 10 • On sites developed by years to meet accumulated Registered Social Landlords historical under provision. A – approximately 401 detailed critique of the flaws in dwellings; the LHMA methodology, which • Other sources, including is considered to result in gross exception sites and self-build over assessment of the scale affordable housing – of need by duplicate counting approximately 105 dwellings. and an alternative methodology to derive the scale of need are 5.43 The County Council has included within the background undertaken viability appraisals paper ‘Statement of Housing to establish indicative Need, 2011’. (percentage) targets for developer provision of 5.41 The scale of affordable housing affordable housing on allocated needed in Pembrokeshire is sites. These demonstrate that it significantly greater than can is usually viable for affordable be provided through current homes to be provided on site levels of Welsh Government and targets between up to 5% Social Housing Grant. The and 25% have been set. planning system, through the use of planning obligations, can contribute towards the

53 Local Housing Strategy for Pembrokeshire 2007-2012 54 Derived using data from the Common Housing Register

58 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 5 5.44 In the smaller settlements in SP 9 Welsh Language the settlement hierarchy (those identified as Small Local Development will be managed Villages) all residential sensitively in areas where the development will be for local Welsh Language has a significant 55 needs affordable housing . role in the local community. This – Development in these may include phasing, signage and settlements is likely to take the / or other appropriate mitigation Plan Strategy form of single plot measures. developments or developments of up to 5 units. Proposals for Linked key issues: Sustainable self-build low cost home Communities ownership to meet a local need will be supported in these This Strategic Policy will contribute locations. In Large Local towards achieving Objective(s): D and Villages affordable housing on H site will be required on proposals of 2 or more units. A The following General Policies provide small proportion of the more detailed guidance on this affordable housing target is Strategic Policy: GN.1 expected to come forward under this approach. 5.46 An important part of what makes Pembrokeshire special 5.45 Exception sites for affordable to both residents and visitors is housing will also be its linguistic culture. The Wales considered. The County Spatial Plan recognises that the Council is committed to Welsh language has a collaborative work with the significant role within Welsh Government and communities and should be Pembrokeshire Coast National promoted as a positive Park Authority to improve attribute in accordance with understanding of housing need Iaith Pawb’s56 vision of creating at community level and to a modern bilingual society. As identify and bring forward shown by Figure 4 below, suitable sites. across the County some 23.9% of the population were Welsh speakers at the time of the census 2001, an increase of 5.6% on 1991. There is considerable geographic variation in the incidence of Welsh speakers, with a very low proportion in the south of the County and a much higher prevalence in the north of the County.

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Chapter 5 5.47 This policy emphasises the population over the age of 3 is need to protect the cultural and Welsh speaking57. This policy linguistic profile of those local should be read in conjunction communities where the with TAN 20 and the language has a significant role, Development Sites SPG. The in so far as this is possible Development Sites SPG – through the planning system. identifies where phasing is

Plan Strategy required for allocations in the 5.48 This Plan seeks to maintain the Plan. Where an application is County’s bilingual for a windfall site which would distinctiveness and the policy otherwise fail to comply with will apply to development criteria 1 of Policy GN.1 proposals in all community General Development Policy councils deﬁned as ‘language but would be acceptable if sensitive’, that is, communities phased, then phasing may be where more than 25% of the required.

Figure 4: Incidence of Welsh Speakers by Community Council (2001)

57 Guidance has been taken from “Planning and the Welsh Language: the Way Ahead (2005)”

60 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 5 SP 10 Transport Infrastructure The following General Policies provide and Accessibility more detailed guidance on this Strategic Policy: GN.1 and GN.39 Improvements to the existing transport infrastructure that will 5.49 In accordance with Planning increase accessibility to Policy Wales (Edition 5, – employment, services and November 2012) and Technical facilities, particularly by Advice Note (Wales) 18, this Plan Strategy sustainable means, will be policy identifies and safeguards approved. proposed improvements to transport infrastructure that will Identified improvements to the support economic growth. The existing transport infrastructure improvements identified in the will be safeguarded. Plan and on the Proposals Map are likely to take place in the Linked key issues: A strong rural and Plan period. These include urban economy, Infrastructure, improvements identified in the transport and accessibility Regional Transport Plan for South West Wales, the This Strategic Policy will contribute programmes of the Welsh towards achieving Objective(s): E Government for Trunk Roads and I and the County Council for County roads.

Figure 5 KEY TRANSPORT NETWORK

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61 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 5 SP 11 Waste accompanying maps identifying various locations, Production of waste and its including some in impact on the environment will be Pembrokeshire. minimised and the use of waste as a resource maximised, through 5.51 The RWP suggests that the – re-use, recovery for materials or total area of land required in Plan Strategy energy and, where this cannot be South West Wales for new in- achieved, safe disposal, using the building facilities ranges from best practicable environmental 60 hectares to 85.2 hectares option. (depending on the option chosen) and an Appendix to Linked key issues: Environment that document lists sites in each Unitary Authority area This Strategic Policy will contribute (including Pembrokeshire) towards achieving Objective(s): B and where this might potentially J happen (these being major industry sites and some other The following General Policies provide sites where Use Class B2 more detailed guidance on this might be accepted). This Plan Strategic Policy: GN.24, GN.40 – provides an update on sites GN.42. with potential for this type of use. The RWP makes it clear 5.50 This policy establishes the that a surplus of land is authority’s strategic approach available for accommodation of to planning for sustainable, even the highest estimate of integrated waste management, the land requirement for new in pursuance of European, UK waste management facilities in and Welsh legislation. It the region. The LDP provides a elaborates on the provisions of choice of potentially suitable the South West Wales Regional sites for various waste Waste Plan 1st Review (2008) management activities and will (the RWP), which focus on: rely on the market to make a) Provision of locations / sites choices over whether to locate suitable for the location of within the Plan area or additional ‘within building’ elsewhere within the region. waste facilities; and The sites allocated by policy b) Identiﬁcation of sites and GN.40 plus the available Class areas of search for new B2 land within the B2 sites ‘open-air’ waste facilities. listed in the same policy meet LDP Policy takes into the Regional Waste Plan’s account the impact of the requirements for the Plan area. Wales Waste Strategy ('Towards Zero Waste') on the Regional Waste Plan. In 5.52 The Waste Planning each case the RWP seeks background paper summarises capacity for facilities that the current legislative position could serve more than one on waste management and its local authority area, with the implications for Local Authority

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municipal waste management. 5.56 New allocations for housing Chapter 5 It outlines the waste facilities development will be directed to that may be needed in the Plan the Hub Towns, which are area. It also identiﬁes the Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, existing waste facilities in the Neyland, Pembroke, Pembroke Plan area. Dock, Fishguard and Goodwick, and, in rural –

5.53 The waste policies that follow Pembrokeshire, to those Plan Strategy in the General Policy chapter settlements identified as identify locations at which new appropriate for future growth in waste management facilities the settlement hierarchy. The could potentially be provided, settlement hierarchy classifies as well as presenting criteria all settlements according to based policies for evaluation of their functional characteristics any proposals for such uses and provision of services and that may be proposed on facilities, with Settlement unallocated land. Boundaries defined for Narberth, the Service Centres, Service Villages, and Local Area-based Strategic Policies Villages58.

5.54 Strategic Policies in this section 5.57 Approximately 45% of the relate to the locations at which population already live in rural developments will take place, areas. Therefore by distributing and explain how the scale and housing and employment nature of development is linked growth more equitably across to its location, taking into Pembrokeshire there should be consideration effective and greater opportunity for people sustainable accommodation of to work and live in the same the impacts of development. area and thus reduce their need to travel.

The Settlement Strategy 5.58 The capacity of infrastructure has helped to shape the 5.55 The settlement strategy aims to settlement strategy. By distribute new development focusing development in appropriately across rural and villages and towns with existing urban areas, using a settlement services and facilities there hierarchy that incorporates the should be a reduction in the principles of the Wales Spatial pressure to provide new Plan. The settlement strategy facilities. This approach will also aims to direct housing, support those services and employment and services to facilities already in existence. locations where people already Site allocations have taken into live and work, in line with the account deliverability and have Wales Spatial Plan and the been informed by Dwr Cymru settlement hierarchy. Welsh Water and Environment

58 The settlement hierarchy was devised using data from Pembrokeshire County Council’s Rural Facilities and Retail studies as well as the principles of the Wales Spatial Plan

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Chapter 5 Agency advice on the future. A criteria based infrastructure, water resources, policy allows for new surface water drainage and community facilities to be ﬂood risk, to ensure that developed on suitable development is directed to unallocated sites and settlements where capacity is establishes tests which will be – available or is likely to be made used to assess proposals

Plan Strategy available in the Plan period with which would involve the loss of some allocations phased to a community facility. take account of current infrastructure constraints. SP 12 The Settlement Hierarchy

5.59 Housing development in A settlement hierarchy is defined Pembrokeshire is heavily reliant on the basis of functional on the many builders who characteristics and availability of focus on developing smaller services and facilities, as follows: sites. Part of the reason that Pembrokeshire’s housing 1. Hub Towns completions have remained relatively stable in recent years, Haven Hub: despite economic fluctuations, Haverfordwest is because building on such a Milford Haven scale is more resilient to market Pembroke Dock forces and easier to finance. Pembroke Hence, in terms of deliverability, Neyland the approach in rural areas has been to enable smaller sites to North Pembrokeshire Hub: come forward. Fishguard Goodwick 5.60 Community facilities are an integral element of sustainable 2. Rural Settlements communities. Those settlements with strong levels 2a Rural Town: of community facilities are Narberth identified for growth in the settlement hierarchy. The 2b Service Centres: General Policy on community Crymych facilities identifies allocations Johnston for new community facilities Kilgetty including new schools, school Letterston site extensions, an extension to Withybush hospital and extensions to local cemeteries. These will help to ensure that communities are well served in

64 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 5 2c Service Villages Abercych Begelly Blaenffos Boncath Broadmoor Bwlch-y-Groes Carew / Sageston Cilgerran Clarbeston Road Clunderwen Cosheston Croesgoch Crundale Eglwyswrw Hayscastle Cross59 Hermon Hook Houghton –

Hundleton Jeffreyston Lamphey Plan Strategy Llanddewi Velfrey Llandissilio Llangwm Maenclochog Mathry Milton New Hedges Penally Pentlepoir Pont-yr-Hafod59 Puncheston Robeston Wathen Roch Rosemarket Simpson Cross Spittal St. Dogmaels St. Florence Tavernspite Tegryn Templeton Tiers Cross Wolfscastle 2d Large Local Villages Burton Burton Ferry Camrose East Williamston Freystrop Hill Mountain Keeston Llanstadwell Ludchurch Mascle Bridge Pen-y-Bryn Scleddau Stepaside Summerhill Trefgarn Owen Waterston 2e Small Local Villages Ambleston Barnlake Bentlass Bethesda Carregwen Castlemorris Cold Blow Cold Inn Glandwr Glogue Lampeter Velfrey Liddeston Little Honeyborough Little Newcastle Llandeloy Llanfyrnach Llangolman Llanteg Llanteglos Llanychaer Llawhaden Llwyncelyn Llys-y-Fran Lower Freystrop Maddox Moor Maiden Wells Martletwy Newchapel New Moat Pelcomb Cross Penffordd Penycwm Pleasant Valley Portﬁeld Gate Postgwyn Princes Gate Redberth Reynalton Rhoshill Sardis Square and Compass St. Nicholas St. Twynnells Sutton Thomas Chapel Thornton Treffgarne Treffynnon Troopers Inn Tufton Uzmaston Wallis Walton East Wiston Wolfsdale Woodstock Linked key issues: Sustainable Communities

This Strategic Policy will contribute towards achieving Objective(s): A, C, D, F, I and J 59 In the interests of place-making and to support the vitality and viability of rural communities in north west Pembrokeshire, the villages of Hayscastle Cross and Pont-yr-Hafod are included in the Service Village category. 65 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013

Chapter 5 5.61 The following matrix indicates 5.62 The matrix shows that at every the locations at which some level of the hierarchy this Plan types of development are likely provides opportunities for a to be accepted range of development and land-uses. – Plan Strategy

Policy North Pembrokeshire Hub Towns Haven Hub Towns Rural Towns Service Centres Service Villages Large Local Villages Small Local Villages Housing Allocations ✔✔✔✔✔ Windfall market housing ✔✔✔✔✔✔ Local need affordable housing ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔ Exception sites for affordable housing ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔ Employment Allocations ✔✔✔✔✔

Employment sites through ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔ criteria-based policies

Community facilities – within ✔✔✔✔✔✔✔ or well-related to settlements

SP 13 Settlement Boundaries 5.63 A Settlement Boundary ensures that development Settlement Boundaries are shown takes place in sustainable for all settlements and define the locations and that the natural areas within which development environment is protected. For opportunities may be appropriate. most types of development the Within Small Local Villages, most appropriate location is Settlement Boundaries are within a Settlement Boundary, defined indicating where local although in some cases there needs affordable housing will be will be justification for an edge- permitted. In Hub and Rural of-settlement or countryside Towns, Service Centres and location. The General Policies Service Villages Settlement clarify locations considered Boundaries define the physical, acceptable for specific land- functional and visual extent of the uses, including exceptional settlement and take into account circumstances in which proposed allocations. Local development may take place Village Settlement Boundaries are outside and adjacent to a defined more tightly, limiting Settlement Boundary. opportunities to small scale infill Development proposals for and rounding off. housing in the Hub Towns, Rural Towns, Service Centres Linked key issues: ALL and Service Villages will be expected to take into account, This Strategic Policy will contribute in the mix of housing type, size towards achieving Objective(s): A, C, D, I and J 66 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013

and tenure, the increasing Chapter 5 development for employment numbers of single person purposes in most Hub Towns, households and the ageing to support their continued role population. as centres of economic and social activity.

SP 14 Hub Towns – 5.65 All Hub Towns have Settlement Boundaries which indicate the Plan Strategy Within the Hub Towns areas in which there is a development will encourage presumption in favour of sustainable communities and development, subject to all complementary relationships other policy considerations between the Towns by promoting being satisfied. Some uses can each of the following: take place where they are well- 1. Development in locations which related to a Settlement support and reinforce the roles Boundary, for example of the towns within the Hubs; employment development and 2. High quality accommodation affordable housing on that supports diversity in the exception sites. Areas outside residential market; the Settlement Boundaries are 3. Opportunities for new considered countryside. commercial, retail, tourism, leisure and community facilities; Haverfordwest 4. Appropriate land uses which are well-related to a Settlement 5.66 Haverfordwest is the County Boundary; and town of Pembrokeshire, 5. Accessibility to services by a located in the centre of the range of sustainable modes of County with good road links to transport. all areas within Pembrokeshire and strong road and rail Linked key issues: ALL connections to the rest of south and west Wales and This Strategic Policy will contribute beyond. It is the main towards achieving Objective(s): A, C, administrative centre of D, E, F, G, I and J Pembrokeshire and has significant Further Education / 5.64 The Wales Spatial Plan Update Higher Education and 2008 identifies the importance healthcare provision. The role of developing the Area’s three of Haverfordwest as a sub strategic Hubs, two of which regional Centre will develop (the Haven Hub and the over the Plan period, with Fishguard and Goodwick Hub) growth in population, are located within employment opportunities and Pembrokeshire. A significant an improved retail offer. A proportion of residential strategic housing allocation at development will be directed to Slade Lane will meet a the Hub Towns during the Plan significant proportion of the period. Land is allocated for Plan’s housing requirements at

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Chapter 5 Haverfordwest. Land is 5.68 There is a strategic allocated for employment employment allocation at purposes in various locations Blackbridge, east of the town across the town, with of Milford Haven. This site is signiﬁcant development one of the last remaining opportunities at Withybush undeveloped sites adjacent to – Business Park (a strategic the Haven Waterway with deep

Plan Strategy employment site which is water access, and offers identified for high quality potential for major development business uses). which can take advantage of Haverfordwest’s town centre is the potential for deep water constrained by flood risk and berthing of vessels. topography but the opportunity remains to regenerate and build on the strength of the Pembroke Dock Town Centre, with a site immediately adjacent to the 5.69 Pembroke Dock is a key current retail area identified service, employment and retail within the Town Centre centre in south Pembrokeshire. boundary, to allow for some Opportunities exist to larger modern comparison strengthen the Town Centre by units to be developed. selective redevelopment which Allocations for new community could improve the environment facilities including a hospital and increase the opportunity extension and new primary for larger retail units. Consent schools are identified on the exists for the creation of a Proposals Map. marina at Martello Quay. This opportunity should build on the town’s commercial strength by Milford Haven and Neyland linking it with the Town Centre. Redevelopment of an identified 5.67 Milford Haven and Neyland are retail allocation site should also considered in combination due offer this opportunity. The port to their close proximity and the at Pembroke Dock connects nature of living and working the area to international trade patterns in the area, in and is developing as a centre particular the number of large of excellence for marine energy-related employment engineering related sites near the Haven waterway. employment activity. Milford Haven is a town centre Developments that seek to with a limited catchment area, draw benefits to and the town centre will be Pembrokeshire from these consolidated and improved ports are to be welcomed. The links developed to the marina Bridge Innovation Centre at the area. Both towns have marinas Pembrokeshire Science and and strong links to the Haven Technology Park offers the Waterway, providing potential to consolidate and opportunities to develop in the build on the opportunities leisure, tourism and fishing associated with industries.

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Pembrokeshire’s strategic area’s maritime assets and Chapter 5 location and suitability for proximity to Ireland. A marina energy-related development. allocation is identiﬁed in Fishguard to develop these maritime assets. In order to Pembroke enable the delivery of small industrial units to complement –

5.70 The historic town of Pembroke the existing provision at Feidr Plan Strategy will benefit from developments Castell, two sites are identified that further strengthen the for new employment provision, conservation of its impressive one on the former Dewhirst built and natural heritage. It is factory site and one behind the an important tourist Parrog. These employment site destination, as well as a town allocations will enable the centre with a significant retail development of units which are and service offer. Proposals to complementary in nature to the increase the quality of leisure- existing port and the proposed based facilities are marina. encouraged. The Plan also safeguards land for various SP 15 Rural Settlements road improvement schemes in the town. Within the Rural Settlements development will encourage sustainable communities and a Fishguard and Goodwick thriving rural economy by promoting: 5.71 Fishguard and Goodwick play 1. Development of a scale and an important service role for nature identified as being North Pembrokeshire, and appropriate for the settlement. would benefit from investment 2. High quality accommodation of to improve their retail and tenure(s) appropriate for the service provisions and reduce settlement. the need for residents to travel 3. Opportunities for new to other areas for work and commercial, retail, tourism, shopping. There is consent for leisure and community facilities. a supermarket on the old 4. Appropriate land uses which Junior School site and this site are well-related to a Settlement is allocated for retail use in this Boundary. Plan. Fishguard Harbour 5. Greater accessibility to existing provides an excellent sheltered and new services. location for Irish Sea ferry service to and from Ireland, Linked key issues: ALL with good links to the Trunk Road network and to the rail This Strategic Policy will contribute network. The Wales Spatial towards achieving Objective(s): A, C, Plan Update 2008 identifies as D, E, G, I and J a strategic priority the need to maximise the potential of the

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Chapter 5 5.72 Pembrokeshire’s rural area is 5.74 In the Service Centres, Service deﬁned as all areas apart from Villages and Large Local the Hub Towns, and includes Villages a range of different the small market town of housing types, employment Narberth. Just under half of and service proposals will be Pembrokeshire’s population live permitted. In Small Local – in the rural area, and the Villages the housing will be

Plan Strategy strategy to direct a significant restricted to local affordable proportion of new residential housing only60. Some uses can development to settlements in take place where a proposal is the rural area is designed to well-related to a Settlement improve the economic and Boundary, for example some social wellbeing of rural types of employment proposal communities. Villages in the and affordable housing on rural area are classified exception sites. In Small Local according to a settlement Villages Settlement Boundaries hierarchy, based on evidence are used to provide clarity on of facilities and services where local needs affordable available within those villages housing may be suitable, and and their potential to where employment and accommodate further community facilities may come development. Those with high forwards within or adjacent to service provisions - with the Settlement Boundary. particular importance given to services such as a shop, Post 5.75 The Wales Spatial Plan Update Office or primary school - are 2008 identifies the importance considered more sustainable of spreading benefit and locations for development and growth from the Hubs to the are accordingly weighted more wider hinterlands and smaller significantly in the settlement rural communities and hierarchy. recognises that all communities need to be strengthened and 5.73 The settlement hierarchy sustained and both rural and recognises that keeping urban deprivation tackled. It services viable in rural areas is states that it is important that increasingly challenging, and housing growth also seeks to aims to develop those revitalise and sustain smaller settlements where services are centres and communities. The most likely to remain viable in Local Housing Strategy for the medium to long term. New Pembrokeshire (2007 – 2012) employment, retail and identifies as a key theme more community facilities to support accessible, affordable housing, existing rural communities are particularly in rural areas to help supported, and future reviews sustain fragile communities. of the Plan will allow an opportunity to revise how villages are classified in the hierarchy. 60 Supplementary Planning Guidance on affordable housing defines local needs affordable housing.

