Communities of Hay, Talgarth and district Contents 1 Hay-on-Wye page H2 2 Llanigon H5 3 Gwernyfed H7 4 Talgarth H9 5 Llangorse H12 Table H1. Allocation of dwelling units to the Communities of Hay, Talgarth and District Hay on Llanigon Gwernyfed Talgarth Llangorse Total Hay and Wye district Commenced or 10 10 built (a) H1 Sites Permitted but 50 31 8 89 not started (b) Without consent 3 16 19 (c) Unallocated Commenced or 41 5 4 5 2 57 sites built (d) Permitted but 16 6 5 8 13 48 not started (e) Community guidance figure 49 11 7 57 22 146 (calculated from Structure Plan total) Less commenced or built 1991- 41 5 4 15 2 67 98 (a+d above) Required 1998-2006 8 6 3 42 20 79 Plus contingency 20% 2 1 0 8 4 15 Total required 1998-2006 10 7 3 50 24 94 Less those committed: extant 66 6 5 42 37 156 consents plus H1 without consent (b+c+e above) Land and locations required none 1 none 8 none 9* * this total includes only those communities with positive allocations remaining Brecon Beacons National Park Local Plan: Proposals for Communities of Hay, Talgarth and District Adopted May 1999 H1 1 Hay-on-Wye Community Introduction including those completed from a prior commitment. 1.1 Hay-on-Wye lies at the north eastern tip of the National Park, on the boundary between England 1.7 The response of residents at the local plan meeting and Wales. The community comprises little more was that the town should not continue to expand, than the town itself, bounded by the River Wye to particularly in a westward direction. For these the north and the English border to the east. reasons, apart from a small site opposite Forest Road industrial estate, no further expansion of the 1.2 The town derives its name from the Norman town by the allocation of housing land is made for French La Haie, meaning an enclosure or forest Hay in this Local Plan. clearing. The settlement itself dates from Norman times, having grown up around the castle and St 1.8 It has been agreed with Herefordshire Council that Mary's church. There are many other notable a joint housing study be undertaken during the next historic buildings including St. John's Chapel, the two years to investigate any opportunities for Cheese Market and the Butter Market, and many housing land on the Herefordshire side of the listed buildings, some dating back to the 16th town. century, in a maze of narrow streets. Hay 1 1.3 Hay has achieved more recent fame as the 'Town of Within the area shown white on the proposals Books', with second-hand book shops of all kinds map for Hay, applications for housing will be considered against policies H2, H3, H6, H7 and attracting visitors throughout the year. It is also a H14. The white area outlined in red and local shopping and business centre with a cattle labelled H1 is a site with outline planning market and a wide range of facilities. permission for 50 dwellings, and is indicated on the map to show the scale of the development. Detailed permission will be considered against PROPOSALS policy H1. 1.4 The deposit version of this Local Plan, published in 1.9 For the purposes of this Local Plan, the area shaded June 1995, listed those issues identified by previous light green is countryside. consultation that the Local Plan needed to tackle. Hay 2 These issues are set out under the relevant Within the shaded light green area on the headings below. proposals map, applications for housing will be considered against policies H5, H8, H10, H11, Housing H12, H13, H14 and H15. • Stop the expansion of the town westwards, away Redevelopment from the town centre. 1.10 During the lifetime of this Plan, an important town • Town should grow a little, by re-using central area centre site is likely to become available for properties, and land in South Herefordshire. redevelopment. This is the health clinic on Oxford • Small family housing is most needed. Road, which is moving to Forest Road, the community centre, and the field between the two. • Provide several small sites suitable for local builders Powys County Council presently owns most of this rather than big sites for larger firms. area. If satisfactory access arrangements can be 1.5 Hay’s population within the Park at the 1991 census made, this site could accommodate a range of land was 1407, in 616 households. This was 7% of the uses; possibly a combination of several. These population in the Park in Powys. The Powys include high density town housing, central area Structure Plan allocates 750 new dwellings to the parking, community use, and access to land to the National Park for the period 1991-2006. This has south. been divided between the communities in Hay 3 proportion to their