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5.76 This Plan’s approach follows Service Centres Chapter 5 guidance in Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5, November 5.78 Four settlements are identiﬁed 2012) (paragraph 9.2.22) and in the settlement hierarchy as recognises that providing some Service Centres: Crymych, growth in rural communities Johnston, Kilgetty and may assist in providing Letterston. The Vision for –

sufficient demand to support Service Centres is that they Plan Strategy the retention of facilities within consolidate and develop their rural settlements. Directing roles as places where a good housing towards settlements range and choice of services with strong service provision are provided, are accessible to also reduces the need for their own population and a residents to travel. The wider rural hinterland, and settlement hierarchy is based reduce the need for the rural on existing service provision61. population to travel to towns for retail, leisure and employment purposes. The Narberth four Service Centres have excellent public transport 5.77 Narberth is an attractive market connections and are town in east Pembrokeshire sustainable locations for with a niche retail offer that development in rural attracts visitors from a wide Pembrokeshire. Housing, catchment area. Development employment or mixed-use and in Narberth should maintain the community facility allocations attractiveness of the are identified where appropriate experience of living in and for Service Centres. visiting the town. Residential development during the Plan period will include a range of Service Villages different housing types. Narberth offers good links to 5.79 There are 44 villages defined in the A40 and therefore an this category of the settlement employment allocation has hierarchy. Each village offers a been made along Redstone good provision of services and Road. Further proposals to facilities to meet the day to day develop and expand needs of their population, but employment premises which plays a more limited role for the are within or well-related to the wider population. Where Settlement Boundary of the appropriate sites are available, town are also encouraged. housing allocations for market and affordable housing have been identified in Service Villages, with the precise

61 See also Technical Advice Note 6, section 4 (July 2010)

71 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 5 number for each village varying SP 16 The Countryside according to their location, service provision and capacity The essential requirements of to accommodate development. people who live and work in the Proposals to develop and countryside will be met whilst expand employment premises protecting the landscape and – in Service Villages are natural and built environment of Plan Strategy encouraged, as a means of Pembrokeshire and adjoining reducing the need for people to areas. Development which travel long distances to work in minimises visual impact on the towns. landscape and relates to one of the following will be promoted: 1. Enterprises for which a Local Villages countryside location is essential; 5.80 Villages with a more limited 2. Opportunities for rural service provision are not enterprise workers to be expected to accommodate housed in suitable significant levels of accommodation that supports development during the Plan their employment62; and period. Some modest 3. The re-use of appropriate development of homes will be existing buildings. permitted in these villages within identified boundaries. Linked key issues: ALL Housing allocations have not been identified here. Two This Strategic Policy will contribute categories of Local Villages are towards achieving Objective(s): A, C, identified. There are 16 Large D, E, G, I and J Local Villages of a greater character and population size. 5.81 All locations outside the Within these Villages market Settlement Boundaries are housing will be permitted, but considered to be countryside. Affordable Housing will be Generally, national and local required on all developments of planning policies restrict 2 units or more. There are 56 residential development in Smaller Local Villages where areas defined as being in the only local needs affordable countryside to those whose housing will be permitted. employment requires them to Proposals to increase the live in close proximity to their service provision and place of work in the employment opportunities in countryside. Criteria for such these Local Villages, which are proposals are established by of an appropriate scale and national policy. In some nature, are encouraged. instances conversions of

62 See also Technical Advice Note 6, section 4 (July 2010)

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traditional buildings in the addition to the speciﬁc Chapter 5 countryside into residential use environments that are will be permitted where it protected by a range of means a traditional or historic designations, there are a building, which might otherwise number of non designated be lost, is conserved and used. landscapes, woodlands, The building must be physically hedgerows, trees and species –

capable of accommodating the that occur across the Plan area Plan Strategy new use with minimal alteration and contribute to making to the original structure. Pembrokeshire a special place. Converting non traditional Some of the species found in buildings may be acceptable Pembrokeshire are of for employment uses. signiﬁcant value to the area’s ecology including European 5.82 New business development protected species such as proposals within the bats, otters, dormice and the countryside will need to marsh fritillary butterﬂy. demonstrate that a countryside location is essential for their 5.85 Pembrokeshire’s outstanding business. Existing businesses natural and historic will be supported by allowing environments are part of what extensions where appropriate. attracts huge numbers of Where development has to visitors every year and are a take place to meet the valuable resource for the essential requirements of County as a whole. As well as people who live and work in being a working environment the countryside, it is important the countryside offers a range that the visual impact of any of diverse recreational development is minimised. opportunities for residents and visitors. This Plan aims to 5.83 National Policy enables One protect the countryside and Planet Developments to take manage its use, so that these place where they are zero important elements can be carbon in construction and use provided. and achieve an ecological footprint of 2.4 global hectares 5.86 There are many challenges in per person or less in terms of maintaining a strong natural consumption and demonstrate and historic environment whilst clear potential to move towards ensuring that other key 1.88 global hectare target over objectives in the Plan such as time. providing housing or building on the County’s strategic 5.84 Pembrokeshire and its wider location for energy and port context, has a range of related development are met. important environments and General Policies on landscapes, some of which are development will ensure that shown on the Proposals Maps these challenges are managed as nature designations. In successfully.

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GN.1 General Development Policy 8. It would not have a significant adverse impact on water quality; and Development will be permitted – where the following criteria are 9. It would neither contribute to the General Policies met: coalescence of distinct 1. The nature, location, siting and settlements nor create or scale of the proposed consolidate ribbon development. development is compatible with the capacity and character of 6.1 The purpose of this policy is to the site and the area within provide a framework for which it is located; evaluation of potential 2. It would not result in a development impacts. This will significant detrimental impact be used in conjunction with on local amenity in terms of other plan policies to determine visual impact, loss of light or whether the proposed privacy, odours, smoke, fumes, development is appropriate. dust, air quality or an increase in noise or vibration levels; 6.2 The policy will operate as a 3. It would not adversely affect mechanism to ensure that all landscape character, quality or development is appropriate for diversity, including the special the immediate location in which qualities of the Pembrokeshire it is proposed and its wider Coast National Park63 and setting/context. Proposals neighbouring authorities; must respect the capacity of 4. It respects and protects the individual settlements to natural environment including accommodate growth in terms protected habitats and species; of both scale and rate of development, and in relation to 5. It would take place in an the settlement’s position within accessible location, would incorporate sustainable the hierarchy. In the transport and accessibility countryside proposals must principles and would not result demonstrate that such a in a detrimental impact on location is necessary for the highway safety or in traffic development and that the exceeding the capacity of the nature of the proposal is highway network; appropriate within a rural area. The scale, nature and siting of 6. Necessary and appropriate service infrastructure64, access a proposal must be appropriate and parking can be provided; to the location proposed and must not undermine the 7. It would not cause or result in character of either the site or unacceptable harm to health the locality. and safety;

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Chapter 6 6.3 The amenity enjoyed by maintenance and management people in their homes, of landscape features workspaces and recreational important to wildlife will be areas will be protected from encouraged. Where a harmful, inappropriate development proposal would development. Amenity is result in the loss of a local – deﬁned as those elements in landscape feature it must

General Policies the appearance and layout of demonstrate that this would be settlements and the outweighed by its positive countryside which make for a impact on the overall distinctive pleasant life. character of the area.

6.4 Pembrokeshire’s natural and 6.5 Urban and rural woodland, tree built environment will be cover and hedgerows protected from inappropriate contribute to the visual quality development and, where and diversity of the landscape, possible, enhanced. Various to recreational and educational designations, including nature opportunities and to designations, geological and substantive environmental geomorphological beneﬁts such as additional or designations, Town and Village enhanced priority habitats and Greens, Common Land and feeding grounds, shelter, Green Wedges65 contribute to shade, improved carbon conserving the character of capture, ameliorating Pembrokeshire’s green spaces microclimates and improving and their surrounding environs. air quality. Development Furthermore the Plan area has proposals should utilise the many attractive functional natural features of a site. landscapes which are Development that would dependent on sound land impact upon trees, woodland management and conservation and/or hedgerows will require practices and has a close an arboricultural survey and physical and functional should aim to retain and interrelationship with the adequately protect these neighbouring Pembrokeshire features prior to, during and Coast National Park. Any after development. Prospective development proposal must developers of schemes that therefore demonstrate that it may impact upon Ancient or respects the natural Semi-Natural Woodland should environment, the landscape consult the Ancient Woodland character, coherence and Inventory66 prior to any integrity, native species, soils, disturbance of a site. The Local and ground and surface Planning Authority will consult waters. Sensitive landscaping with CCW prior to authorising and planting, and the creation, development on sites affecting

65 See Policy GN 36 Green Wedges for further details 66 see Forestry Commission Wales website: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/forestry/INFD-8VPJFD

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Ancient or Semi-Natural Pembrokeshire. Walking and Chapter 6 Woodland. In exceptional cycling have an important role, circumstances, where the need particularly within settlements, for a development exceeds the to reduce the number of short wildlife and/or amenity value, a trips taken by car. Developers good standard of replacement will be required to give careful must be agreed prior to their consideration to location, –

removal. Pembrokeshire has a design and access General Policies full set of quality assured arrangements. Transport LANDMAP67 layers which Assessments will be required evaluate the visual and sensory for proposals likely to generate landscape, cultural landscape, signiﬁcant additional journeys, landscape habitats, the to demonstrate that geological landscape, and the sustainable transport and historic landscape and, along accessibility principles have with national planning policy, been built into the applicants are encouraged to development, including use this information to inform provision of cycle parking and their proposals as it will be ‘set-down’ areas for buses. used in development decision SPG setting out Parking making68. Guidelines will advise on appropriate levels of provision 6.6 Developments must be of a for various types of scale which the adjacent road development in different network has the capacity to locations depending on serve, without detriment to the existing service provision. highway network or the environmental characteristics 6.7 Service Infrastructure includes of the road. Where necessary parking, power supplies, water, developers will fund means of sewage disposal, improvements which are surface water disposal and required to make development telecommunications. In some proposals acceptable. All new instances it may be necessary development should be highly for a developer to contribute to accessible although settlement the cost of increasing service dispersal means that access infrastructure in an area where by car will continue to play an there is a shortage. important role in many parts of

67 See LDP Background Paper ‘LANDMAP Summary Report’ January 2009 68 See Policies on the Natural Environment, Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5, November 2012) Chapter 5 and Technical Advice Notes (TAN) 5 and 10

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Chapter 6 6.8 Where there are concerns that 6.9 Decisions on proposals made a proposal would cause harm within the safeguarding zone of to health and safety through an existing installation or for contamination, adverse impact new hazardous installation(s) on air quality, land instability, (including airﬁelds) will be ﬂooding or erosion, informed by guidance from the – professional advice will be relevant safeguarding bodies

General Policies sought from the relevant on the health and safety authority. Where such implications of the proposal, concerns relate to fluvial or including compatibility with coastal flooding and / or adjacent and nearby land uses erosion, the provisions of the and the implications for relevant Shoreline approach routes in the vicinity. Management Plan and / or A separate advisory note will Catchment Flood Management be prepared on which Plan will inform consideration hazardous installations have of the health and safety issues. safeguarding zones and how In some instances, anticipated further information relating to on-site or off-site problems these zones can be obtained. may render development inappropriate; in other cases, 6.10 Part of protecting development may be possible Pembrokeshire’s if mitigation is available, to distinctiveness, both in terms make the proposal resilient to of landscape and culture the identified problems. No involves protecting the housing allocations have been distinctive nature of its identified within C1 or C2 flood settlements. Therefore zones in the Plan. A small proposals which would number of other allocations are contribute to the coalescence located within C1 or C2 flood of settlements or to ribbon zones. Where allocations are at development which risk of fluvial or surface water encroaches into the flooding, this is identified within countryside will not be the SPG Development Sites, permitted. with requirements establishing the level of information to be provided at application stage.

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6.11 Delivering sustainable Chapter 6 GN.2 Sustainable Design development underpins the Development will be permitted Planning system in Wales. As where relevant criteria are met: part of the overall sustainable 1. It is of a good design which development agenda for Wales pays due regard to local and for Pembrokeshire this – distinctiveness and contributes policy seeks to deliver more positively to the local context; sustainable buildings and General Policies 2. It is appropriate to the local places by ensuring that all new character and development is designed and landscape/townscape context constructed to meet all relevant in terms of layout, scale, form, policy criteria and with low siting, massing, height, density, maintenance implications. As mix, detailing, use of materials, well as being of significant landscaping and access importance for all new arrangements / layout; buildings, the policy criteria will also apply to alterations and 3. It incorporates a resource extensions to existing efficient and climate responsive buildings. For small scale design through location, proposals policy criteria orientation, density, layout, land considerations will be use, materials, water proportionate to the type of conservation and the use of development proposed. sustainable drainage systems and waste management 6.12 Good design is reliant on solutions; proposals emerging from an 4. It achieves a flexible and understanding of the site and adaptable design; its context, rather than relying 5. It creates an inclusive and on the unimaginative use of accessible environment for standard site layouts and users that addresses building types. This policy aims community safety; to raise the standard of design 6. It provides a good quality, for all new development across vibrant public realm that the County in order to create integrates well with adjoining attractive and functional streets and spaces and buildings and spaces and to 7. It contributes to delivering well- improve areas of poor design designed outdoor space with and layout. good linkages to adjoining streets, spaces and other green infrastructure.

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Chapter 6 6.13 The natural and built aesthetic considerations and environment of Pembrokeshire concerns the relationship contributes signiﬁcantly to the between all elements of the quality of life for both residents natural and built environment. of, and visitors to, the area. This policy promotes a more The Wales Spatial Plan69 seeks considered approach to the – to reverse a trend for Wales to design of buildings in

General Policies become more uniform with Pembrokeshire rather than a standard building types often uniform design solution for all failing to reflect traditional local areas and encourages the use building styles, through the of appropriate aspects of local promotion of local design traditions and distinctiveness. Different characteristics to produce design characteristics exist in contemporary buildings. different areas of the County therefore it is important that 6.15 Climate change is a key long- developers adopt a design led term environmental challenge approach that ensures all new and the need to reduce development responds emissions and use resources positively to the characteristics more efficiently is essential. of the site and its New development will be surroundings. This policy aims expected to conform to the to ensure that all new recognised national sustainable development makes a positive building standards of the Code contribution to the local for Sustainable Homes (CfSH) character and distinctiveness and/ or the Building Research of the built and natural Establishment Environmental environment and the Assessment Method communities within (BREEAM). These are set out in Pembrokeshire. Where no national planning policy71. strong local characteristics Developers will be required to exist then good, contemporary, address energy efficient and sustainable design will be climate responsive design at an appropriate. early stage in the design process through sustainable 6.14 Whilst place making is about densities and patterns of ensuring that an area retains its development and the unique character, this principle incorporation of sustainable is not contrary to good, building design. Consideration contemporary design. As should be given to location, acknowledged in Planning layout, orientation, density, land Policy Wales (Edition 5, use, materials, construction November 2012)70, ‘design’ techniques, landscaping, water goes beyond traditional conservation and the use of

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sustainable drainage systems Chapter 6 6.18 The principle of inclusive (SuDS) and waste design should be applied to all management solutions. New new development in order to development proposals will be create accessible environments expected to incorporate for all users that encourage sustainable drainage systems

walking, cycling and the use of – and, where appropriate, the public transport. Proposals use of recycled construction General Policies should encourage streets and materials, including secondary spaces as multi functional aggregates. places with the pedestrian taking priority, as advised in the 6.16 Designs will need to ‘Manual for Streets’72. incorporate responses to the likely impact of climate change 6.19 Developers will be required to in relation to increased improve community safety temperatures via natural through the design of new shading, cooling and development, by introducing ventilation and the implications appropriate security measures of storms and ﬂooding. and enabling communities to Buildings and related foster a sense of ownership infrastructure should be and responsibility for local designed to be ﬂexible not only space. This will, in turn, make to climatic change but also to communities more desirable accommodate a variety of uses places to live and visit. and changing needs over their lifetime. 6.20 Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) will be 6.17 The public realm should be prepared on design. considered as an integral element of the design process. Development proposals should be designed, constructed and maintained to create a good quality, accessible and vibrant public realm that relates well to adjoining streets and spaces. Proposals should integrate into existing movement networks, maximising connectivity, whilst providing a sense of continuity and enclosure to support the creation of locally distinctive and legible streets and spaces.

72 ‘Manual for Streets’ (DfT/CLG, 2007)

81 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 6 GN.3 Infrastructure and New Measures necessary to physically Development deliver a development and ensure that it is acceptable in planning Where development generates a terms will be required in the ﬁrst directly related need for new or instance. Where appropriate improved infrastructure, services

– contributions may be sought for a or community facilities and this is range of purposes, including: General Policies not already programmed by a service or infrastructure company, 1) Affordable housing then this must be funded by the 2) Recreational and Amenity Open development, and: Space 1. Related in scale and kind to the 3) Sustainable Transport Facilities development; and 4) Education 2. Provided on site wherever 5) Community Facilities, including appropriate. In exceptional libraries, circumstances contributions may be made to the provision 6) Regeneration of facilities elsewhere, provided 7) Waste their location can adequately 8) Renewable and low carbon service the development. The energy timely provision of directly related infrastructure, services 9) Biodiversity and community facilities shall In the event that viability be secured by planning considerations indicate that not condition(s), the seeking of all the identiﬁed contributions can planning obligation(s) by reasonably be required, priority negotiation, and/or by any contributions will be determined other agreement or on the basis of the individual undertaking. circumstances of each case. In The viability of a development will the case of housing be a key consideration when developments, priority will be securing planning obligations and given to affordable housing unless dispensation may be allowed there is an overwhelming need for where these requirements cannot the available contribution, in be supported by land values. whole or in part, to be allocated for some other appropriate purpose/s.

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6.21 New development places 6.23 Where necessary, additional demands on developments will be required infrastructure and services and to contribute towards therefore will be expected to infrastructure, landscape make a contribution73 to social, improvements and mitigation cultural and physical measures, through planning – 74 infrastructure. The provision of obligations , unilateral General Policies adequate and efficient facilities, undertaking or a Community including utilities such as water Infrastructure Levy75 as supply; foul and surface water appropriate. The Council is drainage; waste management; currently assessing its position power generation and with regards to the Community distribution; Infrastructure Levy and will telecommunications; public consider whether to introduce transport; open space and a Charging Schedule for larger community facilities, underpins projects. Such a Schedule the delivery of sustainable would function alongside the development within the Plan continued use of planning area. obligations for small-scale infrastructure and to ensure the 6.22 It is also important that provision of affordable housing. provision is made for the Requirements for contributions mitigation of potential adverse could include affordable impacts of new development housing, transportation, upon biodiversity and cultural physical infrastructure, flood heritage. Adverse impacts alleviation schemes, might include, for example, Sustainable Drainage Systems increased erosion, pressures (SuDS)76, energy schemes, on habitats and species, education provision, libraries, changes in landscape community safety, creation or character, diminishing cultural improvements of the leisure heritage or linguistic vitality, network, community facilities, noise intrusion, air quality and and biodiversity / nature traffic congestion. conservation.

6.24 Detailed requirements for any such contributions (including priorities) will be identiﬁed in SPG to enable prospective developers to factor the necessary costs into their development ﬁnance at an early stage.

73 Physical and / or ﬁnancial 74 Planning obligations, sometimes called “Section 106 Agreements” are legally binding agreements entered into between a local planning authority and a developer 75 The Planning Act 2008 (Clause 11), The Community Infrastructure Levy Regulations 2010 76 The Flood and Water Management Act, 2010

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6.25 This policy allows for the 6.26 General resource efﬁciency of relocation of critical energy, heat and water is an infrastructure, such as roads, important element of good electricity substations, design. Minimising resource pumping stations and waste demand has huge beneﬁts, – water treatment facilities, as an including assisting meeting UK

General Policies exception, where this is either targets to tackle climate adversely affected by fluvial or change, reducing pressure on coastal flooding and / or local resources such as water erosion or identified as reserves and reducing long extremely vulnerable in the term running costs to individual relevant plan. householders.

6.27 The UK has signed up to the GN.4 Resource Efficiency and EU Renewable Energy Directive Renewable and Low-carbon which includes a UK target of Energy Proposals 10% (2010) rising to 15% (2020) of energy from Development proposals should renewable sources by 2020. seek to minimise resource The Planning and Energy Act demand, improve resource 2008 enables Local Planning efficiency and seek power Authorities in Wales to set generated from renewable reasonable requirements in this resources, where appropriate. Plan for “the generation of They will be expected to be energy from local renewable well designed in terms of energy sources and low carbon energy use77 78. and for energy efficiency”79. Developments which enable the Work undertaken on behalf of supply of renewable energy the Welsh Government80 has through environmentally demonstrated the potential for acceptable solutions will be renewable energy to contribute supported. to the energy needs of major developments in Pembrokeshire.

77 See Planning Policy Wales (PPW), section 4.12 and Technical Advice Note (Wales) 22 (TAN22) – Planning for Sustainable Buildings 78 Proposed revisions to Part L of the Building Regulations have been subject to consultation. If agreed, the changes would result in many matters relating to achievement of zero carbon / low carbon / improved energy standards becoming a matter for consideration under the Building Regulations. To avoid duplication, a consequential partial phasing out of the sustainable buildings policy currently in TAN22 and associated revisions to PPW are under consideration by Welsh Government. 79 Welsh Assembly Government Technical Advice Note 22: Sustainable Buildings (2010) 80 Research undertaken by Aecom for Welsh Assembly Government – Renewable Energy Toolkit, Pilot study Pembrokeshire 2010

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j) Onshore wind energy Chapter 6 6.28 Pembrokeshire has signiﬁcant k) Various micro-generation potential to provide further technologies, including energy from all renewable micro-turbines and small- sources, building on its existing scale solar power, coupled role as an energy centre. with insulation and However, it lies outside the rainwater recycling –

Strategic Search Areas for l) Ground sources (accessed General Policies wind energy81. This policy aims via heat pumps) to encourage further use of renewables to produce energy, 6.30 The sites for these proposals which will help to meet do not necessarily have to be Government targets for directly linked to new generating power from development proposals, but renewable sources. major schemes will often require a functional link 6.29 Renewable energy between the source of power technologies are found at a and a user for the end product variety of scales, from micro- and / or the National Grid. generation through to large- Larger settlements or scale. There are also a range of employment developments can different technologies available, provide a heat anchor for such with offshore facilities proposals. dependent on landfall infrastructure sites. These 6.31 Landscape impact, alone and include: in-combination, will be a a) Generation of power from material consideration in the biomass evaluation of renewable energy b) Hydro-power proposals, with LANDMAP c) Generation of power from providing a valuable landscape landﬁll gas analysis tool. d) Generation of power from municipal and industrial 6.32 Development proposals will be waste expected to show that energy e) Solar water heating and use has been taken into photovoltaics, also passive consideration at the design solar design stage. This is a matter which is f) Generation of power from currently controlled through sewage gas planning policy, but regulation g) Tidal and tidal stream may switch to Part L of the energy Building Regulations during the h) Wave energy Plan period. i) Offshore wind energy

81 Identiﬁed in Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5, November 2012) 2010 Update Technical Advice Note 8

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Chapter 6 potential to re-use heat and 6.33 Offshore renewable energy power, for instance through developments are normally District Heating Networks, is outside the jurisdiction of the included in the Development planning system, but such Sites Supplementary Planning developments may require a Guidance83. – landfall site for energy

General Policies infrastructure. This policy 6.34 For major Development Sites, supplements Government proposals will be expected to policy and guidance82 to consider the potential for re- provide further basis for use of waste heat and power determination of renewable in, for example District Heating and low-carbon energy Networks in line with the proposals. Information on conclusion of Background allocations identiﬁed as having Paper E8 “Renewable Energy Study”. GN.5 Employment Allocations

The following sites are allocated for employment use:

Site Reference Site Name Area (ha) Use Classes

EMP/040/00003 Merlins Bridge Creamery Extension 5.13 B1, B2, B8 EMP/040/00005 Withybush North of Business Park 6.09 B1, B2, B8 EMP/040/00004 15.38 and /040/00009 Withybush East of Business Park B1, B2, B8

EMP/086/00001 Haven Head Business Park Northern 3.82 Extension, Milford Haven B1, B8 Adjacent to Marble Hall Road, EMP/086/LDP/01 6.86 B1, B8 Milford Haven EMP/086/LDP/02 Milford Haven Gas Storage Site 0.68 B1, B8 EMP/093/00001 North of Honeyborough Industrial Estate 8.55 B1, B8 EMP/034/LDP/01 Goodwick - Former Dewhirst Factory 0.99 B1, B8 EMP/034/LDP/02 Goodwick - Parrog 0.6 B1, B8 Crymych - adjacent to Riverlea / opposite EMP/030/00001 5.2 B1, B8 Llygad-yr-Haul EMP/034/00006 Celtic Link Business Park, near Scleddau 13.47 B1, B2, B8 EMP/132/00001 A4115, Templeton 2.88 B1, B8 EMP/053/00001 Old Station Yard, Letterston 1.23 B1, B8 EMP/000/LDP/01 Carew Airﬁeld 5.6 B1, B8 EMP/088/LDP/01 Rushacre Enterprise Park Extension 1.32 B1, B8 The speciﬁed uses are those that will be permitted on the listed sites. Where appropriate, other classes of employment use or compatible sui generis uses may also be permitted (or combinations of such uses).

82 sections 12.8 and 12.9 of Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5, November 2012) and Technical Advice Note (Wales) 8 on Renewable Energy (2005) 83 See the LDP Renewable Energy Study, paragraph 5.9 and 5.10

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changes to existing sites will, in Chapter 6 6.35 Employment land allocations combination, ensure that there complement the existing is a continuous supply of employment sites, the most suitable, available employment signiﬁcant of which are listed in land across the Plan area, the Supplementary Planning providing choice and ﬂexibility, Guidance (SPG) - to meet the requirements of –

Development Sites, together section 7.5 and the General Policies with further information on introduction to Figure 7.1 of allocated development sites. Planning Policy Wales (Edition Development of new sites and 5, November 2012).

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Employment proposals (B1, B2 The following sites are allocated and B8) on unallocated land will for mixed use development, within be permitted: which a considerable proportion of the development shall be

– 1. On sites within Settlement Boundaries; employment-related: General Policies Site Area 2. On sites well-related to a Site Name Settlement Boundary if no sites Reference (ha) within the same Settlement Haverfordwest - MXU/040/01 1.31 boundary exist to serve the Old Hakin Road development; Johnston - 3. In countryside locations only if MXU/048/01 5.47 no other suitable sites exist and Arnold's Yard the enterprise requires such a Dale Road, location; and in all cases MXU/086/01 4.64 provided no allocated sites can Hubberston reasonably accommodate the proposed development. 6.38 Mixed-use development may combine employment and 6.36 This policy supports the other compatible uses (such as economy, by providing an residential, leisure and opportunity for new community facilities) on the employment proposals to take same site. It may include live – place on unallocated land work units, but might which is within or well-related alternatively or additionally to settlements and also in include a mix of different land countryside locations where use(s) within a single site. The such a location is justified by purpose of this policy is two- the nature of the proposal. A fold – firstly, by providing a definition of what is considered range of uses, it will encourage well-related is provided in the sustainable and thriving Glossary. communities where people can undertake more than one 6.37 This policy is of particular help activity within a single site, in supporting rural such as living, working and development proposals84. recreation. Secondly, it may There is a requirement that a stimulate investment in sequential test be performed to employment development in ensure that there is no existing conjunction with the or allocated employment site development of residential or that can reasonably be used. other forms of development on the site. The allocations of this policy will also contribute

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towards the supply of suitable 6.41 Mixed-use proposals on non- Chapter 6 employment land across the allocated sites will be Plan area, helping to meet the considered against the relevant requirements of section 7.5 General Policies contained and the introduction to Figure within the Plan for the 7.1 of Planning Policy Wales combination of uses proposed. (Edition 5, November 2012). The Council is supportive of –

mixed-use proposals, live-work General Policies 6.39 To ensure that proposals on units and home working where each mixed use site include a the location proposed is proportion of employment appropriate for that uses, Supplementary Planning combination of use. Applicants Guidance (SPG) will be will be required to demonstrate prepared for each site, taking compliance with all relevant into account viability issues policies, for example, mixed- and also providing an indicative use proposals containing an mix of uses to inform the element of residential use will submission of any subsequent only be considered suitable in planning application. The SPG locations where residential use would be subject to local would be considered consultation in the normal appropriate. The Council manner. recognises that small-scale employment premises can 6.40 Where applications come often co-exist within or forward on mixed use sites in adjacent to residential advance of SPG being development and that such co- adopted the proposals will be location may in many instances required to demonstrate the bring sustainability beneﬁts, scheme will provide provided that issues such as considerable employment land amenity can be satisfactorily unless economic viability addressed. considerations justify a more modest provision. Planning conditions or legal obligations will be used to ensure that schemes approved under this policy deliver the envisaged employment development element. Where employment uses on mixed use sites (including those within a live- work unit) are proposed for change to another use, the requirements of policy GN.8 must be satisﬁed.

89 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 6 GN.8 Protection of Employment provide evidence in terms of its Sites and Buildings nature, scale and impact on the local road network or on Proposals to redevelop, or use, local amenity. business, general industrial, storage or distribution sites or 6.45 In relation to criterion 2, the – buildings for other purposes will availability of adequate

General Policies only be permitted where one of alternative employment site the following criteria is met: provision in the vicinity must be demonstrated. 1. The present use is inappropriate for the locality; 6.46 Evidence of a lack of viability should include evidence of a 2. There is adequate alternative lack of financial profit (for provision for employment land example from published in the vicinity; or accounts) and evidence of an 3. The continued use of the site or inability to sell / rent the site. In premises has been shown to be order to demonstrate that a unviable. site is unviable for sale or for letting, the developer will be expected to demonstrate that 6.42 The purpose of this policy is to they have marketed the site at ensure that existing sites used an appropriate price, at for employment purposes (Use locations and for a length of Classes B1, B2 and B8) are time appropriate to the degree not lost to other uses unless of speciality of such a property there is a clear justification for and the prevailing market accepting an alternative use. conditions. Further advice will This will help to ensure that an be provided (in a Development adequate supply of Management Policy Note) on employment sites remains marketing requirements, available in the Plan area. Loss including length of time on the of such sites is only permitted market. where one of the policy criteria can be satisfied. 6.47 The loss of an employment site where this would have a 6.43 Allocated employment sites detrimental impact on the and existing employment sites settlement’s role in the are specifically protected from hierarchy will be resisted. such changes of use, with this policy providing similar 6.48 Where a change of use from an protection for unallocated employment use to a housing sites, but with a degree of use is deemed acceptable, the flexibility provided by the policy dwellings added to stock as a criteria. consequence will be counted as windfall development (see 6.44 To demonstrate that an Appendix 3). existing use is inappropriate for a locality, a developer should

90 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 6 GN.9 Extensions to Employment 6.50 It is important to sustain Sites economic activity in rural communities whilst protecting Proposals to diversify or intensify the character of the landscape. employment uses and/or extend This policy aims to provide for them onto adjacent land will be farm diversiﬁcation as a means permitted where the scale and of sustaining the long-term –

nature of the original development viability of farming in General Policies together with the extension is Pembrokeshire. Some compatible with its location. schemes may require the provision of new buildings and others development in the 6.49 This policy will support the countryside. However, such Pembrokeshire economy by activities are likely to have less facilitating business growth in impact on an area if they can appropriate cases. be accommodated in existing buildings preferably located within close proximity to farm GN.10 Farm Diversification holdings. Where appropriate a planning condition will be Diversifying the range of imposed, or a planning economic activities on a farm will obligation secured by be permitted where the following agreement, to ensure that the criteria are met: development remains part of 1. The proposed use helps to the agricultural unit. Effects on support the continued the character of the area, on agricultural operation of the residential amenity or on farm; nearby small scale retail facilities by reason of the 2. If a new building is justified85 it development’s scale, nature, should be sited in or adjacent operation, noise from traffic to an existing group of generation, will need to be buildings; and carefully considered. In terms 3. If a retail use is proposed the of farm shops planning scale and scope will not harm conditions may be applied to the vitality and viability of retail limit the range and source of facilities in any nearby goods which can be sold from settlements, or undermine the the premises and to ensure the retail hierarchy. net retailing floor space is appropriate.

85 see Welsh Assembly Government Technical Advice Note 6: Planning for Sustainable Rural Communities, July 2010, section 3.7.

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Chapter 6 6.51 Government planning policy farming activity and the advises that farm diversification proposed diversification or any is an economic diversification longer term needs for proposal on a working farm expansion. which is subject to planning control. A working farm is one 6.52 The scale of development will – which is involved in the also form a key consideration

General Policies husbandry of land or animals in determining the compatibility as a means of gaining income. of proposals with the locality, Farm diversiﬁcation proposals with those deemed are likely to be small scale inappropriate to a countryside offering supplementary income location being directed to the thereby helping to sustain the employment sites provided for viability of that farm. When a in the Plan. If evidence farm diversiﬁcation proposal is demonstrates that a farm is no submitted the applicant should longer a working farm or the provide additional information proposal to diversify would in to justify the proposal. A brief effect result in the business no explanation of some or all of longer being a working farm, the following will be expected: then the proposal will be the farm’s history, the need for treated against the other new buildings and why existing employment policies of the ones are not suitable, the Plan and the Plan’s conversion relationship between the policies as appropriate86.

86 See also GN 11 Conversion or Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings, Welsh Assembly Government: Farming, Food and Countryside: Building a Secure Future, May 2009; Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5, November 2012) , Technical Advice Note 6, Section 3 (July 2010), Technical Advice Note 18, Transport, March 2007

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GN.11 Conversion or Change of building or its setting, and are Use of Agricultural Buildings in matching and/or sympathetic materials; and The renovation, conversion or change of use of agricultural 4. Outside storage, new services, buildings outside any Settlement access works, fences, walls or – other structures associated Boundary will be permitted for an General Policies employment use, self-catering or with the use of the building and for residential use, provided the its curtilage can be provided, following criteria are met: without harming the landscape setting or the character of the For employment related activities building. (excluding holiday accommodation): 6.53 Pembrokeshire is a rural 1. The building is physically County and as such there are capable of accommodating the many traditional buildings new use and any associated outside the main settlements requirements without extensive whose character and alteration or extension; and appearance contribute signiﬁcantly to the County’s 2. Outside storage, new services, distinctive landscape, history access works, fences, walls or and sense of place. This policy other structures associated therefore enables the re-use of with the use of the building or agricultural buildings in its curtilage can be provided, appropriate circumstances and without harming the landscape distinguishes between setting; while instances where existing For residential use, holiday agricultural buildings may be accommodation or live-work converted to employment use, units: and where it may be acceptable for more traditional 1. The building is traditional in buildings to be converted to nature and character; residential or holiday 2. The building is physically accommodation or livework 87 capable of accommodating the units . new use and any associated requirements without extensive 6.54 Applications for conversion alteration, expansion or (change of use and adaptation) rebuilding; should avoid the introduction or intensiﬁcation of uses which 3. Any necessary alterations are would be detrimental to the kept to a minimum, can be amenity of an area. Proposals carried out without adversely for the re-use of a complex of affecting the character of the buildings or an individual building with a large aggregate

87 See Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5, November 2012), paragraph 7.6.5 and Technical Advice Note 6 (July 2010)

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Chapter 6 floor area must deal with the complete reconstruction89. complex as a whole and not Traditional agricultural buildings seek piecemeal development. are defined as: The impact of the development on the vitality and viability of • Those constructed of locally nearby settlements will also be produced materials, the use – a relevant consideration88. of which is longstanding in the area, (normally implying General Policies 6.55 There will be circumstances walls of locally dressed stone where a building cannot be or of clom construction); converted because it is too • Those which generally reflect small for the use proposed. the original use in the Likewise the conversion may building (in many such cases not be possible because the design will complement the use itself, or the alterations / original purpose); and extensions necessary to accommodate that use will • Those which are adversely affect the building’s substantially in their original character. In these instances form (although buildings planning permission will not be where an original thatched granted. In some cases the re- roof has been replaced with use of the building can be a later slate or corrugated successfully achieved without metal roof may be regarded damaging its character but as traditional). Such buildings only by not allowing the will generally be of some building’s exterior to be altered considerable age, and only or extended. In such instances rarely will buildings of less permitted development rights than a hundred years old will often be removed as a meet the definition. condition of the permission, to protect the building. 6.57 There are circumstances where the full-time residential use of a 6.56 When considering the conversion would be conversion of agricultural inappropriate because of its buildings to residential uses or provision of a reduced live-work units the building standard of living conditions in must be traditional in character terms of low level of privacy or and domestic in scale, amenity provision. In these structurally sound, of situations holiday occupancy permanent and substantial conditions, limiting the time a construction and capable of single household may stay in a conversion without major or unit and return by, may be applied.

88 See also Technical Advice Note 6, para 3.2 (July 2010) 89 See also Technical Advice Note 6, para 3.5 & 3.6 (July 2010)

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have strong concentrations of Chapter 6 GN.12 Town Centre Development these uses and are located Within the Town Centres identiﬁed near sustainable transport on the Proposals Map links. development will be permitted providing the following criteria are 6.59 Within the Town Centres, – met: Primary Frontages have been

identified where the strongest General Policies 1. It falls within use classes A1, groups of retail (A1) uses exist A2, A3, B1, C1, C2, C3, D1 or and Secondary frontages have D2 of the Use Classes Order or been identified in areas with a is a sui generis use normally broader mix of uses91. It is found in shopping centres, or important that A1 uses remain any mixed use comprising one predominant in Primary or more of these use classes; Frontage areas as they are key 2. The proposal would not create to retaining the vitality and a concentration of more than a viability of these centres. As a third of non A1 (retail) uses guide no more than 30% of the within a Primary Frontage as linear frontage within a Primary defined on the Proposals Map; Frontage in a shopping centre should be non A1 use class. In 3. The proposed development Secondary Frontages changes does not undermine or prevent of use to other uses apart from the development of an A1 will be acceptable provided identified retail allocation within they do not propose a change the Town Centre; and of use of the ground floor to 4. It does not propose a change residential use. of use to residential use (C3) on a ground floor in a Primary or 6.60 In most instances conversion Secondary Frontage. to residential on a ground floor will not be appropriate. This is 6.58 Town Centre boundaries have particularly the case in Primary been identified on the and Secondary Frontages. This Proposals Maps for each of the is to maintain the potential for Town Centres identified by the retail, leisure and commercial Strategic Policies uses at a ground floor level (Haverfordwest, Pembroke within the Town Centres and to Dock, Milford Haven, protect their vitality. Pembroke, Fishguard and Narberth). In line with Planning 6.61 Retail allocations have been Policy Wales (Edition 5, identified within certain Town 92 November 2012)90 these areas Centres ; with a presumption represent the most suitable in favour of their redevelopment locations for new retail, for retail. GN.13 ‘Retail commercial and leisure Allocations’ lists individual development as they already allocated sites.

90 Paragraph 10.1.2 91 Background Paper on Retail: Main Towns 2008 92 Pembrokeshire County Wider Retail Capacity Study 2010

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The following sites are allocated for retail development: Area Site Reference Site Name Use (ha) – Fred Rees Site, General Policies RT/040/01 Comparison units 0.31 Haverfordwest St Govan’s Centre, Mix of comparison and RT/096/01 0.23 Pembroke Dock convenience units The Old Primary School Site, Convenience - RT/034/01 1.34 Fishguard Foodstore The Old Primary School Site, Mix of comparison and RT/088/01 0.41 Narberth convenience units Kingsmoor foodstore allocation, Convenience - RT/050/01 2.86 Kilgetty Foodstore

6.62 Exemplary design that integrates positively with existing development will be expected on these sites. There is potential for residential development at ﬁrst ﬂoor level in St Govan’s Centre and the Narberth Old Primary School site. All developments should be designed to maximise connections with existing and proposed townscapes, for example there is an opportunity in the redevelopment of the St Govan’s Centre to build on existing connections to the Town Centre and develop new connections to the proposed marina.

6.63 The allocations have been made in accordance with guidance from national planning policy, following analysis of need93.

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6.65 National policy establishes that Chapter 6 GN.14 Major Out-Of-Town Centre a retail impact assessment Development must be submitted for retail Proposals for major retail developments over 2,500 development outside the deﬁned square metres gross Town Centre boundaries will only ﬂoorspace94. In the case of be permitted where: Pembrokeshire, where many –

Centres have small retail General Policies 1. The development would not provisions, more modest scale undermine the retail hierarchy set development can have a out in the Strategic Policies; and significant impact on the vitality and viability of existing town 2. The development either by itself and local centres. For this or in combination with other reason a retail impact permitted or allocated retail assessment will be generally developments would not be required for developments undermine the vitality and viability above 500 square metres net. of any of the Town Centres or In some instances, a retail Local Retail Centres. impact statement may be required for smaller units where 6.64 Major retail proposals are it is considered that the considered to be any proposals development, either alone or in above a net floorspace of 500 combination with other square metres. Any proposed developments, could harm additional floorspace which nearby Centres. Indicators that would take an individual store should be included within a to above 500 square metres retail impact assessment are net will also be assessed under established in national policy. this policy. Proposals for stores below this size which are 6.66 National policy establishes the aimed at serving immediate approach to applying the neighbourhood needs will be needs and sequential tests for assessed under GN.15 Small retail development95. Scale Retail.

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Chapter 6 2012). Proposals for a change GN.15 Small Scale Retail of use which would result in the The development, or extension, of loss of retail provision will be small scale retail facilities will be assessed in accordance with permitted where: national policy97 and Policy GN.33 Community Facilities.

– 1. The proposal is within a Settlement Boundary; and General Policies 2. The proposed use will not GN.16 Visitor Attractions and impact negatively on the vitality Leisure Facilities and viability of any Town or Local Retail Centre. A. New visitor attractions and commercial recreation and leisure proposals will be permitted where both the 6.67 This policy applies to proposals following criteria are met: with a net ﬂoorspace of less than 500 square metres. Such 1. The site is well located in provision can be a valuable relation to A or B class roads addition to local communities and/or, rail stations and/or bus both within larger towns and routes; and smaller or more rural 2. The site is within or immediately settlements and can increase adjoins a settlement, unless the the sustainability of proposal requires a countryside communities by reducing the location, in which case need to travel96. evidence must be provided to support this. B. Extensions to the area, or an 6.68 An important consideration intensiﬁcation, of the visitor, when assessing any proposal commercial recreation or will be the potential impact of leisure facility will be permitted the development on the vitality where the scale and nature of and viability of any Town the facility and of the proposed Centre or Local Retail Centre. extension would be compatible Any proposal which would with its location. undermine the retail hierarchy set out in the Strategic Policies will not be supported.

6.69 Proposals above this scale will be assessed under GN.14 Major Out of Town Centre Development and the National Planning Policy Tests established in Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5, November

96 Background Paper: Local Retail Centres (2009) 97 Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5, November 2012) paragraph 10.3.9

98 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 6 6.70 Pembrokeshire’s Tourism 6.72 Self catering and serviced Strategy focuses on the accommodation comprises importance of delivering quality non caravan accommodation. provision that is open all year Self catering accommodation round with sustainability at its includes any building for which heart. In line with the Strategic the primary purpose is self – Policy on the Visitor Economy, contained holiday letting. proposals will be expected to Serviced development relates General Policies demonstrate that they are to accommodation where an building on the distinctiveness element of service is provided, of the locality by the offer that such as for bed and breakfast they are presenting. and hotel businesses.

6.71 This policy aims to support 6.73 Self-catering or serviced new visitor attractions and development can be leisure facilities that are well appropriate either where it is located to serve both residents within or wellrelated to a and visitors. Visitor attractions settlement or where it makes and leisure facilities should, use of an existing dwelling. The where practicable, be located reasoned justiﬁcation for GN.26 on previously developed land. Residential Development sets out circumstances where conversion of historic buildings GN.17 Self-Catering and Serviced would be acceptable for Accommodation residential use. Traditional agricultural buildings when Proposals for self-catering, converted may also be serviced or hotel accommodation appropriate for self-catering or excluding caravan catered development. GN.11 accommodation will be permitted Conversion or Change of Use where: of Agricultural Buildings sets A. For new developments either out criteria for conversion or 1) It is within or is well-related to change of use of agricultural a Town, Service Centre or buildings. Service Village; 6.74 Where possible proposals will or be encouraged to make use of 2) The proposal is for the existing buildings. GN.1 conversion of an existing General Development Policy dwelling, a historic building or seeks to ensure that a traditional agricultural development is of an building. appropriate scale for the site B. For extensions: and area within which it is located. This consideration is The scale and nature of the of particular importance when accommodation, including the considering proposals for the extension, would be visitor economy. compatible with its location.

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Chapter 6 6.75 Proposals for new self- GN.18 Touring Caravan and Tent catering, serviced Sites accommodation or hotel accommodation are A. New touring caravan and tent considered to be those types sites will be permitted if they of accommodation not fall outside the Community – currently existing on an Council areas of Amroth, St

General Policies application site, whereas Florence, East Williamston, extensions are considered to Penally, Saundersfoot and St be extensions to the existing Mary out Liberty and provided use with the same type of that either: accommodation. 1. The site is within or well- related to a settlement 6.76 Planning conditions will be identiﬁed in the hierarchy as a imposed where appropriate to Town, Service Centre or ensure that facilities remain as Service Village; or holiday accommodation units and are not used as 2. The site is within or well- permanent accommodation or related to a Local Village and occupied as a primary will provide a community residence. In these situations facility not present within the holiday occupancy conditions, existing settlement; limiting the time a single B. The enlargement of the area of household may stay in a unit a touring caravan or tent site and return by, may be applied. will be permitted where it would achieve a demonstrable overall environmental improvement both for the site and its setting in the surrounding landscape. C. An increase in the number of touring caravan or tent pitches will be permitted where the site is outside the Community Council areas of Amroth, St Florence, East Williamston, Penally, Saundersfoot and St Mary out Liberty and would achieve a demonstrable overall environmental improvement both for the site and its setting in the surrounding landscape.

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6.77 The tourism offer in Chapter 6 6.79 Avoiding over-development of Pembrokeshire should be a the visitor economy is critical to quality sustainable provision, its enduring success. Survey which gives visitors an information98 reveals excessive outstanding experience and pressures for touring caravan maximises the beneﬁts that

and camp sites in the south – tourism brings for local east of Pembrokeshire, outside communities, whilst minimising General Policies the National Park, where 20 of potentially adverse landscape 48 touring sites and 50% of all and other environmental permitted touring pitches impacts. permitted are located in the six named Community Councils. In 6.78 Any new touring or tent sites order to sustain the quality of must be within or well-related tourism offer and the to a settlement identified in the contextual landscape within hierarchy as a Service Village, this area and to encourage the Service Centre or Town in dispersal of tourism across order to achieve these Pembrokeshire, additional sites objectives. This will ensure that or extensions of sites within the visitors are able to access named Community Councils easily those services and would be inappropriate. facilities available in nearby settlements, for example 6.80 Proposals for types of walking to nearby pubs or temporary accommodation restaurants. A definition of well- such as yurts or teepees will be related is provided in the considered under this policy. glossary. Any proposed sites Conditions ensuring that must be within or in physical touring and tent pitches are proximity to the settlement and maintained for holiday be seen as part of the same accommodation and do not landscape as the settlement. become permanent fixtures in New sites will be permitted the landscape will be applied. where they are within or well- related to a settlement 6.81 Proposals for the extension of identified as a Local Village in existing sites should the hierarchy, where evidence demonstrate that an is provided that the site will environmental improvement will provide a service or facility be achieved both for the site such as a shop not otherwise and for its setting. Many available in the settlement and existing sites in Pembrokeshire which will be available and already provide a high quality accessible to the local offer and are operating at community to use. In such capacity. It is often preferable instances planning conditions for these sites to expand than requiring that the facility be for new sites to develop to open to the general public will accommodate demand. be attached to consents.