populations. The number Land for redevelopment purposes is identified allocated to Hay is therefore 49. on the proposals map for Hay. 1.6 Table H1 covers the period from 1 July 1991 to 7 July 1998. It shows allocations made, permissions granted and dwellings built during the period, H2 Brecon Beacons National Park Local Plan: Proposals for Communities of Hay, Talgarth and District Adopted May 1999 Hay-on-Wye Community Traffic • Circulation and parking of traffic in the central area 1.16 A prime retail core with defined frontage lengths is difficult, made worse by deliveries to shops. has been designated, to protect the shopping centre from inappropriate changes of use (see policies • Partial segregation of traffic and pedestrians in the document chapter 6 paras. 6.17-19). central area is needed. Hay 5 1.11 There are four main elements to the problem of The prime retail core for Hay is identified on the traffic in Hay. They are: parking for residents, proposals map as for the purposes of policies parking for visitors, deliveries to shops and the EM10-EM11. The defined frontages are: circulation of vehicles mostly trying to do one of the • Castle Street North no. 9 to junction with The above. A report into these matters and possible Pavement solutions has been prepared by Powys Highways Department, and an experimental one-way system • Castle Street South no. 21 to no. 30 has been tried with some success. • The Pavement South 1.12 The problem of parking has not been resolved, and • The Pavement Island has been the focus of much heated debate. Policy • Lion Street North no. 39 to the Granary R9 of this Local Plan supports the allocation of car inclusive parking in Hay where this is proven to be necessary as part of an integrated traffic strategy. This could • High Town/Lion Street island complete be on land presently within the light green area of • High Town South no. 10 to the Market open countryside adjacent to the town, if this was the right site to solve the problem and it could be • Market Street nos. 3-8 excluding The Club appropriately landscaped. Conservation of buildings and Employment settlements • Small industrial estates on the edge of town should 1.17 All new buildings should be in keeping with the have start-up units; buildings in the central area existing character of the area and follow criteria set should be converted for employment uses. out in the National Park publication, ‘Building Design. A guide for developers.’ 1.13 Recent building on the Wye Valley Business Park at the western entrance to Hay has completed the 1.18 There are 113 buildings in Hay-on-Wye which have employment development to the west of the town. been listed for their architectural or historic interest. The green buffer of important open space will be These are protected by law, alterations or kept between the estate and the National Park demolition of these requires listed building consent boundary, and the NPA will resist any attempts to before work can start. The full list of these buildings expand employment land further west. can be inspected at the National Park Office. 1.14 The Forest Road Industrial Estate has been Hay 6 extended southwards. It must not be forgotten that The listed buildings in Hay-on-Wye Community there is also industrial land on the Herefordshire will be protected for the purposes of policies side of the town. CB1-CB4. Hay 4 1.19 In addition, the town has numerous other buildings Land allocated for industrial use is identified on of local interest. In order to protect this rich the proposals map for Hay for the purposes of heritage it has a Conservation Area, a review of policy EM2. which is to be undertaken with full public consultation. The NPA wishes to protect this area further by extending the Area of Special Control for Shopping advertisements to it (see policy document chapter 4 1.15 The central shopping area of Hay is important to para. 4.15). the vitality of the town. The gradual change of Hay 7 many general stores to book shops does not require The boundary of the Hay Conservation Area is planning permission and in many ways has been shown on the proposals map for the purposes the making of the town's revival. However, change of policies CB5-CB7. to a use other than a shop will be resisted. 1.20 Around the built up areas of Hay important open spaces have been identified. These have the effect Brecon Beacons National Park Local Plan: Proposals for Communities of Hay, Talgarth and District Adopted May 1999 H3 Hay-on-Wye Community of protecting the integrity of the settlement, and in this issue in the Consultation Draft Local Plan, places providing wildlife corridors.