98 Background Paper: Static and Touring Caravan and Campsites 2010

101 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 6 6.82 Where proposals relate to GN.19 Static Caravan Sites increases in pitch numbers or seek to change tent pitches to A. Proposals for new static unit pitches (touring and tent) caravan and chalet sites or the Authority will normally extensions to existing sites by expect at least one third of the an increase in the number of – total number of pitches to pitches will be permitted

General Policies remain exclusively for tents. where: This is to ensure that 1. the site is within the Pembrokeshire continues to Settlement Boundary of a provide a range of defined settlement; accommodation types for B. The enlargement of the area of visitors. a static caravan or chalet site will be permitted where it 6.83 This policy applies to those would achieve a demonstrable sites with planning permission overall environmental and those with a Certificate of improvement both for the site Lawful Existing Use or an and its setting in the Established Use Certificate. ’28 surrounding landscape. day rule’ sites or sites operated by ‘exempted organisations’, C. Upgrading of touring pitches do not fall within the scope of to static pitches will be this policy. In all relevant permitted where: instances it will be a 1. The site is well-related to a requirement that: settlement identified in the a) A condition preventing year- hierarchy as a Service Village, round occupancy is part of Service Centre or Town; or any permission granted; and 2. The site is well-related to a b) Additional land is not used Local Village, and will provide under the 28 day rule for a community facility not tent pitches. This will be present within the existing secured either by legal settlement, and agreement or planning 3. In all cases the following obligation. should apply: i) There is no overall increase in the number of pitches; and ii) There would be a demonstrable overall environmental improvement both for the site and its setting in the surrounding landscape; and iii) The site is outside the Community Council areas of Amroth, St Florence, East Williamston, Penally, Saundersfoot and St Mary out Liberty.

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6.84 Static caravans play an 6.86 Planning conditions will be Chapter 6 important role in imposed where appropriate to Pembrokeshire’s visitor ensure that facilities remain as economy99; however bedspace holiday accommodation units provision of static caravans / and are not used as permanent pitches across Pembrokeshire accommodation or occupied consistently exceeds demand. as a primary residence. In –

Evidence from monitoring these situations holiday General Policies suggests that current static occupancy conditions, limiting caravans situated on sites are the time a single household not fully occupied and that may stay in a unit and return further capacity exists under by, may be applied. current consents for a significant number (365) of 6.87 This policy also allows additional caravans to be improvements to the provision added to existing sites. Some of accommodation types, static caravan sites prove reflecting a trend by some visually intrusive and as such operators moving to this type may be detrimental to the of accommodation. overall quality and viability of tourism in Pembrokeshire. To 6.88 In some instances wooden prevent further detrimental chalets can improve the impacts it is considered appearance of a site. The inappropriate to allow for new chalets must not be larger than sites to be developed except in the legal definition of a caravan settlements. and proposed changes will only be supported where the 6.85 However the upgrading of proposal is deemed acceptable existing touring pitches in in terms of landscape impacts sustainable locations can offer and appropriate screening the opportunity to improve the methods have been devised. overall stock of holiday bed spaces in the static caravan sector and improve existing touring sites. It will apply only to existing touring pitches that are fully authorised by express planning permission. Development should not have adverse landscape impacts and should incorporate screening to ensure that the site blends into the landscape.

99 See Background Paper: Caravan Survey 2009

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Chapter 6 6.90 The design and siting of GN.20 Site Facilities on Existing facilities needs to be sensitive Caravan and Camping Sites to the landscape. Wherever Proposals to upgrade and possible applicants should improve facilities on static incorporate Sustainable caravan, touring caravan and tent Drainage Systems into – sites will only be permitted where: development to minimise

General Policies surface water runoff. Any 1. The proposal will not landscaping measures should undermine the viability or maximise biodiversity and use vitality of a facility within a native species appropriate to nearby settlement; and the landscape setting. Any 2. The proposals incorporate the buildings must demonstrate best practicable environmental that they are in line with the standards covering all facets of requirements of the Council’s the development. Design Guidance for Sustainability SPG.

6.89 The Authority is keen to see improvements that will increase the quality of the tourism offer provided in a way that does not harm the environment and landscape or impact negatively on facilities that are located in nearby settlements. In a number of sites it will be desirable to improve washing and toilet facilities, and in larger sites the provision of additional facilities such as laundry facilities or a games room may be justiﬁed. Where possible existing structures or buildings should be re-used.

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GN.21 Marinas 6.91 The Welsh Government recognises the important Sites for marinas are allocated contribution that marinas make within the existing harbours and to Wales’ visitor economy100. A docks at Fishguard Harbour and supply of berths and Pembroke Dock. associated services at intervals around the Welsh coast is Site Reference Site Name desirable to facilitate maritime leisure travel. Martello Quays, MAR/096/LDP/01 Pembroke Dock 6.92 Marina locations will be MAR/034/LDP/01 Fishguard Harbour expected to relate well to an existing settlement because of Proposals for new or extended their scale and nature, with marinas will be permitted where proposals along the the following criteria are met: undeveloped coast being 1. The development is located unacceptable. Marinas provide within or adjoining an existing developed, permanent, settlement; floating, year round facilities, 2. The development would not and the best location for these have a significant detrimental is often within existing ports, impact on the landscape harbours and coastal towns. character of the coast; Ancillary developments such as 3. Ancillary proposals will not restaurants, shops, toilet undermine the vitality or facilities, chandlers and boat viability of facilities in existing storage, car parking and centres; and housing are often required to 4. The proposal would not conflict support the social vibrancy and with the sustainable economic viability of marinas. management of the coast. These also favour developed locations where they will not compromise important landscapes or areas protected

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Chapter 6 for their conservation value. the Proposals Map. Additionally Such proposals will be this policy provides criteria for acceptable where it is evaluation of proposals for new demonstrated that they will not and extended marinas at other undermine the vitality and locations. viability of facilities in the – existing centres. Good quality 6.96 In evaluating marina proposals,

General Policies road access is also required for account should also be taken landward servicing. of the policies and proposals of the relevant Shoreline 6.93 Policy GN.37 Protection and Management Plan. Enhancement of Biodiversity, will be particularly relevant to any marina proposals with GN.22 Prior Extraction of the potential to impact on Mineral Resource internationally or nationally important sites, in particular Where new development is the Pembrokeshire Marine permitted in an area of mineral SAC, Cardigan Bay SAC and resource, prior extraction of any Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries economic reserves of the mineral European Marine Site. must be achieved, wherever appropriate in terms of economic 6.94 Marina proposals are feasibility and environmental and sometimes outside planning other planning considerations, jurisdiction, which normally prior to the commencement of the ﬁnishes at the Mean Low development. Water Mark. However, most, proposals will have landward implications for access and 6.97 The purpose of this policy is to service provision, which will fall avoid inappropriate sterilisation within Local Planning Authority of the mineral resource where jurisdiction. These aspects of development is proposed. development proposals will Market demand for the material frequently require beneath the development site Environmental Impact at the time of development will Assessment. Many aspects of be a factor in determining marina proposals will also whether prior extraction is require consideration under feasible. There may also be other consenting regimes. circumstances where the desirability of retention of on- 6.95 At Fishguard Harbour there is site features of a site (for consent for a marina instance existing trees and development. The landward hedgebanks) might preclude extent of this is shown on the prior extraction. Proposals Map. At Pembroke Dock (West Llanion Pill) there is 6.98 Safeguarding covers the a consented marina outcrop area of the economic development known as mineral resource but excludes Martello Quays, also shown on settlements.

106 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 6 6.99 Policy GN.37 will be GN.23 Minerals Working particularly relevant to proposals for mineral working Proposals for mineral working and in mineral safeguarding areas extensions to existing sites will be on which there are nature permitted where the following conservation designations. The criteria are met: designations are therefore likely – 1. In the case of non energy to preclude any future working General Policies minerals the mineral is of the mineral resource required to supply an beneath the protected sites, in identiﬁed need which cannot spite of the safeguarding. be supplied from secondary or recycled materials or 6.100 There are only a few LDP existing reserves; allocations within the safeguarding zones for the 2. In the case of non energy mineral resource and in these minerals the scale of the rare instances the allocation development is appropriate to will take precedence over the serve the local market and a safeguarding requirement. suitable proportion of the However, in accordance with regional market; the policy on Prior Extraction, it 3. In the case of former minerals will be expected that the sites, there is no adverse mineral resource at such sites effect on land which has been will be extracted before satisfactorily restored and the development commences proposal makes a valuable wherever feasible. contribution to the character of the local landscape and local environment; and 4. There is provision for landscaping, groundwater protection, a beneﬁcial afteruse, restoration and post- closure management of the site, including the progressive restoration of sites where appropriate.

6.101 This policy will be applied to new workings, extensions to existing workings and reworking or reopening of old workings. It will be used to consider applications for all types of minerals including hard rock, sand and gravel, coal, oil and gas, and for coal bed methane.

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Chapter 6 6.102 The purpose of this policy is to provide a framework for before coal-bed methane can consideration of proposals for be extracted, but a separate new or extended minerals planning permission is also sites. Priority will be given to required before such activity the use of recycled material can take place. – and secondary aggregates

General Policies before new sources of supply 6.105 Where mineral exploration are developed. Primary mineral takes place to establish extraction will only be whether or not economic permitted where it can be exploitation of a mineral demonstrated that there is no resource is feasible, it may not practicable substitute material require planning permission. which can be provided at less However, if permission is environmental cost. The deemed to be granted under Authority recognises there is a the Town and Country Planning need for a change to the (General Permitted pattern of supply of aggregates Development) Order 1995, from primary resources to certain conditions will alternatives and that an nonetheless be required. overprovision of primary Where permission is needed, aggregates as a result of the proposal will be expected extant planning permissions to meet the general policy and granting new ones would requirements of this Plan, in encourage production of particular those set out in GN.1 unsustainable resources. General Development Policy as well as in this policy. 6.103 In order to ensure that the disturbance of land is kept to a minimum, progressive restoration will be expected wherever possible although it is recognised that this is likely to be more appropriate to sand and gravel developments than longer life, hard rock operations.

6.104 Extraction of coal-bed methane has not previously been widely undertaken, but with recent technological developments and changes to fuel supply requirements it may become economically feasible in the Plan period. A Government licence is required

108 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 6 GN.24 Recycled Waste Materials GN.25 Buffer Zones around and Secondary Aggregates Mineral Sites

Proposals to use recycled waste New mineral extraction and new materials as secondary sensitive development will not aggregates (including the use of normally be permitted within construction materials arising Buffer Zones around mineral –

from demolition) will be permitted working sites, where such uses General Policies where the following criteria are would potentially have an adverse met: impact on one another because of 1. The effect of using this material their close proximity. does not significantly harm sites, buildings, walls or features of historic, architectural or 6.107 Buffer Zones around mineral archaeological interest; sites are shown on the Proposals Maps and are used 2. The scale of the operation is to overcome conflicts between appropriate to the area in which mineral workings and other the source material is found; land uses102. These Buffer 3. Where a single site is proposed Zones are distinct from those to deal with waste arising from associated with the mineral more than one location, that site safeguarding zones required by is wherever possible well located Welsh policy, which are also in relation to the source materials; shown on the LDP Proposals 4. The waste and secondary Map. The Buffer Zones aggregates products will, introduced by this policy are wherever feasible, be transported placed around all active mineral by rail or water; and workings and also inactive (dormant) quarries. Proximity of 5. There is provision for mineral workings and sensitive landscaping, groundwater land uses (in particular housing, protection, beneficial afteruse, hospitals and schools) within restoration, and post-closure Buffer Zones is not normally management of the site, including permitted because of the wherever possible details of potential negative impact of progressive restoration of the site. one type of development on the other. These arise because of noise and dust from mineral 6.106 National guidance101 places an extraction and processing and expectation that secondary vibration from blasting aggregates will form an operations. Buffer Zones increasing proportion of overall provide areas of protection aggregates supply in future around permitted and years, reducing the need to proposed mineral workings. work primary aggregates at source.

101 Minerals Technical Advice Note 1 (Aggregates), paragraph 157 102 Minerals Planning Policy Wales and Minerals Technical Advice Notes

109 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 6 Some types of less sensitive GN.26 Residential Development development (possibly including industry, ofﬁces and Residential development will be ancillary development related permitted where the proposal is to mineral working) may be for one or more of the following: acceptable in a Buffer Zone 1. Open market housing or – but development which would affordable housing to meet

General Policies be sensitive to mineral local needs, located within the working, including housing, Settlement Boundary of a hospitals and schools will, in Town, Service Centre, Service most cases, be resisted. A Village or Large Local Village further exception to the general as deﬁned in the settlement approach is listed in Minerals hierarchy; Planning Policy Wales 2. Affordable housing to meet (paragraph 40), where the site local needs, located within the of the new development in boundary of a Small Local relation to the mineral Village; operation would be located within or on the far side of an 3. The replacement or sub- existing built up area which division of an existing dwelling; already encroaches into the 4. The conversion of an historic Buffer Zone. This has been building to residential use; or taken into consideration in preparing this Plan’s site- 5. A rural enterprise worker’s speciﬁc proposals. dwelling. New homes on sites of 0.10 6.108 The maximum extent of the hectares and above will be built at Buffer Zone is based on a density of at least 25 dwellings standard national guidelines, per hectare, rising to at least 30 which are 100 metres for sand dwellings per hectare on sites in and gravel and 200 metres for Towns. In exceptional hard rock (there are no active circumstances evidence of or dormant coal working infrastructure or physical activities in the Plan area) and constraints may justify a lower takes account of: density. • The size, type and location of the workings; • The topography of the surrounding area; • Existing and anticipated levels of noise and dust; • Current and predicted vibration from blasting operations and availability of mitigation measures; and • The mineral being extracted and the nature of the operation. 110 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013

6.109 New homes will generally be Chapter 6 permitted within Settlement dioxide levels as long as the Boundaries as these are quality of the environment is locations with good access to enhanced. The existing services. New homes in dwelling should not be a Listed Towns, Service Centres, Building, or an important Service Villages and Large building that defines the – character of an area. Local Villages can be for sale General Policies on the open market or be affordable housing to meet 6.112 The sub-division of an existing local needs. The release of dwelling into two or more small sites as an “exception” to separate dwellings will be general housing provision is permitted subject to the criteria addressed in Policy GN.29. of GN.1 General Development Policy being met. Particular 6.110 Within Small Local Villages, consideration will be given to small scale, affordable housing the impact of the proposed to meet local needs allows sub-division on the amenity of development to occur naturally the intended occupiers and and sustainably, supporting neighbouring residents, the local services and effect on the character and communities. This is appearance of the building and particularly important to the implications for local preserve the social fabric of a parking and traffic capacity. community, to encourage the continuation of local traditions 6.113 Conversions of historic and cultures, and to support buildings to residential use will the Welsh language103. be permitted where the Planning Policy Wales (Edition applicant demonstrates 5, November 2012) allows for exemplary standards of design sensitive infilling of small gaps and sustainability. Such within small groups of buildings can make a dwellings, or minor extensions significant contribution to the to groups104. Within this Plan aesthetic quality of urban and such infilling will only be rural landscapes and the accepted within Settlement proposal must demonstrate Boundaries. that it complements and enhances its surroundings. 6.111 Redevelopment or Proposals for conversion of replacement can allow the historic buildings will be development of housing permitted subject to the accommodation which is structure being capable of better adapted to meeting conversion without extensive present and future housing alteration and retaining needs, contribute to energy substantially the original form, efficiency and reduced carbon with few changes to cosmetic

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Chapter 6 detail. Such buildings may where development would include town or country otherwise have an houses, religious buildings and unacceptable impact on issues former military premises. Any such as highway safety or conversion of an historic sustainable water supplies, a building must preserve and lower density may be – enhance external and internal accepted.

General Policies features that are indicative of its former uses. The conversion of agricultural buildings is dealt with under GN.11 Conversion or Change of Use of Agricultural Buildings.

6.114 Proposals to provide residential accommodation for an essential rural enterprise worker will be determined against the principles of Technical Advice Note 6 (July 2010). The applicant must demonstrate a functional need to be based in close proximity to the enterprise, and that no viable alternative accommodation exists locally, including conversion opportunities and dwellings available on the housing market.

6.115 It is important that new residential development uses land efﬁciently. A minimum density ensures the efﬁcient use of land across the Plan area. The density of residential development will be higher in towns because the concentration of services in these locations can and should serve higher population densities. In exceptional circumstances, for example

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The following sites are allocated for residential development. Indicative Minimum Site Area Affordable Housing Allocations number Reference (ha) Housing of Units – Requirement

Hub Towns General Policies Haverfordwest - Hermitage Farm HSG/040/00269 38 1.26 25% Haverfordwest - Slade Lane North HSG/040/00273 48 (459*) 15.31 25% Haverfordwest - Slade Lane South HSG/040/00274 512 17.05 25% Haverfordwest – between HSG/040/00275 277 9.26 25% Shoals Hook Lane and bypass Haverfordwest - Scarrowscant / Glenover HSG/040/00106 140 4.73 25% Milford Haven - Steynton Thornton Road HSG/086/00223 224 7.49 Up to 5% Milford Haven - Steynton Beaconing Field HSG/086/00129 149 4.54 Up to 5% Milford Haven - HSG/086/00095 50 1.66 Up to 5% Hubberston West of Silverstream Milford Haven - South West of The Meads HSG/086/00222 93 3.09 Up to 5% Milford Haven - Castle Pill HSG/086/00318 72 3.05 Up to 5% Milford Haven - Hubberston Adjacent to HSG/086/00117 151 5.16 Up to 5% Kings Function Centre, Dale Rd HSG/086/00225 Neyland - East of Poppy Drive HSG/093/00066 101 3.37 10% Pembroke Dock - North of Pembroke Road HSG/096/00238 98 2.81 Up to 5% Pembroke Dock - North of Imble Lane HSG/096/00231 96 2.75 Up to 5% Pembroke Dock - East of Hill Farm, HSG/096/00233 63 1.79 Up to 5% Imble Lane Pembroke - North & West of Railway Tunnel HSG/095/00154 150 5.68 10% Pembroke - Adjacent to Monkton Swifts HSG/095/00153 118 3.7 10% Pembroke - Adjacent to Long Mains & HSG/095/00147 115 7.57 10% Monkton Priory Pembroke - North of Gibbas Way HSG/095/00144 70 2.85 10% Pembroke - South of Gibbas Way HSG/095/00144 58 2.33 10% Fishguard - Maesgwynne Farm HSG/034/00215 399 13.24 10% Fishguard -East of Maesgwynne HSG/034/00165 24 0.81 10% Fishguard - Old Infants School HSG/034/LDP/01 21 0.7 10% Hub Towns Total 3,067 120.20 Hub Towns Total as percentage of Total allocations 67% 64% Rural Town Narberth - West of Bloomﬁeld Gardens HSG/088/00078 89 3.58 25% Narberth - West of Rushacre HSG/088/00077 58 2.4 25% Rural Town Total 147 5.98 Rural Town Total as percentage of Total allocations 3% 3%

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Indicative Minimum Site Area Affordable Housing Allocations number

– Reference (ha) Housing of Units Requirement General Policies Service Centres Johnston - Adjacent to Milford Road HSG/048/00038 130 5.21 10% Letterston - Court Meadow HSG/053/00009 90 2.28 Up to 5% Crymych - Between the School & HSG/030/00043 60 2.07 Up to 5% Station Road Crymych - East of Waunaeron HSG/030/LDP/01 35 1.24 Up to 5% Kilgetty - Extension to James Park & HSG/050/00042 75 3.03 20% Cotswold Gardens Kilgetty - Land to the Rear of Newton Hall HSG/050/00043 26 1.33 20% Kilgetty - Land West of Stepaside School HSG/050/00041 19 0.61 20% Kilgetty - Land to the South of Kilvelgy Park HSG/050/00044 20 0.8 20% Service Centres Total 455 16.57 Service Centres Total as percentage of Total allocations 10% 9% Service Villages Begelly - North of New Road HSG/003/00024 65 3 10% Blaenffos - Adjacent to Hafod HSG/006/00003 10 0.93 Up to 5% Boncath - North of Cilfan y Coed HSG/007/LDP/01 10 0.69 Up to 5% Broadmoor - Northwest of Lyndhurst HSG/008/LDP/01 12 0.48 10% Avenue Cilgerran - Adjacent to Holly Lodge HSG/020/00062 24 1.1 Up to 5% Clarbeston Road - West of Ash Grove HSG/022/00012 21 0.83 15% Clunderwen - Depot Site HSG/152/LDP/01 28 0.96 Up to 5% Cosheston - South of Tinkers Fold HSG/025/00028 6 0.64 10% Croesgoch - OS 7445, North of the Forge HSG/028/00012 20 0.67 Up to 5% Croesgoch - East of the Forge HSG/028/00013 22 0.73 Up to 5% Crundale - Opposite Woodholm Close HSG/029/00014 13 0.51 25% Crundale - Land at Cardigan Slade HSG/029/00017 55 2.22 25% Eglwyswrw - South West of the School HSG/033/00035 15 0.51 Up to 5% Hayscastle Cross - HSG/041/LDP/01 6 0.43 10% Land Opposite Barrowgate Hook - Rear of Pill Road HSG/044/00050 15 0.59 10% Houghton - Nursery HSG/045/00008 15 2.18 10% Hundleton - East of Bentlass Road HSG/046/00015 31 1.26 Up to 5% Jeffreyston - Rear of Beggars Roost & HSG/047/LDP/01 18 0.9 25% Sunny Side Lamphey - South of Cleggars Park HSG/052/00011 55 2.42 10% Llandissilio - Pwll Quarry Cross HSG/060/LDP/01 25 1.75 10% Llanddewi Velfrey - North of the Village Hall HSG/057/LDP/01 12 0.5 10% Llangwm - Opposite The Kilns HSG/063/00024 25 (75*) 3.01 15% Maenclochog - North West of the Globe Inn HSG/081/LDP/01 30 (58*) 2.31 Up to 5% Mathry - South of the Woodturner's HSG/085/LDP/01 6 0.2 Up to 5%

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Penally - North of The Paddock HSG/097/LDP/01 8 0.29 25% – Penally - Penally Heights HSG/097/LDP/02 11 0.56 25% Pentlepoir - Land adjacent to Coppins Lodge HSG/099/LDP/01 35 1.68 25% General Policies Puncheston - Opposite Bro Dewi HSG/108/LDP/01 6 0.39 Up to 5% Puncheston - West of Awelfa HSG/108/LDP/02 12 0.44 Up to 5% Robeston Wathen - South of Robeston Court HSG/113/LDP/01 14 0.63 25% Roch - East of Pilgrim's Way HSG/114/LDP/01 44 2.19 20% Rosemarket - Opposite The Glades HSG/116/LDP/01 13 0.5 15% Sageston - South of the Plough Inn HSG/015/00022 31 1.27 Up to 5% Simpson Cross - East of Hill Lane HSG/119/LDP/01 11 0.54 20% Spittal - North West of Wesley Way HSG/120/00018 22 0.87 15% St Dogmaels - Awel y Mor Extension HSG/122/00035 16 0.55 Up to 5% St. Florence - North of Parsons Green HSG/123/LDP/01 26 1.17 25% Templeton - South of the B4315 HSG/132/00030 18 1.21 15% Templeton - South of the Boars Head HSG/132/LDP/01 28 1.13 15% Junction Tiers Cross - North of Bulford Road HSG/135/00004 23 0.91 Up to 5% Wolfscastle – opposite Haul y fryn HSG/149/LDP/01 30 1.2 15% Service Villages Total 887 44.35 Service Villages Total as percentage of Total allocations 20% 24% All Housing Allocations total 4, 556 187.10 * This indicates sites that will not be wholly developed during the Plan period. Further information is contained in SPG on Development Sites

6.116 Minimum numbers of units development will help integrate identiﬁed for each site are new housing into communities indicative. Developers will be with distinct characteristics and expected to demonstrate that cultures, such as the Welsh they are providing a mix of language, while also housing types, to cater for responding to constraints on changing patterns in household the provision of vital size, as it is estimated that 30% infrastructure. of all households will be one person households by 2021 6.118 Further information relating to (LHMA 2007). the delivery of allocated development sites, including 6.117 In terms of phasing it is information on phasing, is important that development in included in the Development certain areas occurs in Sites SPG. response to local circumstances. Phasing

115 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 6 Where it is demonstrated that the provision of an affordable dwelling on site is not possible105 a commuted sum contribution for affordable housing will be sought. The commuted sum shall be – related to the contribution rates General Policies set out above and charged on the basis of ﬂoorspace (per sq. metre).

The authority may seek a higher percentage contribution on any site where local circumstances and/or recent developments in the area suggest it would be financially viable. Where a sustained positive change in the financial viability of development can be demonstrated through monitoring106 the local authority GN.28 Local Needs Affordable will seek a higher percentage Housing contribution towards affordable housing. In Towns, Service Local needs affordable housing Centres and Service Villages a will be sought on all housing provision of affordable housing developments. Indicative targets below the target figure may be for provision on allocated sites appropriate where this is are set out in Policy GN.27, and supported by economic viability on unallocated sites the provision evidence. shall be as follows:

1 - In Towns, Service Centres and Service Villages 10% of dwellings proposed will be affordable.

2 - In Large Local Villages 50% of the dwellings proposed will be affordable.

3 - In Small Local Villages all new dwellings must be affordable.

105 Such as on small sites where an entire affordable dwelling cannot be provided 106 Indicators and timeframes for implementing changes to the target will be contained in Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning Guidance

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6.119 The need for affordable LPA to ensure delivery of a Chapter 6 housing is acute in reasonable number of Pembrokeshire, evidenced by affordable homes, which housing waiting list data, Local contribute to meeting the need Housing Market Assessments for affordable homes in and Community Council Pembrokeshire. In Local surveys. The Welsh Villages the objective of –

Government has made the residential development is to General Policies delivery of affordable housing a meet the need for more priority for the planning affordable homes in rural areas system107, and a community's and therefore concerns over need for affordable housing is a the viability of development do material planning not justify any relaxation of the consideration. It is anticipated policy. that at least 980 new affordable homes will be 6.121 If on site provision is provided over the Plan period. impractical, for example on small scale developments or 6.120 The authority will seek a where through ‘rounding’ a material or ﬁnancial large site is left with a fraction contribution to affordable of an affordable dwelling to housing from all new open provide, the Council will seek a market housing developments commuted sum contribution to in order to maximise the support off site affordable delivery of affordable housing in housing provision. an effort to meet the existing and newly-arising need. Where 6.122 All affordable housing must be the site is large enough the available in perpetuity for developer will be expected to people in need of affordable provide affordable housing on- housing and any planning site, in accordance with permission will be subject to percentage targets stated in conditions or a planning GN.27 (for housing allocations) obligation to ensure that this or GN.28 (for windfall sites). will be the case. The Authority These targets are derived from will not accept piecemeal housing viability tests and form development of large sites, an indicative target. The whether allocated or otherwise, viability tests, conducted using as a means of avoiding the the 3 Dragons Development requirement for affordable Appraisal Toolkit, have regard housing. Affordable Housing to unique site characteristics SPG contains important details and allow for changes to the of tenure and type of affordable state of the economy and the housing sought by the economics of development. authority. It also establishes Where a developer can how the contribution demonstrate that the expected percentage rate may be percentage is not deliverable, adjusted and how a commuted they may negotiate with the sum will be applied.

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Chapter 6 6.124 Further information is provided GN.29 Exception Sites for Local within national policy108. Needs Affordable Housing

Local needs affordable housing on land that would not otherwise GN.30 Specialist and Supported be released for housing will be Accommodation – permitted in exceptional

General Policies The development, or extension, of circumstances where the specialist residential following criteria are met: accommodation will be permitted 1. The site is within or where a need for such a facility immediately adjoining a has been identified and the Settlement Boundary; following criteria are met: 2. A local need for affordable 1. In the case of new facilities the housing has been identified; development is within or 3. The community in which the immediately adjoining a site is located is adequately Settlement Boundary, or served with facilities to support involves the adaptation or the proposed development; conversion of an appropriate and existing building; or 4. All the benefits of affordable 2. In the case of extensions, the housing provision, built for the scale and nature of the original exclusive occupation of local development together with the people in need of affordable extension is compatible with its homes, will pass to the initial location; and and all subsequent occupants. 3. In all instances access arrangements allow for the safe manoeuvring of pedestrians, 6.123 Where there is an identified cars, ambulances and delivery need for affordable housing, and service vehicles. which cannot be satisfied by Land is allocated for an additional existing provision, local needs care facility at: affordable housing can be Site Area provided as an exception to Site Name normal planning policies. Reference (ha) Park House, Evidence of need can be SSA/089/01 1.65 drawn from the Local Housing New Hedges Market Assessment, Common Housing Register data and Community Council surveys. Any application for an exception site must be proportionate in scale and nature to the settlement in which it is located.

108 Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5, November 2012), Technical Advice Note 2 (2006), Technical Advice Note 6, para 4.2.2 (July 2010)

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6.125 Pembrokeshire has the second the extension of specialist and Chapter 6 highest proportion of older supported accommodation people in its population in must also identify a need for Wales, with the population over such a facility and must be 65 estimated to be 26% by acceptable in terms of their 2021109. This policy, therefore, scale, nature and impact on the aims to provide surrounding area. –

accommodation for the special General Policies needs of various groups, in particular the elderly (but also GN.31 Gypsy Traveller Sites and other groups) for sheltered Pitches Allocation accommodation, residential Land is allocated for additional care, extra and domiciliary Gypsy Traveller accommodation care, or respite, palliative or at: hospice care (Class C2 of the Use Classes Order 1987 as Indicative Site Area Site Name number amended). Reference (ha) of pitches 6.126 It is important that this Plan Catshole provides sufficient opportunity GT/095/001 (Castle) 0.39 8 for the development of care Quarry facilities, whether private or Kingsmoor publicly funded, in order to GT/050/001 Common, 0.78 15 meet the identified needs of the Kilgetty population. In all cases a clear, quantifiable and identified need for the facility must be proven. Consideration should also be 6.128 Pembrokeshire has the given to how the development greatest number of authorised complements the character of gypsy traveller sites of any the local area and protects the Local Authority in Wales. Most amenity of local residents. of these sites are owned and run by the Local Authority but 6.127 The allocation at Park House, some private authorised sites New Hedges, addresses a also exist. proven need for extra care facilities in the area. The site is appropriate for an extension as it has good access and is well located to serve the needs of the area. Further proposals for

109 Local Housing Market Assessment, 2007; Population, Household and Labour Force Projections, September 2008; Summary of Issues from Public Consultation Events, October 2008; Key Issues for the LDP identiﬁed under Community Plan Priorities, October 2008

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Chapter 6 6.129 The Pembrokeshire Gypsy 6.130 Proposals for new sites or Traveller Accommodation Need extensions to existing sites Assessment (2010) must have good access to demonstrated need for services, particularly essential additional pitches to be services such as primary provided over the course of the schools and doctors’ surgeries. – ﬁrst ﬁve years of the Plan

General Policies period. Allocations have been 6.131 Site design must combine a identiﬁed to meet this need. layout which will meet the The Assessment identiﬁed no needs of the inhabitants of the need for transit pitches over site, meet standards for pitch the same period. Should separation and mitigate the monitoring reveal any further visual impact of the shortfalls, then the Council will development on the landscape. identify suitable sites for this type of development. 6.132 Gypsy Traveller sites require good road access, particularly those which have an element GN.32 Gypsy Traveller Sites and of, or are entirely transit sites. Pitches Another criterion of particular importance is the potential Outside of Settlement Boundaries impact on amenity of any new permanent or transit gypsy surrounding properties. GN.1 traveller sites or extensions to General Development Policy existing authorised sites will only will therefore be a key be permitted where it is consideration for any proposal. demonstrated that the proposed development: 1. Cannot be accommodated on an existing authorised site and is to meet locally arising need or the need of families with a local connection; 2. Is accessible to existing community, social, educational and other services; and 3. Is sensitively sited in the landscape and satisfactory landscaping is provided.

120 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 6 GN.33 Community Facilities C The change of use of a community facility will only be A The development of new permitted where: community facilities110 will be permitted where proposals are Either

located within or are well- 1. It can be demonstrated that the – related to a settlement. continued use of the facility has General Policies B Extension(s) to an existing been shown to be no longer community facility will be viable; permitted where the facility is Or appropriately located to meet 2. A suitable replacement facility the needs of the community it is is to be made available. to serve. D The following sites are allocated for the development of new community facilities:

Area Site Reference Use Site Name (ha)

Slade Lane School Site, CF/040/01 New Primary School 5.83 Haverfordwest

Withybush Hospital CF/040/02 Hospital Extension 2.57 Extension, Haverfordwest

St Marks VA School, CF/040/03 Site Extension 0.72 Haverfordwest

Site Extension & New Access Pennar CP School, CF/096/01 1.4 for School Pembroke Dock

Monkton Cemetery, CF/095/01 Cemetery Extension 0.21 Monkton

CF/048/01 Cemetery Extension Popehill, Johnston 0.77

Freystrop Cemetery, CF/035/01 Cemetery Extension 0.21 Freystrop

110 Community facilities are any facilities that serve the community and contribute to the quality of everyday life, including local shops, schools, libraries, religious buildings, sports halls and leisure centres, cinemas and theatres, community halls, public houses, post ofﬁces and health centres, playgrounds, cemeteries and small scale community based re-use and recycle facilities (including bring sites)

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Chapter 6 6.133 Community facilities are 6.137 Acceptable evidence that the essential to community facility is no longer required can cohesion and nurturing include any of the following: sustainable communities. This i) Resolution of County or policy seeks to retain the use of Community Council to close community facilities except the facility. – where they are no longer ii) That the cost of

General Policies viable. refurbishment, repair or running costs is greater 6.134 A community facility includes than the income the facility the building(s), its curtilage and can generate and no any associated facilities. suitable funding is available for its support. 6.135 Where a new facility is iii) Lack of reasonable use in proposed outside a settlement, the past e.g. demonstration the applicant will be expected of very limited use in hours to demonstrate that the or by very few people. location proposed is the best iv) Lack of demand by available and in close proximity prospective operators as to the settlement. The evidenced by appropriate applicant will need to marketing for sale or rent for demonstrate that there are no 6 months or more. sites that are better related to the settlement on which the 6.138 Any replacement facilities must facility could be placed. be located to meet the needs of the same local community, 6.136 Extensions to existing provide the same type of community facilities which are provision as the facility being not within or well-related to a replaced. Alternative facilities settlement will be permitted could include a mobile service, where the applicant can provision online or a service in demonstrate that the facility is another settlement, providing well located to meet the needs that this is within a reasonable of the community it is to serve. distance for the community it serves.

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and social interaction. Outdoor Chapter 6 GN.34 Protection and Creation of recreation areas111 are also Outdoor Recreation Areas important to the environment A - Outdoor recreation areas, as they can support which include public open biodiversity, improve air quality spaces, leisure routes and and reduce surface water run – recreational facilities, are off. This policy aims to protect protected. important and valued areas General Policies used for leisure and recreation Development will be permitted on and encourage the creation of outdoor recreation areas where: new ones. 1. The area has no signiﬁcant public recreational value; or 6.140 When assessing the recreational value of outdoor 2. A suitable replacement facility areas the following issues is to be made available; or should be considered: 3. The recreational facilities will • The quality of facilities and be enhanced through the equipment; redevelopment of part of the site. • The clear visibility of the site B -New outdoor recreation area(s) from nearby homes, and the will be permitted where the safety of users whilst following criteria are met: accessing and using the site; 1. It is well located to serve • The contribution the site community needs; makes to the overall local 2. It is of appropriate size, design provision of recreational and form to meet the needs of the areas; and people it is intended to serve; and • The management and 3. Provision is made for the future maintenance arrangements management and maintenance of for the site. the site/route.

6.141 Redevelopment of recreational areas, including those not 6.139 Recreational activities are an shown on the Inset Maps, must important means of improving be justified by demonstrating the quality of life of that site has no significant Pembrokeshire’s residents and recreational value, using the visitors. Places and facilities issues listed above. Where the such as playgrounds, playing applicant cannot provide this fields, parks and cycle paths justification, a replacement are used by people of all ages facility will be required. across the whole of Pembrokeshire and they encourage healthier lifestyles

111 Outdoor recreational areas of more than 0.25 hectares and all children’s playspaces that are located in Towns, Service Centres and Service Villages are identiﬁed in the 2010 Open Space Assessment and are shown on appropriate Inset Maps

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Chapter 6 6.142 Where a replacement facility is to be provided, it must: GN.35 Protection of Open Spaces • Be located to meet the with Amenity Value needs of the same local Development which would community as served by the adversely affect the appearance, facility it replaces; character or local amenity value of – • Be of sufﬁcient size and areas of public and private open General Policies quality to equal or exceed space will not normally be the recreational value of the permitted. In exceptional facility it replaces; circumstances, where the proposal will bring clear social • Provide the same facility as it and/or economic beneﬁts to the replaces, or be of a type that local community and make a is recognised as being in positive contribution to the built short supply in the area; and environment, development may • Include an agreement for the be permitted where it can be future management and demonstrated that no suitable maintenance of the site. alternative site is available.

6.143 It may be appropriate to permit 6.146 This policy seeks to protect a small part of the site to be open space which has local redeveloped for other purposes amenity value112, for example if it improves the condition or because of its appearance or provision of the recreational character. Such spaces can be facilities. gardens, civic spaces, cemeteries, green corridors, 6.144 New outdoor recreational areas green spaces around buildings, are encouraged. They should village greens and land which have regard for their impact on establishes the setting for a the character of the area, the settlement. quality of life of the local community, be of a type that 6.147 To be of amenity value an area suits local demographic of open space need not have a patterns and in locations where formal use or be accessible to access by a range of means of the general public as long as it transport is possible. contributes to the appearance, character or local amenity value 6.145 Development of school playing of the settlement or its setting. ﬁelds will be assessed using Space between and around GN.33 Community Facilities buildings is an essential part of policy. the built environment and often gives a settlement its distinctive character. In addition important

112 Amenity open spaces of more than 0.25 hectares that are located in Towns, Service Centres and Service Villages are identiﬁed in the 2010 Open Space Assessment and are shown on appropriate Inset Maps

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gaps between discrete groups 6.149 Green Wedges play an Chapter 6 of buildings or as components important role in maintaining of the landscape setting can Pembrokeshire’s landscape make an important setting and preserving contribution. openness. Land on the edge of the Hub Towns and tourism 6.148 Proposals for the development centres is vulnerable to the –

of amenity open spaces must pressure of development, this General Policies demonstrate that no suitable in turn can result in the alternative site for the urbanisation of rural areas, development can be found and coalescence of settlements and that the proposed loss of open loss of important green space. space/natural features has This policy aims to identify and been minimised. The proposal protect such vulnerable areas must make a clear positive from inappropriate social and/or economic development, as deﬁned in contribution to the local area national policy113, with and any development on development proposals amenity open space must determined in accordance improve the built environment. with PPW paragraphs 4.8.14-4.8.18.

GN.36 Green Wedges 6.150 Specific details of each of the designations are contained in In order to prevent the LDP Background Paper ‘Green coalescence of settlements Green Wedges’ September 2010. The Wedges have been identified at spatial extent of the Green the following locations: Wedge allocations is shown on • Haverfordwest / Merlins the LDP Proposals Map. Bridge (east) • Haverfordwest / Merlins Bridge (west) • Haverfordwest / Portfield Gate • Neyland / Llanstadwell • Fishguard / Goodwick • Fishguard / Lower Town • Tenby / Penally These areas have particular importance in maintaining the distinct identities of separate communities. Within the Green Wedges there will be a general presumption against inappropriate development.

113 Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5, November 2012), section 4.8.

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Chapter 6 Development proposals with GN.37 Protection and potential for adverse effect on Enhancement of Biodiversity internationally or nationally All development should important sites will require demonstrate a positive approach detailed assessment before to maintaining and, wherever progressing. Specifically if any – 116 possible, enhancing biodiversity. development proposal is General Policies Development that would disturb likely to have a significant effect or otherwise harm protected on a European site or species it species or their habitats, or the shall be subject to an 117 integrity of other habitats, sites or Appropriate Assessment of features of importance to wildlife the implications in relation to and individual species, will only the site’s conservation be permitted in exceptional objectives. circumstances where the effects are minimised or mitigated 6.152 This policy aims to ensure that through careful design, work species and their habitats in scheduling or other appropriate countryside and urban measures. environments are protected from the potentially adverse effects of development, and where possible enhanced. 6.151 The protection and Potentially adverse effects may enhancement of biodiversity is include disruption to species fundamental to the high and habitats prior to, during environmental quality of and/or after construction, or Pembrokeshire. Planning the cumulative impacts of a proposals that affect development, for example internationally, nationally, unacceptable noise, lighting or regionally and locally traffic impacts. This policy aims designated sites, shown on the to protect against such adverse Proposals Map, are a material effects and therefore mitigation consideration when and/or enhancement may be considering a development required as an integral part of a proposal and will be assessed development proposal. This in accordance with national policy also aims to protect and planning policy and maintain ecological connectivity guidance114, working with corridors and ‘stepping stone’ stakeholders and statutory habitats, such as road verges, consultees, and using gardens, rivers and green appropriate data sources115. spaces, and where possible to

114 Welsh Assembly Government: Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5, November 2012), Chapter 5 and Technical Advice Note 5 Nature Conservation and Planning 2009 115 CCW LANDMAP and Protected Sites Maps, Core Management Plans of relevant European sites, Phase 1 Habitats Survey data, and the West Wales Biodiversity Information Centre geodatabase of species records and habitat information 116 alone or in combination with other plans or projects 117 Technical Advice Note 5 Nature Conservation and Planning 2009, section 5.3

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extend these in order to species and/or their habitats be safeguard biodiversity and permitted, and in such habitats and prevent their circumstances the effects must fragmentation and/or species be mitigated through careful isolation. design or work scheduling. Translocation is seldom 6.153 The principles underpinning successful in sustaining the this policy lie at the heart of the nature conservation interest of Pembrokeshire Local affected habitats and should Biodiversity Action Plan (LBAP) not be used to support a and the concept of sustainable proposal which would development. The LBAP otherwise be unacceptable. identiﬁes priority species and habitats considered to be of national, regional and local GN.38 Protection and importance which this policy Enhancement of the Historic aims to protect. Due regard is Environment also given to the Natural Environment and Rural Development that affects sites Communities (NERC) Act and landscapes of architectural (2006) Section 42 List of and/or historical merit or “Species and Habitats of archaeological importance, or Principal Importance for their setting, will only be Conserving the Biological permitted where it can be Diversity of Wales”. Only in demonstrated that it would exceptional circumstances will protect or enhance their character development proposals that and integrity. detrimentally impact upon such

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Chapter 6 6.154 Pembrokeshire has a rich and architectural detailing; building varied historic environment materials; trees and other made up of architectural, landscape features. Many of historical and archaeological these features make an features that are integral to its important contribution to the quality and distinctiveness. The character and appearance of – historic environment enhances local communities.

General Policies quality of life, forging cultural Pembrokeshire’s towns and identity and community villages contain many buildings cohesion and is a major asset that are of local importance and to Pembrokeshire’s visitor which make a significant economy. This policy builds on contribution to the character national policy, to draw and quality of the local area119. attention to the scale and The Council will seek to ensure significance of these assets that necessary change is within Pembrokeshire and to accommodated without protect, preserve and enhance sacrificing the essential these features and integrity, coherence and designations. It ensures that character120 of the landscape Pembrokeshire’s historic and will have particular regard environment including formally to potential developments that, designated sites together with alone or in combination, would buildings and features of local have a significant impact on importance and interest, and landscapes included in the their setting, are appropriately Register of Landscapes of protected and enhanced118. Historic Interest in Wales121. Development that may detrimentally affect the 6.156 In assessing development that character or integrity of such may affect archaeological areas will not be permitted. remains the Council will take into account: 6.155 The special qualities of the 1. Information (including from historic environment can be the Historic Environment derived from numerous other Record (HER), held by Dyfed factors, in addition to those Archaeological Trust) on the listed in formal designations, character, extent and such as the form, scale or importance of the remains, grouping of buildings; vistas and visual composition of the townscape/landscape;

118 Maintained as a separate register 119 See CADWs ‘Converting Historic Farm Buildings’ (2004) guide for further details. 120 Integrity refers to how the landscape reads as a whole, while coherence relates to how the individual components of the landscape connect together. Character relates to the combination of essential historic elements which make one landscape distinct from another 121 Cadw, 1998/2001; based mainly on the degree to which historic and archaeological features have survived, the character and extent of historic interest and how this is apparent in today’s landscape, together with other factors such as associations with art, literature, religion, technology, or folklore

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2. The extent to which the Chapter 6 and park and ride, the scheme proposed development is will help to improve road safety; likely to impact upon them, and 3. The means of mitigating the effect of the proposed d) In the case of roads a full range development by redesign to of practicable solutions to the achieve physical preservation transport problem has been –

in situ. considered and road General Policies enhancement provides the 6.157 Areas and sites of national optimum solution; and significance are protected by e) In the case of roadside service national policy including Listed areas, the scheme must adjoin Buildings, Conservation Areas, the strategic road network, Scheduled Ancient focus primarily on serving Monuments, Landscapes of motorists' needs, not impede Historic Interest and Historic the movement of strategic Parks and Gardens. In addition traffic and not undermine retail to national policy adopted provision in town centres, local Conservation Area Character centres or villages'. Appraisals will also be a The following transport routes and material consideration when improvements will be safeguarded determining planning from development that would be applications. likely to prejudice their implementation. GN.39 Transport Routes and Improvements Welsh Government Road Improvement Schemes: Improvements to the transport 1. A40 Llanddewi Velfrey to network (new and improved major Penblewin – WG Phase 3 and minor roads, rail network scheme Regional improvements, cycleways, multi- Improvement Scheme use routes, sites for park and ride schemes and roadside service 2. Improvement to the A40 122 areas) will be permitted where the west of St. Clears following criteria are satisfied: Local road improvement a) The choice of route and / or schemes: site minimises the impact on 3. Northern Distributor Network the built and natural – Bulford Road link environment, landscapes and (Johnston to Tiers Cross) property; and 4. Pembroke Community b) Permanent land-take is kept to Regeneration Project Phase the minimum that is consistent 1 (Bridgend Terrace with good design and high diversion) and Phase 2 (Bush quality landscaping; and Hill to Monkton bypass c) In the case of roads, route) cycleways, multi-use routes

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Chapter 6 6.158 This policy provides a criteria 5. Blackbridge Access based approach to evaluation Improvement and Waterston of new transport schemes and bypass123 identifies major proposals in the 6. Southern Strategic Route – Regional Transport Plan128 A 477 Nash Fingerpost to relating to the Plan area, – Energy Site corridor together with a smaller number enhancement General Policies of County Council schemes Bus and rail interchanges: which are also likely to be 7. Fishguard (bus focal point) implemented within the Plan 8. Goodwick Railway Station period. Where known the (bus / rail interchange)124 safeguarded routes / sites are shown on the Proposals Map. 9. Milford Haven (bus / rail and programme information129 interchange) is shown at Appendix 5. 10. Pembroke Dock (bus / rail interchange) 6.159 These proposals should be Rail network improvements: viewed in conjunction with 11. Clunderwen railway station Figure 5, which identifies key improvement transport routes to support the Park and ride schemes: transport policies and defines a strategic road network, in 125 12. Tenby accordance with the County Council programmed requirements of Technical highway schemes:126 Advice Note (Wales) 18 and, 13. B4318 Gumfreston to where appropriate, based on Tenby diversion and information in the Regional improvement phase 3 Transport Plan. 14. B4320 Monkton re- alignment 6.160 It is not considered appropriate130 for this Plan to 15. A40 High Street to A487 identify aspirational proposals West Street (‘Chimneys’ where there is no certainty of link), Fishguard127 implementation within the Plan 16. Haverfordwest to Narberth period. Shared Use Path 17. Haverfordwest Sustainable Town Centre Project

123 Development at this site will be required to comply with the requirements of the Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010. 124 there is also a possibility that an inter-modal freight transfer station could be constructed at this site during the Plan period, but there is no reference to this in the Regional Transport Plan for South West Wales 125 possibly with implications for non National Park locations 126 not included in the Regional Transport Plan for South West Wales 127 Funding has not yet been identiﬁed for the Fishguard scheme, but there is an expectation it could be implemented during the Plan period 128 ‘Progress in Partnership – the Regional Transport Plan for South West Wales 2010 to 2015’, October 2009 129 in accordance with TAN 18, Transport, paragraph 2.8 130 Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5, November 2012)

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The following sites are allocated for the provision of new waste management facilities: Area Site Reference Community Facilities (ha) –

Extension to the existing Civic Amenity site General Policies WST/LDP/040/01 4.95 Winsel near Merlin’s Bridge New in-building handling and treatment of waste EMP/040/00004 and Withybush East of Business Park 15.38 040/00009 (undeveloped residual) EMP/040/00005 Withybush North of Business Park 6.09 EMP/040/00003 Merlins Bridge Creamery and extension site 7.63 EMP/000/00003 Milford Haven Reﬁnery (Murco), Milford Haven 123.7 EMP/000/00004 Petro Plus / Dragon LNG 177.2 EMP/086/00003 Thornton Industrial Estate 22.07 EMP/146/00001 Waterston Industrial Estate 9.48 EMP/095/00001 Pembroke Power Station site 195.1 EMP/096/00005 Kingswood, Pembroke Dock 8.39 EMP/096/00006 Waterloo, Pembroke Dock 19.67 EMP/000/00002 Valero Reﬁnery, Rhoscrowther 215.3 EMP/034/00006 Celtic Link Business Park, Scleddau 13.47 S/EMP/136/00001 Trecwn 21.11

6.161 The sites proposed in this identiﬁed a potential site for the policy respond to the identiﬁed new facility within the National requirements131 for new Park and intends to submit a facilities for waste management planning application to the and treatment over the Plan National Park Authority in the period. near future. If the application is unsuccessful, the search for a 6.162 The Civic Amenity site at the site will continue. If such a site Salterns, Tenby, is constrained is found in the Council’s by size. It serves communities planning area, any related within and outside the planning application would be Pembrokeshire Coast National considered through policy Park. A new site to serve South GN.41 Waste Minimisation, re- East Pembrokeshire is required use, recovery, composting and and this could be located either treatment, any other relevant within or outside the National LDP policies and national and Park. The Council has regional guidance.

131 ibid

131 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 6 6.163 At Winsel, there is an identiﬁed sites listed in this policy is need and potential for the site expected to be sufﬁcient to to expand onto adjoining land, meet needs within the Plan subject to improvements to the period. local highway network.

– 6.164 In accordance with the

General Policies Regional Waste Plan a choice of locations and sites for new in-building facilities for handling and treatment of waste and for new open-air waste handling and treatment facilities is provided. These facilities will normally be provided on appropriate B2 employment sites and major industrial sites, some of which are brownﬁeld and / or related to ports. The B2 sites listed in this policy have been identiﬁed in accordance with the approach set out in the Regional Waste Plan, paragraph 10.2.2. The sites listed as having potential to accept new in-building facilities for handling and treatment of waste will contribute to the provision of waste management facilities rather than being given over entirely to such uses. The intention of listing them in the policy is to direct development interest to potentially appropriate sites.

6.165 The Regional Waste Plan provides maps showing areas of search for new sites for in- building and open-air waste facilities, should the identified sites fail to provide sufficient land to meet requirements. However, the combination of existing waste facilities (as identified in the Waste Planning Background Paper) and the

132 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 6 GN.41 Waste Minimisation, Re- In all cases; use, Recovery, Composting and 3. There is an identiﬁed national, Treatment regional or local need for the Proposals for the development of facility; waste minimisation, re-use, 4. All waste arisings from the new recovery, composting and facility have been considered – treatment facilities, including and mitigated; and General Policies waste transfer stations and 5. The co-location of the new ‘energy from waste’ facilities, will facilities with potential energy be permitted where: users has been considered and 1. The site is located at an incorporated where possible. existing waste management In addition, for the development site or at a unit / on a site of specialist facilities to process allocated or protected for B2 or dispose of hazardous waste: uses or if appropriate, at the type of site otherwise indicated 6. It must be demonstrated that by Welsh Government no signiﬁcant adverse impacts Technical Advice Note 21 (TAN will be caused to the health and 21) Waste, paragraph C36: or safety of the public, the economy or the environment. 2. The site can be readily accessed from A or B class roads where transport by road is the only available option; and

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Chapter 6 6.166 Recovery and re-use facilities, the Welsh Government for including waste transfer regional partnership work, stations, serve similar purposes which would potentially include to Civic Amenity sites, but may waste facilities shared by more also handle industrial and than one local authority. commercial wastes, scrap – metal collection and 6.168 Large anaerobic digesters to

General Policies processing but not incineration. deal with regional demands are Advances in technology and suitable for location on existing the introduction of new and proposed Use Class B2 legislation, policies and employment sites and on sites practices mean that many close to major commercial modern waste management / energy users that can make resource recovery facilities use of the products of the appear no different externally to facility. Smaller-scale facilities any other industrial processes. (those of less than 0.25 Internally, industrial hectares) are generally co- demanufacturing processes or located with Waste Water energy generating activities are Treatment Works or on working no different to many other farms and are sometimes modern industrial processes in referred to as ‘modular terms of their operation or facilities’. While these generally impact. process sewage or slurry, they may also take some food 6.167 If waste minimisation, re-use, waste to make them viable. recovery and composting are Some sites may require not, in combination, sufficient adjacent open land for windrow to meet the Welsh composting of the product Government’s targets, there will material. be a need for further waste treatment facilities to minimise 6.169 Composting is a sustainable the amount of waste going to process and treatment for landfill or landraise, thereby green waste. The product must helping to meet the be of sufficient quality to allow requirements of the Regional a beneficial after-use and this Waste Plan in relation to may require use of associated residual waste and the Welsh, processes such as shredding. European and UK legislation that it responds to. There will 6.170 Windrow composting, which be a regional element to takes place on open land, is provision of such facilities. most suitable in rural locations There is also a regional element and sometimes takes place as to provision of Anaerobic an element of farm Digesters, whose use can diversification. contribute to reduction in residual waste going to landfill / landraise. Furthermore, there is now a greater expectation from

134 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 6 6.171 Generation of energy from GN.42 Disposal of Waste on Land waste is an alternative to landfilling and landraising. Proposals for the deposit of waste Energy from Waste facilities will on land will be permitted where in most cases be located close the following criteria are met: to a facility that can use the energy produced. That usually 1. The proposal represents the – only practicable solution, having means a major industrial General Policies installation or industrial estate regard to the waste hierarchy, to with multiple businesses. an identified national, regional or local need; 6.172 The management of hazardous 2. Adequate measures waste at source is often more (operational and aftercare) are acceptable than transporting it proposed to deal with any to a more distant site within or leachate or landfill gas that might outside the Plan area. Within arise from the proposal; the Plan area, much of the 3. A post operational landform hazardous and special waste is compatible with the adjoining generated by (and often dealt topography is achievable; and with within or adjacent to) major industry sites adjoining Milford 4. Provision is made for Haven Waterway. Some such landscaping, progressive wastes are also generated from restoration, appropriate beneficial marine activities. after use(s), restoration, and post closure management of the site.

6.173 This policy is needed to ensure that sufﬁcient, appropriate land can be made available for waste / inert waste, which cannot be dealt with by any other means and to secure stringent safeguards that will apply during operations and following closure. Applicants will also require an Environmental Permit from the Environment Agency Wales.

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136 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Chapter 7: Achieving the Vision: Implementation Chapter 7 and Monitoring

Introduction 7.3 The County Council is committed to demonstrating 7.1 This section explains how the progress with Plan delivery. –

Plan will be delivered, what Figure 2, Chapter 2 sets out Implementation and Monitoring ‘success’ will look like, how the relationship between progress will be assessed and issues, objectives, policies and what measures the Council will monitoring to facilitate effective use to determine whether a full and efficient monitoring of the or partial review of the Plan is strategy and policies of the necessary. Plan in directing the right scale and type of development to the 7.2 The statutory Development right locations. A full review of Plan provides a framework for the Plan will be initiated 4 years rational and consistent after adoption. Where decision making. Public monitoring demonstrates that engagement in preparation of objectives have ceased to be this Plan has enabled the relevant or are not being met whole community – the Council will review businesses, organisations and individual policies, the strategic the general public to be fully approach or the whole Plan. As involved in shaping planning part of any review, policies for the Plan area. The consideration will be given to LDP process places emphasis whether the Plan’s policies and on objectives and policies that the underpinning objectives are deliverable and on regular, remain capable of being consistent monitoring to record achieved and whether they progress. Monitoring and remain sufficiently resilient to review of the Plan and perform throughout periods of preparation and publication of economic and social annual monitoring reports are fluctuations. statutory requirements. 7.4 The influence of the wider international, national and regional economy, including the public sector, on delivery of Plan objectives, strategy and policies will be considered in the evaluation of Plan delivery.

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Chapter 7 7.5 In broad terms ‘success’ in Implementation Plan delivery will result in: • More balanced delivery of 7.6 The County Council will have a urban and rural direct development role, in development; some aspects of Plan • General improvement in implementation, where it has – design and sustainability; statutory responsibilities or

Implementation and Monitoring • Improved resilience of new permissive powers to provide a development to climate service (such as in its role as change impacts such as Local Highway Authority, Local extreme weather events Education Authority and Lead and flooding; Local Flood Authority). • Continuing protection and However, the vast majority of enhancement of biodiversity new development proposals, and landscape including employment and • Growth in the provision of housing schemes, will be affordable and general delivered by the private sector, market housing; as will many other types of new • Improved choice of tenure; development. The third • A more resilient economic (voluntary) and various other base, with public sector organisations — Delivery of key strategic may have a role to play in sites relation to delivery of some — Take up of opportunities specific types of new for farm diversification, development. and farm based affordable housing 7.7 The provision of adequate and through national policy efficient infrastructure, including to promote farm utilities such as water supply, management sewers, waste management succession; (including waste water — Improved vitality of the treatment), electricity, gas, Hub Towns through telecommunications and complementary community facilities, is crucial development, for sustainable economic regeneration and growth in Pembrokeshire. New revitalised, locally development will place distinctive town centres additional pressure on with a good proportion infrastructure, both strategically of independent traders and at specific sites. and a reduction in vacancy rates of prime retail areas; and — Delivery of community facilities.

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7.8 In some cases the 7.10 Supplementary Planning Chapter 7 infrastructure required for the Guidance on Development new development identiﬁed in Sites will provide more detailed this Plan will be programmed information on infrastructure by service providers and utility requirements to support the companies, working alongside Plan. private sector developers. –

Where required infrastructure Implementation and Monitoring improvements are not Monitoring programmed within the development timescale 7.11 This section outlines the envisaged by a developer, monitoring framework that will infrastructure provision directly enable the Council to review associated with the the effectiveness of the Plan. development will be an The framework identifies the essential requirement to enable core policies to be monitored development to proceed. In together with a suite of these circumstances, indicators and targets and the prospective developers will data sources that will be used need to provide the to measure progress over time infrastructure required (or a (this is presented in the table in financial contribution towards Appendix 4). the cost in the case of off-site works) to allow development to 7.12 As part of the monitoring go ahead and must therefore framework the Council will factor the necessary costs into prepare and publish an Annual their development finance at an Monitoring Report (AMR) with early stage. Where appropriate stakeholder unprogrammed improvements involvement. The AMR is the to drainage systems are main mechanism for assessing required to allow development the relevance and success of to go ahead, these must be to this Plan and identifying any an adoptable standard. necessary changes. It is intended to improve the 7.9 More stringent requirements for transparency of the planning infrastructure and public sector process and to inform elected restraint on investment in the members, the community, provision of new infrastructure business and environmental and buildings may impact on organisations of development progress during the early years Plan issues facing the area. of the Plan. However, funding Through the AMR the Council sources such as the will report on the Plan context Convergence Programme may and the data collected as part provide resources to enable of the monitoring and evaluate delivery of proposals, the effectiveness of the Plan. particularly those relating to Each report will draw on economic development. contextual information

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Chapter 7 including, where appropriate, approaches may be more monitoring outcomes of the appropriate. These could Wales Spatial Plan 2008 and include the following: the Pembrokeshire Community • Citizens’ surveys; Plan 2010. • Meetings with key stakeholders and the Area – 7.13 The Annual Monitoring Reports Liaison Forums;

Implementation and Monitoring will be published on the County • Discussions with topic or Council’s web-site and area specialists; and submitted to the Welsh • Analysis of planning Government each year, starting application records, in the year following adoption including approvals, of the LDP. refusals, appeal decisions and departures. 7.14 The Welsh Government132 recognises that it is unrealistic 7.16 Where development is phased, for all policies to be monitored for example to allow for the as this would lead to an provision of essential unnecessarily large and infrastructure, this is built into complicated document. The the expectation of what might AMR will focus on the be delivered at different dates consistent monitoring of key (this is particularly relevant to policy outcomes, using a housing delivery). standard set of tests and monitoring requirements to 7.17 Key questions for the AMR to allow trend based evaluation, consider will include:- with other aspects of policy • What new issues have reported on less frequently. occurred in the area or in Where a failure to meet a target local/national policy (key is critical to the success or recent changes, future failure of the Plan, triggers for prospects)? further action by the County • What are the underlying Council are included. Other causal factors of these new public sector organisations, issues (for instance new statutory undertakers and the structural social, economic private sector, whose activities and demographic forces inﬂuence the deliverability of that will impinge on the the Plan will be identiﬁed within area)? the AMR. • How relevant, appropriate and up-to-date is the LDP 7.15 Some elements of the Plan will strategy and its policies and be monitored through regular targets? survey work, examples being • What sites have been housing and employment developed in relation to the development and changes to Plan’s expectations on town centre areas. In other location and timing? instances, alternative

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• What has been the and improved ICT Chapter 7 effectiveness of policies connectivity (outcome 5); (and associated SPG), in • Ensure that town and local dealing with applications, centre vibrancy and and where appropriate diversity are maintained and leading to applications for that Haverfordwest’s role as better schemes, and in a sub-regional centre is –

discouraging inappropriate strengthened (outcome 6); Implementation and Monitoring applications? • Provide a range of holiday • What has been the accommodation and effectiveness of policies attractions available to meet (and associated SPG), in the different needs of dealing with appeals? visitors (outcome 7); • Have the policies had any • Ensure new employment unforeseen side effects? and mixed-use sites for live- work units are provided in 7.18 The key monitoring outcomes both urban and rural areas shown in Figure 2 of this Plan and existing sites are indicate those elements of the safeguarded (outcome 8); Plan that will attract most • Ensure a range of attention during annual employment opportunities monitoring. In summary, these exist in urban and rural are to: areas (outcome 9); • Ensure that development • Ensure that development takes place in accord with which would undermine the the strategy of the LDP safeguarded minerals (outcome 1); resource is not permitted • Ensure that no additional (outcome 10); ﬂood risk arises from • Ensure that 5,724 new development (outcome 2); dwellings are provided to • Ensure that development is deliver 4,274 market delivered in line with the dwellings and 1,450 settlement hierarchy affordable dwellings (outcome 3); (outcome 11); • Provide and secure take-up • Ensure development is of new employment land for sensitive to the needs of port and energy/renewable language sensitive energy related sectors communities in scale and (outcome 4); nature (outcome 12); • Monitor levels of new • Protect existing community infrastructure provided over facilities and enhance the course of the Plan and provision (outcome 13); progress with the • Maintain landscape quality, prioritisation/funding and diversity and distinctiveness development of key (outcome 14); strategic transport schemes

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Chapter 7 • Ensure development does • Alterations in the form of a not compromise the partial rolling forward of the favourable conservation LDP, where some forecasts status of species and and assumptions have habitats of European changed, where some signiﬁcance (outcome 15); policy needs to be changed – • Provide waste facilities to or where some additional

Implementation and Monitoring meet the County’s policies needs to be added requirements (outcome 16); to deal with areas of • Ensure a flourishing historic significant change or and built environment conservation or with some (outcome 17); unforeseen events. • Achieve high quality sustainable design 7.21 A review of the LDP in advance (outcome 18). of the formal 4-year review will only take place in exceptional circumstances. The Plan Review assessment of the Plan’s success or otherwise as a 7.19 Monitoring results will feed into strategic plan is wide ranging the review and adjustment of and circumstances will change the LDP and SPG. Irrespective over the Plan period. As such, of the outcomes presented in it is considered inappropriate to any particular Annual use performance against Monitoring Report, the County individual targets and the Council will be expected to results of individual Indicators review the LDP every four to automatically trigger a Plan years following first and review. subsequent adoption dates, to ensure that the Plan remains 7.22 The Monitoring Framework for relevant and effective. the LDP will not generally identify specific triggers for 7.20 A review could take the form review as in many instances of: other less severe responses will • A replacement of the LDP, be more appropriate, such as i.e. a complete new Plan further research or preparation where the existing Plan is of Supplementary Planning found to be substantially Guidance. A judgment will be out of date and the scale of made on the need for a full or necessary alterations is partial review based on the fundamental; or

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consideration of the following Chapter 7 factors and drawing on stakeholder engagement: • A signiﬁcant change in external conditions; • A signiﬁcant change in national policy or legislation; –

• A significant change in local Implementation and Monitoring context e.g. closure of a significant employment site that undermines the local economy or the cumulative effect of a series of closures; • A significant change in development pressures or needs and investment strategies of major public and private investors; and • Significant concerns from the findings of the AMR in terms of policy effectiveness, site delivery, progress rates, and any problems with implementation.

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144 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms

Accessibility The ease with which a facility or area can be reached by any person wishing to do so and/or by mobile services. Affordable Housing Housing with mechanisms in place to ensure that it is financially accessible to those who cannot afford market housing. Affordable housing should be affordable on first occupation and for all subsequent occupiers. Affordable housing may be made available for rent or for purchase at a cost below the market value. Affordable Housing Small scale housing site, within or adjoining existing Exception Site settlements for the provision of affordable housing to meet local needs, which would not otherwise be allocated in the development plan. Agricultural Development on working farms involving a change of use Diversification of land, or buildings, or new development not falling within the definition of agriculture. Allocation Land that has been proposed for a particular use, identified on the Proposals Map of the LDP. Ancillary Uses of land or buildings which technically differ from the main (or primary) use, but which are of lesser importance and are permitted by reason of their association with this primary use. Annual Monitoring A report that assesses the extent to which policies in the Report (AMR) LDP are being successfully implemented and is published annually. Baseline A description of the present state of an area against which to measure subsequent change. Best and most Land of grades 1, 2 and 3a of the Department for versatile agricultural Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) Agricultural land Land Classification (ALC) is the best and most versatile, and should be conserved as a finite resource for the future. In development plan policies and development control decisions considerable weight should be given to protecting such land from development, because of its special importance. (Paragraph 4.10 Planning Policy Wales Edition 5, November 2012). Biodiversity The richness and variety of living things (plants, birds, animals, fish and insects etc.) which exist in a given area, and the habitats which support them. Brownfield Land which is, or was, previously occupied by a Land/Sites permanent structure (excluding agriculture or forestry buildings) and associated fixed surface infrastructure. This includes the curtilage of development, defence buildings and land used for mineral extraction and waste disposal where provision for restoration has not been made. See also Figure 4.3 Definition of Previously Developed Land in Planning Policy Wales (Edition 5, November 2012).

145 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms Building Research The national environmental building standard that rates Establishment the environmental sustainability of major non-residential Environmental development. The BREEAM environmental assessment Assessment Method aims to minimize environmental impact by ensuring (BREEAM) sustainability best practices are in place while also lowering organisations' costs through energy efficiency. Code for A national standard for sustainable design and Sustainable Homes construction of new homes used by home designers and builders as a guide to development, and by home-buyers to assist in their choice of home. The Code measures the sustainability performance of a home against nine design categories, rating it from one to six stars. The results of the Code assessment are recorded in a certificate assigned to the dwelling. Communications Items of fixed technical equipment which enable people to Infrastructure contact one another. Community People living in a defined geographical area, or who share common interests. Community Facilities Facilities, usually located within a village or town, which are regularly used by the local community. These can include: shops, public houses, petrol filling stations, doctor's surgeries and other health care facilities, schools, village/community halls, religious buildings, sports halls, leisure centres, cinemas and theatres, community education facilities and small scale community recycling points. Community Part of the Delivery Agreement outlining the Council’s Involvement Scheme scheme for engaging with those people who have an (CIS) interest in the preparation of the LDP, including businesses. Connectivity The ease of movement between an origin and a destination. Consultation A process in which comments are invited on a topic or set of topics, or draft document. Council Pembrokeshire County Council. Conservation Areas Areas of special architectural or historic importance, the character or appearance of which it is desirable to preserve or enhance.

146 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms Cultural Heritage This encompasses the historic environment, cultural legacy and linguistic heritage. The historic environment includes archaeology, ancient monuments, listed buildings, conservation areas, historic parks, gardens and landscapes and the broad social history that has helped to shape local distinctiveness. Linguistic heritage includes the Welsh language and different dialects, recognising that the linguistic heritage of Pembrokeshire includes both Welsh and English languages, with the Landsker line representing the broad divide between these two traditions. Together the historic, cultural and linguistic heritage form cultural heritage which contributes towards a sense of cultural identity. Cultural Identity This refers to the heritage, customs, practices, languages, values and world views that define an area. Delivery Agreement A document comprising the LPA’s project plan and timetable for the preparation of the LDP and Community Involvement Scheme agreed between the County Council and the Welsh Assembly. Deposit Plan A formal stage in the LDP process at which individuals and organisations may make representations on the policies and proposals of a draft plan. Design & Access A design and access statement (DAS) is required by Statement (DAS) legislation to accompany all planning applications (with exceptions). A DAS communicates how the application proposal accounts for the objectives of good design and responds to access issues. Thus, where a DAS is required, it is a material consideration that the decision maker must have regard to when considering the application. Development In planning law this is defined as ‘carrying out of building, engineering, mining or other operations in, on, over or under land.’ (Section 55 of the 1990 Planning Act as amended). Employment Land used for employment purposes, either for single Land/Sites occupancy businesses or as part of an industrial estate or business park, occupied by one or more of the following: offices, manufacturing, research and development, storage and distribution. Engagement A process which encourages substantive deliberation within a community. Proactive involvement of any given group of people/section of the community. Evidence Base Baseline information, including research documents, data surveys and interpretation used to inform Local Development Plan preparation.

147 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms Green Infrastructure A network of multifunctional green spaces and inter- connecting links which is designed, developed and managed to meet the environmental, social and economic needs of communities. It is part of, and contributes to, a high quality natural and built environment that enhances the quality of life for present and future residents and visitors. Greenfield Land which has never been built on, usually grassland, Land/Sites farmland or heath. Gypsy Travellers Persons of nomadic habit of life whatever their race or origin, including such persons who on grounds only of their own or their family's or dependants' educational or health needs or old age have ceased to travel temporarily or permanently, but excluding members of an organised group of travelling show people or circus people travelling together as such. (Source: WAG Circular 30/2007 ‘Planning for Gypsy and Traveller Caravan Sites’). Habitats Regulations HRA is required under the European Directive 92/43/EEC Appraisal (HRA) and is the assessment of the impacts of implementing a plan or project on a Natura 2000 Site. Its purpose is to consider the impacts of a land use plan against conservation objectives of the site and to ascertain whether it would adversely affect the integrity of the site. Where significant negative effects are identified, alternative options should be examined to avoid any potential damaging effects. Appropriate Assessment (AA) is one part of the HRA process. It is only required where the plan-making body determines that the plan is likely to have a significant effect on European Designated sites, either alone or in combination with other plans or projects. It considers whether the impacts of a plan or project assessed against the conservation objectives of a European Site, are likely to cause adverse effects on site integrity and site features. Hub This is a Wales Spatial Plan term used to describe strategic areas that perform an important regional role and should therefore be an important focus for future investment. Hub Towns within the Plan area include: Haverfordwest, Pembroke Dock, Pembroke, Milford Haven and Neyland (the Haven Hub) and Fishguard and Goodwick (North Pembrokeshire Hub). Hinterland Area of land lying beyond a town but physically and/or functionally related to it. Implementation To put a plan or system into operation. Indicator A measure of variables over time used to assess progress in the achievement of objectives, targets and policies.

148 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms Infrastructure Infrastructure encompases power supplies, water supply, means of sewage disposal, means of surface water disposal, roads and other transportation networks, telecommunications, shopping and other facilities that are required as a framework for development. Initial SA report A version of the Sustainability Appraisal report, produced at Preferred Strategy stage. Inspector The person from the Planning Inspectorate appointed by the Welsh Government to conduct an independent examination of the Deposit LDP and associated documents. Involvement Generic term to include both participation and consultation. Leisure Routes Paths and routes for recreational movement by non- motorised means, including cycle paths and Public Rights of Way (for instance footpaths and bridleways), waterways and rivers. Lifetime Homes Criteria developed by a group convened by the Joseph Standards Rowntree Foundation in 1991 to help house builders produce new homes ﬂexible enough to deal with changes in life situations of occupants e.g. caring for young children, temporary injuries, declining mobility with age. Live-work Unit This is a building which is primarily designed for employment purposes but which includes ancillary residential space. Live-work units allow people to work from home and are therefore often considered a sustainable form of development. Local Development The Statutory Development Plan for each LPA area in Plan (LDP) Wales, as required under Part 6 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. Local Nature Reserve An area designated for its local importance in terms of (LNR) nature conservation. Local Village These are villages with lower service levels than Service Villages. Local Planning A planning authority responsible for the preparation of the Authority (LPA) LDP. Major Development Development of 10 or more residential units or commercial developments with a ﬂoorspace over 1000 m2 Mixed use Developments comprising more than one land use type developments within a single site. Mixed-use live-work Individual buildings within which more than one land use units type exists, usually a mix of employment and housing uses. Monitoring The use of evidence gathered to assess the progress made in implementing the LDP policies. See Annual Monitoring Report.

149 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms National Assembly The body in Wales that debates and approves legislation for Wales and holds the Welsh Government to account. National Nature An area designated for its national importance in terms of Reserve (NNR) nature conservation, and managed in accordance with a nature reserve agreement with landowners and occupiers. Natural Environment Includes ecosystems, flora, fauna, biodiversity, watercourses, landscape, geodiversity but excluding buildings and man made infrastructure. Natural Heritage This is the historic legacy of natural environment including places, objects and intangible attributes encompassing the countryside and natural environment (species and habitats). Participation Interaction of stakeholders and the community with plan makers. Primary Frontage Streets or groups of buildings within town centres where there is currently a high concentration of A1 uses. Public Realm Public Realm relates to all those parts of the built environment where the public has free access. It encompasses: all streets, squares, and other rights of way, whether predominantly in residential, commercial or community/civic uses; the open spaces and parks; and the ‘public/private’ spaces where public access is unrestricted (at least during daylight hours). It includes the interfaces with key internal and private spaces to which the public normally has free access. Outcrop The surface expression of a mineral resource. Outdoor recreation Outdoor recreation areas include spaces such as playing areas fields, playgrounds and parks, and leisure routes (as defined above).They have important social and environmental functions and they are protected from inappropriate development. Rural Development Generally this denotes the actions and initiatives taken to improve the prosperity and quality of non-urban areas: socially, economically and environmentally. Rural Economy A collective of businesses and enterprises based in rural areas that sustain a living, working countryside. Scoping The process of deciding the scope and level of detail of a Sustainability Appraisal, including the sustainability effects and options which need to be considered, the assessment methods to be used and structure and contents of the SA report. Secondary Frontage Streets or groups of buildings within town centres where a broad mix of uses takes place. Service Infrastructure Basic services necessary for development to take place, for example, roads, electricity, sewerage, water, waste water treatment facility, education and health facilities. Service Centre A settlement with an excellent range of services and a variety of shops (See also Settlement Hierarchy).

150 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms Service Villages A settlement with a good range of services supporting wider than the immediate community (See also Settlement Hierarchy). Settlement A group of dwellings which form a village or hamlet where there is a physical cohesion of dwellings. Settlement Boundary Settlement Boundaries identify the physical limits of the existing built up area and also embrace edge of settlement land which is allocated or permitted for development of a built up nature and which would, once completed, form a cohesive part of the settlement fabric. Settlement Hierarchy Plan settlements arranged into a hierarchy, used to determine the appropriate scale of development. For the LDP the hierarchy has been defined on the basis of the number and variety of facilities and services within settlements using the Wales Spatial Plan and results from the Council’s Rural Facilities Survey. Services were divided into three categories, with a weighted score reflecting the importance of the facility in contributing towards sustainable settlements: Top level services – Local shop (5 points), Post Office (3 points), primary school (3 points). Prime Services, each worth 2 points – Community hall / centre, GP surgery, pharmacy, public house, frequent bus service, daily train service, children’s play or sports area. Additional services, each worth 1 point – Place of Worship, crèche / playgroup, irregular public transport, recycling facility, village green / common land, permanent library, connection to a mains sewerage system and spare mains sewerage capacity (where known). Settlement Hierarchy Towns: the five main settlements of the Haven Hub Classification (Haverfordwest, Milford Haven, Neyland, Pembroke Dock and Pembroke), the two settlements of the North Pembrokeshire Hub (Fishguard & Goodwick) and the Rural Town of Narberth. Service Centres: These settlements have a weighted score of 27 or more, as well as a range of shops. The four service centres are Crymych. Johnston, Kilgetty and Letterston. Service Villages: These settlements scored 12 or more, indicating a good range of services. There are 45 villages in this category. Local Villages: Local Villages scored fewer than 12 points in the Rural Facilities survey but have suitable and appropriate spaces for modest levels of new residential development. There are 86 Local Villages. Villages in this category are further sub-divided into Large Local Villages and Small Local Villages. Every other area of the plan area is defined as being part of the countryside.

151 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms Significant effect This term is set in the context of the Plan. The SEA Directive identifies criteria for determining the likely significance of effects on the environment. In terms of HRA, this is a likely significant effect on a habitat or species designated as of European significance and referred to as a Natura 2000 (N2K) site. Site of Special A national site designated for its special scientific interest Scientific Interest in terms of its flora, fauna, or geological or physiographical (SSSI) features. Social Housing Social Housing Grant (SHG) is a grant given to Registered Grant Social Landlords by the Welsh Government to fund housing schemes that provide affordable homes. Soundness The soundness of the Plan refers to whether the Plan shows good judgement and can be relied upon. The tests of soundness are defined tests of procedure, consistency, coherence and effectiveness against which the LDP is examined by an Independent Planning Inspector. Special Area of Designated under the European Directive on the Conservation (SAC) Conservation of Natural Habitats and Wild Flora and Fauna for the conservation of sites of international conservation importance. Special Protection Designated under the European Directive on the Area (SPA) Conservation of Wild Birds, for the protection of wild birds and their habitats. Stakeholder An individual, group or organisation with an interest in the content of the LDP. Strategic Generic term used to describe environmental assessment Environmental as applied to policies, plans and programmes. The SEA Assessment (SEA) regulations require a formal “environmental assessment of certain plans and programmes, including those in the field of planning and land use.” Sustainable Drainage SuDS are designed to reduce the potential of flooding on Systems (SuDS) new and existing developments. Unlike traditional storm water drainage systems, they also help to protect and enhance ground water quality. Supplementary Additional guidance or information in respect of the Planning Guidance policies in a Development Plan, explaining how policies (SPG) will be put into practice. SPG does not form part of the Development Plan and is not subject to independent examination but must be derived from its policies and proposals, be consistent with it and with national planning policy and be subject to an appropriate public consultation process. Sustainability Legal requirement for appraising plans, including LDPs, to Appraisal (SA) ensure they contribute towards sustainable development. It fully incorporates the requirements of the SEA Directive.

152 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms Sustainable The goal of sustainable development is to “enable all Development people throughout the world to satisfy their basic needs and enjoy a better quality of life without compromising the quality of life of future generations” (UK’s shared framework for sustainable development). In the context of Wales (WAG Sustainable Development Scheme, November 2008), sustainable development means enhancing the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of people and communities, achieving a better quality of life for our own and future generations. This must be done in ways which promote social justice and equality of opportunity, and which enhance the natural and cultural environment and respect its limits - using only our fair share of the earth’s resources and sustaining our cultural legacy. Sustainable development is part of the process by which we reach the goal of sustainability. Technical Advice Documents produced by the Welsh Government giving Notes (TAN) detailed technical guidance to Local Planning Authorities on particular planning issues. TANs should be read in conjunction with Planning Policy Wales and taken into account by Local Planning Authorities in the preparation of development plans. They may also be material planning considerations in the determination of individual planning applications. See list below: TAN 1: Joint Housing Land Availability Studies- 2006 TAN 2: Planning & Affordable Housing- 2006 TAN 3: Simpliﬁed Planning Zones- 1996 TAN 4: Retailing & Town Centres- 1996 TAN 5: Nature Conservation & Planning- 2009 TAN 6: Planning for Sustainable Rural Communities- 2010 TAN 7: Outdoor Advertisement Control- 1996 TAN 8: Renewable Energy- 2005 TAN 9: Enforcement of Planning Control- 1997 TAN 10: Tree Preservation Orders- 1997 TAN 11: Noise- 2007 TAN 12: Design- 2009 TAN 13: Tourism- 1997 TAN 14: Coastal Planning- 1998 TAN 15: Development & Flood Risk- 2004 TAN 16: Sport, Recreation & Open Space- 2009 TAN 18: Transport- 2007 TAN 19: Telecommunications- 2002 TAN 20: The Welsh Language- Unitary Development Plans & Planning Control- 2000 TAN 21: Waste- 2001 TAN 22: Sustainable Buildings- 2010

153 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms The Act The Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004. Use Classes Class A of the Use Classes Order (1987, as amended) includes the following types of premises: A1: Shops – for example: retail warehouses, hairdressers, undertakers, travel and ticket agencies, post offices, dry cleaners, sandwich shops etc. A2: Financial and professional services - banks, building societies, estate and employment agencies, betting offices. A3: Food and drink - restaurants, public houses, snack bars, cafés, wine bars, shops for the sale of hot food. Class B of the Use Classes Order (1987, as amended) includes the following types of premises: B1: Offices (not those within Use Class A2), research and development, studios, laboratories, high tech. B2: General industrial B8: Storage (excluding nuclear uses) and distribution. Class C of the Use Classes Order (1987, as amended) includes the following types of premises: C1: Hotels, boarding and guest houses C2: Residential schools and colleges, hospitals and convalescent/nursing homes C3: Dwellings, small businesses at home, communal housing of elderly and handicapped. Class D of the Use Classes Order (1987, as amended) includes the following types of premises: D1: Places of worship, church halls, clinics, health centres, crèches, day nurseries, consulting rooms, museums, public halls, libraries, art galleries, exhibition halls, non residential education and training centres D2: Cinemas, music and concert halls, dance, sports halls, swimming baths, skating rinks, gymnasiums, other indoor and outdoor sports and leisure uses, bingo halls, casinos. Sui Generis: Many uses do not fall within any Use Class and are therefore described as Sui generis – a class on their own. For example, theatres, amusement centres, car show rooms, petrol filling stations and car hire offices are among uses which are specifically excluded from any of the defined Classes. Wales Spatial Plan A plan prepared and approved by the Welsh Assembly (WSP) Government which sets out a strategic framework to guide future development and policy interventions and includes a locational element. Welsh Government The elected body in Wales that develops and implements (WG) policy via the Civil Service and a range of sponsored bodies.

154 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 1: Glossary of Terms Well-related Well-related means well related to the built form of a settlement in terms of proximity, physical connectivity and visual relationship. Windfall Site A site for new development which is unallocated but has the potential to come forward for development during the Plan period. Windrow Windrow composting is used for processing garden Composting waste, such as grass cuttings, pruning and leaves in either an open air environment or within large covered areas where the material can break down.

155 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 2: Current Mineral Working Appendix 2: Current Mineral Working

Mineral resources are currently used at the following locations in the Plan area:

Reference Name number Resource Situation Blaencilgoed / Gellihalog M1 Limestone Active

Bolton Hill M2 Igneous Active

Slade Hall Farm M3 Mudstone Active

Glogue M4 Slate Active

Cotts Lane M5 Shale Active

Penlan M6 Shale Active

Cefn M7 Slate Active

Plascwrt M8 Sandstone Active

Pope Hill M9 Shale Active

Tangiers Farm M10 Shale Active Planning permission Cronllwyn M11 Slate waste granted and working recently commenced Treffgarne M12 Igneous Dormant Gilfach for owners’ personal M13 Slate Small-scale working use Yetwen M14 Sandstone Dormant Planning permission M15 Treﬁgin133 (the part of the site M15 Sand and gravel granted, but working not outside the National Park) commenced

A borrow pit has recently been consented at Keeston Hill and will result in working of shale for a year, to supply ﬁll material for a local housing site.

Additionally, there is a wharf for landing of marine-won sand and gravel at Pembroke Dock.

133 The part of the Treﬁgin site outside the National Park may be surrendered by section 106 agreement if planning permission is granted for an extension within the National Park boundary

156 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 3: Housing Requirement and Supply, Appendix 3: Housing Requirement and Supply 2011 – 2021

Table 1: Housing Requirement 2011-2021 Housing Requirement 2011-2021 Total Projected additional households in the Plan area, 2011-2021 4,900 Additional households in the Plan area 2006-2011 3,400 Less housing completions 2006-2011 -3,000 Total 5,300 Plus multiplier for dwellings (X 1.08) 424 Total PCC Housing Requirement 2011-2021 5724

Table 2: Housing Supply 2011-2021

Urban Urban Rural Rural Ref Projected Housing Supply 2011-2021 total % total % Housing Commitments Ai 3944 1983 50.3 1961 49.7 (Permissions @ 10th March 2010) Aii Expected contribution from housing commitments 2760 1388 50.3 1372 49.7

B Permissions on allocated sites 701 546 77.9 155 22.1

C Permitted dwellings not on allocated sites (Aii-B) 2059 842 40.9 1217 59.1

D Dwellings on LDP allocations 4556 3067 67.3 1489 32.7

Dwellings on allocated sites with anticipated E 489 411 84.0 78 16.0 delivery beyond Plan period Dwellings commenced on F 102 102 100.0 0 0.0 former Deposit Allocations

G Potential Windfall capacity 1030 514 49.9 516 50.1

H Windfall dwellings at 40% capacity (Row G) 412 205.6 49.9 206.4 50.1

I Dwellings in Local Villages 50 0 0.0 50 100.0

J Dwellings in the Countryside 150 0 0.0 150 100.0

Total Housing Supply K 7329 4217 57.5 3112.4 42.5 (C+D+F+H+I+J)

157 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 4: Affordable Housing Provision Appendix 4: Affordable Housing Provision

The estimated and approximate number of affordable homes to be secured from each source of delivery is:

A Planning Obligations

From Allocations134, including 20% reduction to factor non- i 435 development of sites with permission

ii From Windfall Sites135 41

Total 476

B Registered Social Landlords (RSLs)136

i Pembrokeshire Housing 400

ii Tai Cantref 269

40% reduction to eliminate double counting of allocated sites that iii -268 RSLs will develop (estimate)

Total 401

C Other sources

i Exception Sites (delivered by sources other than RSLs) 10

ii Self-build affordable housing 20

iii Rural Enterprise dwellings 75

Total 105 982 D NET TOTAL (A+B+C) (rounded to 980)

134 To include on-site affordable dwellings and off-site commuted sum contributions 135 Ibid 136 Figures in rows B.i and B.ii are projected and estimated total delivery to 2021 according to RSLs’ business plans and estimates, provided to the Authority in July 2012. Figures include all dwellings, including on allocated sites, windfall sites and exception sites. Row B.iii is an authority-estimate of the number of dwellings the RSLs will develop on allocated sites, which are already counted in row A.i

158 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation Private sector EAW PCC 139 investigation Triggers for further Triggers within 1 year of development in zones C1 and C2 contrary to 15. TAN the provisions of 1. More than 1 approval 1. 138 Policy targets Policy C1 and C2 is in line with the provisions of 15. TAN 1. Development in zones 1. 137 Indicators development (by paragraph 5.1 TAN15 development category) permitted in C1 and C2 floodplain areas and otherwise not meeting all the tests TAN15 (paragraph 6.21 – v).* (Core) Amount of 1. Policies to Policies SP1, GN.1 SP1, achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring place in accord with the strategy of the LDP. additional flood risks arising from development. 1. Development takes 1. 2. No significant 2. Strategic Objective Core Indicators, required by Welsh Government are asterisked. Annual unless otherwise specified. Annual unless otherwise specified. Sources of information and frequency of update: Sources of information and frequency • Swift – monitoring of planning applications. Mitigating and responding to the challenge of change climate (A) 137 138 139 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework

159 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation Private sector Public sector PCC 139 investigation Triggers for further Triggers 50% in Hub Towns over Towns 50% in Hub a period of 3 years. investigation community facilities within any 3 year period. (2017) – a 10% change in number of settlements achieving service village level would require further investigation 1. Permissions less than Permissions 1. Any loss will require 2. Loss of over 3 3. Monitor at Plan Review 4. 138 Policy targets Policy are in the Hub Towns. are in the Hub facilities. within the settlement hierarchy are not signiﬁcantly lower than in the 2008 Rural Survey. Facilities 1. 60% of permissions 1. 0% 2. maintain key To 3. Services in settlements 4. . 137 Indicators proportion of housing planning permissions at different levels of the settlement hierarchy. safeguarded for transport related proposals lost to development. provision of community facilities as a consequence of planning permission (area and type). within rural settlements. 1. Number and 1. Area of land 2. Net change in 3. Level of services 4. Policies to Policies SP3, SP3, SP4, SP10, SP12, GN.7, GN.14, GN.27, GN.33 achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring delivered in line with the settlement hierarchy. 3. Development is 3. Strategic Objective Improving access to goods and services (I)

160 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation 139 investigation Triggers for further Triggers space at a rate of more than 35% below the standard requirement (as set out in SPG) at Plan Review (2017). 5. No trigger identiﬁed. 5. Provision of public open 6. 138 Policy targets Policy be set for LDP monitoring purposes, using the methodology WG set out in Renewable Energy Toolkit. open space at a rate of more than 25% below the standard requirement (as set out in SPG) 5. No target but one may 5. Provision of public 6. 137 Indicators renewable energy developments permitted. space (m2) permitted in relation to overall number of dwellings permitted. (Core) The capacity (mW) of 5. Amount of open 6. Policies to Policies achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring Strategic Objective Sources of information and frequency of update: Sources of information and frequency •• Swift – monitoring of planning applications. Survey undertaken in 2017. New Rural Facilities

161 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation Private sector Public sector PCC Milford Haven Authority Port 139 investigation Triggers for further Triggers permission at Plan Annual Review (2017). narrative to describe progress towards delivery secured for a project by Plan Review (2017). 1. 50% without planning 1. If ﬁnance not been 2. 138 Policy targets Policy period. 1. 100% by end of Plan 1. All delivered by 2021. 2. 137 Indicators granted for employment development on allocated sites within identiﬁed port areas Milford (Blackbridge, Goodwick Haven, former Dewhirst factory site and Goodwick Parrog). delivery of safeguarded transport schemes. 1. Planning permission 1. Progress towards 2. Policies to Policies SP2, SP2, SP3, SP10, GN.3, GN.39 achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring up of employment land is secured for port and energy/ renewable energy related sectors. infrastructure provided over the course of the Plan and progress with the prioritisation/ funding and development of key strategic transport schemes and improved ICT connectivity. 4. Availability and take- 4. 5. Levels of new 5. Strategic Objective Sources of information and frequency of update: Sources of information and frequency • Swift – monitoring of planning applications. Building on the County’s strategic location for energy and port-related development (E)

162 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation Private sector Public sector PCC 139 investigation Triggers for further Triggers applications approved contrary to a single over 4 years. policy schemes not permitted GN.15 or under Policy GN.10. have not gained planning permission by Plan Review (2017). 1. More than 4 planning 1. 90% of target 2. Narrative on any 3. Any allocations which 4. 138 Policy targets Policy exclude schemes exclude which are allocated sites outside town centres). of Plan period. 1. 0 1. 100% (figure to 2. 0% 3. 100% delivered by end 4. 137 Indicators applications approved contrary to policies GN.12, SP 14, SP 4, GN.14. office and retail, leisure development (sq m) permitted in town centres expressed as a percentage of all major development (TAN4)* permitted. retail development permitted outside town centres other than schemes falling GN.15 under Policy Small Scale Retail or GN.10 (farm shop). delivery of Retail allocations. 1. Number of 1. (Core) Amount of major 2. Level of floorspace 3. Progress towards 4. Policies to Policies SP4, SP4, SP5, SP12, SP14, GN.12, GN.13, GN.14 achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring and local centres are vibrant and diverse. role Haverfordwest’s as a sub-regional centre is strengthened. 6. Pembrokeshire’s town Pembrokeshire’s 6. Strategic Objective Supporting the development of the distinctive role of Pembrokeshire’s especially towns, within the Haven Hub (F) And Regenerating town centres (G) And Sustaining and enhancing the rural and urban economy (C)

163 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by PCC Implementation Private sector Public sector 139 investigation Triggers for further Triggers 4 years. higher than national (UK) average. 1. More than 4 approvals in 1. 5. Less than target. 5. levels 5% Vacancy 6. 138 Policy targets Policy approved contrary to policies. linear frontage is A1 linear frontage is within use class primary frontages. higher than the national (UK) average. 1. No applications 1. 5. At least 66% of the 5. levels are no Vacancy 6. 137 Indicators applications approved contrary to policies GN.16 and SP5, GN.18 and GN.17, at GN.19 (including appeal). of A1 uses (unit of numbers and floorspace) in primary retail frontages. floor vacant units in Centre each Town (within identified LDP boundary). 1. Number of 1. 5. Change of presence 5. of ground Percentage 6. Policies to Policies achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring accommodation and attractions are available to meet the different needs of visitors. 7. A range of holiday 7. ••• Annual retail surveys Swift – monitoring of planning applications Annual employment land surveys. •• Swift – monitoring of planning applications. Appeal decisions from the Planning Inspectorate. Strategic Objective Developing quality visitor economy founded on a distinct sense of place and an outstanding natural and built environment (H) Sources of information and frequency of update: Sources of information and frequency Sources of information and frequency of update: Sources of information and frequency

164 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation Private sector Public sector PCC PCNPA, other Local Planning Authorities in SW Wales, Minerals Operators 139 Science and Park Technology (March 2017) (March 2017) Park 2017) investigation Triggers for further Triggers a) Blackbridge (2018) b) Pembrokeshire c) Withybush Business d) (March Trecwn commenced by the following dates: developed by 2017. 1. Less than 45ha 1. 50% below target. 2. 3. Development not 138 Policy targets Policy 2021. employment land permitted. 2021. 1. 100 ha developed by 1. 10% of total 2. 75% delivered by 3. 137 Science and Park Technology Business Park Business Park Indicators land developed for ofﬁces (hectares/sq m) land developed (hectares/sq m). land developed for industry and warehousing (hectares/sq m). a) Blackbridge Pembrokeshire b) c) Withybush Trecwn d) on non-allocated sites (ha/sq m). delivery of strategic employment sites: (Core) New employment 1a. New employment 1b. New employment 1c. Area of land permitted 2. Progress towards 3. Policies to Policies SP2, SP2, SP3, SP5, SP6, SP7, SP15, SP16, GN.23 achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring would undermine the minerals reserve is not permitted. mixed-use sites for live-work units are provided in both urban and rural areas and existing sites are safeguarded. employment opportunities exist in urban and rural areas. 8. New employment and 8. 9. A range of 9. Development which 10. Strategic Objective Sustaining and enhancing the rural and urban economy (C)

165 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation 139 investigation Triggers for further Triggers planning permission by Plan Review (2017). land bank drops to 12 years (hard rock) or 9 years (sand and gravel), to ensure sufﬁcient provision at end of Plan Monitor tonnage period. permitted. 4 years. 4. Sites do not have 4. Further investigation if 5. More than 4 approvals in 6. 138 Policy targets Policy hard rock and sand and gravel landbanks for the duration of the Plan (to 2021) and for 10 years (hard rock) and 7 years (sand gravel) beyond the Plan period. 4. 66% delivered by 2021 4. Maintenance of the 5. 0. 6. 137 Old Hakin Road Yard Arnold’s Hubberston Indicators a) Haverfordwest – b) Johnston – c) Dale Road, delivery of mixed-use sites: land won aggregates permitted in accordance with the Regional Technical Statement for Aggregates expressed as a percentage of the total capacity required as identiﬁed in the Regional Statement Technical (MTAN). applications that would reduce the mineral resource safeguarded by the Plan. 4. Progress towards (Core) 5. The extent of primary 6. Number of Policies to Policies achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring Strategic Objective

166 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation 139 investigation Triggers for further Triggers to update on position. years. 7. No trigger, but narrative No trigger, 7. Supply less than 5.5 1. 10% below target. 2. 138 Policy targets Policy housing land supply. housing land supply. completed dwellings per year over first 4 year period. Average of 640 new completed dwellings per year in remaining years. to resume by 2014 and b) Significant progress towards identification of new mineral reserves in the County Wales and / or SW region demonstrated by 2018. 1. Minimum 5 years 2. Average of 500 new 7. a) Regional discussions 7. 137 Indicators (TAN 1) (TAN completions and commitments. fulfilling the commitment to find alternative locations for minerals production in non- National Park locations within and / Pembrokeshire or elsewhere in SW Wales. (Core) 1. Housing land supply 2. Annual dwelling 7. Progress towards Policies to Policies SP4, SP4, SP5, SP7, SP8, SP9, SP15, GN.27, GN.28, GN.30, GN.32, GN.33, GN.34, GN.35 achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring new dwellings are provided of which a minimum of 980 new affordable homes are provided. sensitive to the needs of language- sensitive communities in scale and nature. 12. Development is 12. 11. An estimated 5700 11. ••• Annual employment land surveys Swift – monitoring of planning applications. Minerals landbank monitoring by the Regional Group (annual with an enhanced survey every 4 years) Strategic Objective Sources of information and frequency of update: Sources of information and frequency Developing vibrant communities providing a range and mix of homes and local services (D) (See also indicators for Sustaining and enhancing the rural and urban economy)

167 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation 139 Haverfordwest – 2017 Haverfordwest – 2020 – March Fishguard 2017 March 2017. investigation Triggers for further Triggers a) Slade Lane South, b) Slade Lane North, c) Maesgwynne, d) Shoals Hook Lane – should be permitted by March 2017. Investigation if permissions on allocated sites are below 60% of total. commenced by the following dates: 3. 3. 30% of allocations 4. Development not 138 Policy targets Policy should be completed As a total of by 2021. all housing development a minimum permitted, of 60% should be on allocated sites. identiﬁed units anticipated in the Plan by 2021. 3. 80% of allocations 3. All sites should deliver 4. 137 Haverfordwest Haverfordwest Haverfordwest Fishguard Indicators a) Slade Lane South, b) Slade Lane North, c) Maesgwynne, d) Shoals Hook Lane development permitted and built on allocated housing sites as a percentage of the total housing allocation and as a percentage of the total housing development permitted. delivery on the following housing sites: (Core) 3. Amount of housing 4. Progress towards Policies to Policies achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring facilities are protected and provision enhanced. 13. Existing community 13. Strategic Objective

168 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation 139 investigation Triggers for further Triggers prices increase by 5% above the base price of 2012 levels sustained over 2 quarters then the Authority will consider other triggers identiﬁed Affordable in the Housing SPG and may conduct additional viability testing and modify the targets established in GN.27 and GN.28 dwellings built by Plan Review (2017) is less than 50% of target. target by Plan Review (2017). 5. Should average house 6. If total number of 7. a) If less than 50% of 138 Policy targets Policy economic circumstances. 980 2021 including affordable housing dwellings by 2021. 5. Target will reﬂect Target 5. 5700 dwellings by 6. a) 980 by 2021 7. 137 Indicators percentage target in GN.27 additional affordable and general market dwellings built (TAN2) affordable homes granted planning permission. 5. Affordable Housing (Core) 6. The number of net 7. number of Total a) Policies to Policies achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring Strategic Objective

169 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation 139 investigation Triggers for further Triggers target by Plan Review (2017). Review (2017). than 200 by Plan Review (2017). by over 10% in comparison with 2012 level as measured by the Common Housing Register. 7. b) If less than 50% of 7. c) If less than 20 by Plan 7. d) Investigation if less 8. a) 50% of target. 8. b) Level of need varies 138 Policy targets Policy increases annually. 7. b) 476 by 2021. 7. c) 40 by 2021. 7. d) 401 by 2021 7. a) 40 by 2021. 8. b) No signiﬁcant 8. 137 Indicators affordable homes gaining planning permission through planning obligations. affordable homes permitted as Exception sites. affordable homes permitted delivered by Registered Social Landlords. workers dwellings granted planning permission general level of Affordable Housing Need. 7. b) Number of 7. c) Number of 7. d) Number of 8. a) Number of rural 8. b) Indication of Policies to Policies achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring Strategic Objective

170 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation 139 investigation if affordable housing is less than 12.5% of overall permissions. less than 25dph in urban areas and less than 20dph in rural areas. less than 25dph in urban areas and less than 20dph in rural areas. Triggers for further Triggers 9. a) Further investigation 9. b) 10% on targets. 10.Further investigation if 11.Further investigation if 138 Policy targets Policy dwellings per annum consented; affordable housing to be at least 15% of overall permission and completion. development to meet or exceed contribution rate; 95% of development to make some form of contribution to affordable housing. and 25 dph in Rural settlements. and 25 dph in Rural settlements. 9. a) 98 affordable 9. b) 75% of 10.Towns 30 dph in Hub 11.Towns 30 dph in Hub 137 Indicators affordable dwellings with planning permission and number built as a percentage of all new housing with planning permission and built. housing development fulﬁlling affordable housing contributions sought by the authority. housing permitted on allocated sites. housing permitted on windfall sites. 9. a) Number of 9. b) Proportion of (Core) 10. Average density of 11. Average density of Policies to Policies achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring Strategic Objective

171 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation 139 investigation permitted by the end of 2015. permitted by the end of 2015. met by 2019. Triggers for further Triggers 12. a) Less than 40 12. b) Less than 40 13. a) Identified need not 138 Policy targets Policy Traveller pitches are Traveller provided by the end of 2015. pitches are Traveller provided by the end of 2015. 2014 survey met by the end of 2019. 12. a) 40 additional Gypsy 12. b) 40 additional Gypsy 13. a) Need identified in 137 Indicators and pitches permitted and completed for gypsies and travellers accommodation take up of allocated sites for gypsies and travellers accommodation. arising need (post 2014) by the end of 2019 (Level of need identified within Gypsy Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment produced end of 2014). 12. a) Number of sites 12. b) Progress towards 13. a) Meeting newly Policies to Policies achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring Strategic Objective

172 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation 139 investigation Triggers for further Triggers 13. b) No trigger. 14. 3 over years. 138 Policy targets Policy 2016 survey met by the end of 2021. 13. b) Need identiﬁed in 14. 0 137 Indicators arising (2016) need by the end of 2021 Level of need identiﬁed within Gypsy Traveller Accommodation Needs Assessment (produced end of 2016) applications approved contrary to the protective aim of GN.33. policy 13. b) Meeting newly 14. Number of Policies to Policies achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring a.b.c. Annual joint housing land availability studies (JHLAS) d. Swift – monitoring of planning applications – ongoing. Annual County Council monitoring of new community facilities. Accommodation Needs Assessment Gypsy Traveller Strategic Objective Sources of information and frequency of update: Sources of information and frequency

173 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation 139 investigation permissions in 4 years. years. Triggers for further Triggers 1. More than 4 such 2. 5% a year over 4 3. More than 4 in years. 4. a) None 4. b) None 138 Policy targets Policy 1. 0 2. 2% 3. 0 4. a) None 4. b) None 137 Indicators permissions granted contrary to policy the protective GN.1, aim of criterion 3. permissions within Settlement Boundaries as a percentage of all housing permissions. permissions approved contrary to SP16. policy Greenfield land lost to development (ha) which is not allocated in the Plan. Greenfield lost to development outside Settlement Boundaries. 1. Number of planning 2. Number of housing 3. Number of (Core) 4. a) Amount of 4. b) Amount of Policies to Policies SP1, SP1, SP13, SP16, GN.2, GN.3, GN.4, GN.37, GN.38, GN.40, GN.41, GN.42 achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring design. design. diversity and distinctiveness is maintained. not compromise the favourable conservation status of species and habitats of European significance. meet the County’s requirements. and built environment. sustainable 14. Landscape quality, 15. Development does 16. facilities to Waste 17. A flourishing historic 18. High quality Strategic Objective Delivering design excellence and environmental quality (B) And Protecting and enhancing the natural and built environment (J)

174 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation 139 investigation Triggers for further Triggers 5. None 6. More than 4 in years. 7. More than 4 in years. 8. No trigger. 138 Policy targets Policy 5. None 6. None 7. None 8. No target. 137 Indicators as a result of development (ha) which is not allocated in the Plan. permissions granted contrary to the aim GN.37. of policy listed permissions, building consents and SAM consents granted contrary to GN.38. policy development (ha) permitted on previously developed land (brownﬁeld, redevelopment and conversions) expressed as a percentage of all development permitted. 5. Loss of Open Space 6. Number of planning 7. Number of planning (Core) 8. Amount of new Policies to Policies achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring Strategic Objective

175 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 5: The Monitoring Framework by Implementation 139 investigation permission in place by April 2014 and if site is not operational by 2015. permission in place by April 2014 and if site is not operational by 2015. Triggers for further Triggers 9. a) No trigger 9. b) No planning 9. c) No planning 138 Policy targets Policy site by 2015. implemented 9. a) No target 9. b) Provision of new 9. c) Scheme 137 Indicators management capacity permitted ﬁnding a new Civic Amenity Site to serve SE Pembrokeshire. of extension to Civic Amenity site (Core) 9.Amount of waste a) 9. b) Progress towards 9.Winsel – Provision c) Policies to Policies achieve this Outcomes Key Monitoring a.b.Availability Studies (JHLAS) Joint Housing Land Swift – monitoring of planning applications. Strategic Objective Sources of information and frequency of update: Sources of information and frequency

176 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 6: Policy GN.39 Transport Routes and Appendix 6: Policy GN.39 Transport Routes Improvements Scheme and Programming Details for Safeguarded Transport Schemes

Technical Advice Scheme Title of scheme Note (Wales) 18 Reference for programming details number category Welsh Government Road Improvement Scheme 1 A40 Llanddewi National priority (1) Welsh Government Trunk Road Forward Velfrey to Programme Phase 3 scheme Penblewin Timing – unlikely to be ready to start before April 2014 Funding – Welsh Government Regional Improvement Scheme 2 Improvement to Regional Transport Regional Transport Plan for South West the A40 west of Plan scheme (3) Wales page 46 – priority 3 scheme St. Clears Timing – uncertain, but recorded in the (including RTP as a Trunk Road Priority for SWW, dualling, subject which covers the period 2010 to 2015 to proving the business case) Local Road Improvement Schemes 3 Northern Regional Transport Regional Transport Plan for South West Distributor Plan scheme (3) Wales pages xv, 71, 73 and 75 Network – Bulford Timing – uncertain, but recorded in the Road Link RTP for SWW, which covers the period (Johnston to Tiers 2010 to 2015 Cross) Funding – Detailed design has been completed and a business case for Convergence funding is awaiting acceptance by WEFO with match funding to be provided by PCC.

4 Pembroke Regional Transport Regional Transport Plan for South West Community Plan scheme (3) Wales pages xv, 71, 73 and 75 Regeneration and to enable LDP Timing – uncertain, but recorded in the Project Phase 1 development RTP for SWW, which covers the period (Bridgend Terrace aspirations at 2010 to 2015 diversion) and Monkton, Funding – no current Regional Transport Phase 2 (Bush Hill Pembroke (2) Plan (RTP) Grant commitment, but to Monkton feasibility studies have been undertaken bypass route)

177 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 6: Policy GN.39 Transport Routes Technical Advice Scheme Title of scheme Note (Wales) 18 Reference for programming details number category 5 Blackbridge Regional Transport Regional Transport Plan for South West Access Plan scheme (3) Wales pages xv, 71, 73 and 75. Improvement and and to enable LDP Timing – uncertain, but recorded in the Waterston bypass development RTP for SWW, which covers the period aspirations at 2010 to 2015 Blackbridge Funding – RTP Grant secured for 11/12 (allocation under to fund WelTAG Stage 2 Study and part policy SP3) (2) fund GRIP study. SWWITCH is also to recommend that the project be included as a priority in the Welsh Government National Transport Plan.

6 Southern Strategic Regional Transport Regional Transport Plan for South West Route – A477 Plan scheme (3) Wales pages xv, 71, 73 and 75 Nash Fingerpost to Timing – some elements of the scheme Energy Site are already being implemented, others corridor will follow – the scheme is recorded in enhancement the RTP for SWW, which covers the period 2010 to 2015 Funding – some elements are already completed, some are under construction, others will be implemented as funding becomes available Bus and Rail Interchanges 7 Fishguard (bus Regional Transport Regional Transport Plan for South West focal point) Plan scheme (3) Wales pages xv, 70, 72 and 74 Timing - uncertain, but recorded in the RTP for SWW, which covers the period 2010 to 2015 Funding – no current RTP Grant commitment

8 Goodwick Railway Regional Transport Regional Transport Plan for South West Station (bus/rail Plan scheme (3) Wales page xv, 75 interchange) (an Timing – uncertain, but recorded in the inter-modal freight RTP for SWW, which covers the period transfer station 2010 to 2015 could be Funding – RTP Preparatory Works Grant constructed at this secured in 11/12 to fund feasibility site during the study into the re-opening of the station. plan period, although this is not mentioned in the RTP)

178 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 6: Policy GN.39 Transport Routes Technical Advice Scheme Title of scheme Note (Wales) 18 Reference for programming details number category 9 Milford Haven Regional Transport Regional Transport Plan for South West (bus / rail Plan scheme (3) Wales pages xv, 70 and 72 interchange) Timing – uncertain, but recorded in the RTP for SWW, which covers the period 2010 to 2015 Funding – RTP Grant secured in both 10/11 and 11/12 to fund WelTAG and GRIP studies.

10 Pembroke Dock Regional Transport Regional Transport Plan for South West (bus / rail Plan scheme (3) Wales pages xv, 70 and 72 interchange) Timing – uncertain, but recorded in the RTP for SWW, which covers the period 2010 to 2015 Funding – RTP Grant secured in both 10/11 and 11/12 to fund Highway design and GRIP studies. National Station Improvement Plan and grant application to be submitted in Autumn 2011. Rail Network Improvements 11 Clunderwen Regional Transport Regional Transport Plan for South West Railway Station Plan scheme (3) Wales page xv, 75 improvement Timing – uncertain, but recorded in the RTP for SWW, which covers the period 2010 to 2015 Funding – National Station Improvement Plan and funding for access improvements secured in August 2011 with expenditure required over next three years. Park and Ride Schemes 12 Tenby Park and Regional Transport Regional Transport Plan for South West Ride Scheme Plan scheme (3) Wales pages xv, 70, 72 and 74 (possibly with Timing – uncertain, but recorded in the implications for RTP for SWW, which covers the period non National Park 2010 to 2015 locations) Funding – RTP Preparatory Works Grant secured for 11/12 to fund ‘sustainable access’ study for Tenby.

179 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 6: Policy GN.39 Transport Routes Technical Advice Scheme Title of scheme Note (Wales) 18 Reference for programming details number category County Council Programmed Highway Schemes (those schemes not included in the RTP for South West Wales) 13 B.4318 Local Transport LDP Candidate Site, submitted by PCC Gumfreston to Planning Activity Transportation and Environment Tenby Diversion (3) Directorate and Improvement, Timing – the final phase of a partially phase 3 completed scheme, a small element of which is within PCC’s planning area Funding – no current RTP Grant commitment; funding identified from PCC capital programme, and feasibility work is being finalised. Final decision to be made on way forward, based on outcome of feasibility study.

14 B.4320 Monkton Local Transport LDP Candidate Site, submitted by PCC Re-alignment Planning Activity Transportation and Environment (3) Directorate Timing – uncertain, but likely to be within the LDP Plan period Funding – no current RTP Grant commitment; scheme on hold pending identiﬁcation of funding.

15 A.40 High Street Local Transport Scheme linked to broader town centre to A.487 West Planning Activity regeneration, including a new foodstore. Street (‘Chimneys’ (3) The concept is supported by Welsh link), Fishguard Government (the ﬁnished road would become part of the trunk road network) to ameliorate highway impacts in the centre of Fishguard. Timing – unlikely to start prior to mid 2012 Funding – The scheme is to be part implemented by the development work (i.e: enabling infrastructure linked to the store), with the remainder funding coming from WG.

180 Pembrokeshire County Council Local Development Plan - Adopted 2013 Appendix 6: Policy GN.39 Transport Routes Technical Advice Scheme Title of scheme Note (Wales) 18 Reference for programming details number category 16 Haverfordwest to Regional Transport Provision of a walking and cycling route Narberth Shared Plan scheme (3) from Haverfordwest to Narberth, Use Path connecting to National Cycle Network Route 4 at Haverfordwest, also to Bluestone and the developing Pembrokeshire Trail. Scheme accepted by SWWITCH for inclusion in the RTP project pool for 2012/13 onwards. This allows bids for RTP funding to be submitted. Timing – implementation between 2012 and 2014. Funding – £350,000 cost, plus £25,000 for preparatory works. Possible contribution from Welsh Government (Sustainable Travel Centre Project) and from Rural Development Plan funding for the Pembrokeshire Trail Project. Awaiting RTP funding bid.

17 Haverfordwest Local Transport Scheme to improve sustainable access Sustainable Town Planning Activity arrangements to and within Centre Project (3) Haverfordwest, targeting primary origin and destination sites, improvements to the street environment and development of infrastructure to support walking, cycling and public transport. Timing – implementation between 2012 and 2015. Funding – £16.5 million, with a RTP requirement of £1.2 million, with £35,000 required for preparatory works in 2011/12 and £95,000 required for further preparatory works in 2012/13. Possible funding from the Welsh Government’s Sustainable Travel Centre Project, also perhaps from section 106 contributions from the Slade Lane housing developments. European and PCC funding might also be available. Awaiting a decision from SWWITCH regarding its addition to the RTP project pool. This project is linked to the Haverfordwest Master Plan of highway and other improvements in the town centre and to the Haverfordwest Sustainable Travel Centre Project.

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