Have your say on the 2nd Replacement Local Development Plan 

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The Council is consulting on its Revised Preferred Strategy for the 2nd Replacement Local Development Plan, which will be used to determine what kinds of development can take place in Caerphilly County Borough between now and 2035.

Comments on the plan can be submitted during the consultation period which closes on Wednesday 26 February 2025.

The Preferred Strategy sets out the policy framework that will inform the development of detailed policies and allocations that the Council will use when determining future planning applications.

Cllr Philippa Leonard, Cabinet Member for Planning and Public Protection said, “The Revised Preferred Strategy sets out the vision, objectives, strategic overview and policies for managing development in Caerphilly County Borough up to 2035.  It includes planning policies that make provision for the use of land for housing, employment, retailing, recreation, transport and infrastructure to meet the needs of the residents of the county borough in 2035.

The LDP seeks to ensure that there are enough new homes to meet the needs of growing communities within the county borough while also providing new employment opportunities and fresh infrastructure and facilities that will draw in fresh economic investment to the area.

Your views are important to us, and I encourage you to read the documents and have your say online or in person at one of our engagement sessions that are being hosted by Planning Aid Wales.”

During the consultation site promoters can submit additional candidate sites for consideration as part of a third (and final) call for candidate sites. These will be assessed to determine their suitability for allocation within the Local Development Plan.

A candidate site is a site submitted to the Council by an interested party (e.g., developer or landowner) for potential inclusion as an allocation in the 2nd Replacement Local Development Plan (LDP). It should be noted that the submission of a Candidate Site does not represent a commitment on the part of the Council to take the site forward into the 2nd Replacement LDP.

Candidate Sites that have already been submitted to the Council are set out in the Candidate Sites Register that is also being published as part of the consultation.

Further information about the consultation and how you can have your say and comment on the plan please visit website below.

https://www.caerphilly.gov.uk/pre-deposit-public-consultation

If you have any queries regarding the consultation, please contact the LDP team by email at: ldp@caerphilly.gov.uk or by phone on 01443 866777.

Copies of all of the consultation documents can be found at all public libraries across the county Borough, at the Council’s main office at Penallta House and also at the Tredomen Business and Technology Centre on Tredomen Business Park, where officers will be available every Tuesday to Thursday during the consultation.

To supplement the consultation process, the Council has commissioned Planning Aid Wales, an independent body, to facilitate a series of 6 community engagement workshop events during January and February:

• Wednesday 22 January 2025, 10am – 12pm Online
• Wednesday 29 January 2025, 6 – 8pm Risca Primary School, Dan-y-Graig Road, Risca NP11 6DB
• Monday 3 February 2025, 6 – 8pm Cwrt Rawlin School, Cae Croes Heol, Caerphilly CF83 1SN
• Wednesday 5 February 2025, 6 – 8pm Bargoed YMCA, 12, Aeron Place, Bargoed CF81 8JA
• Thursday 13 February 2025, 2 – 4pm Twyn Community Centre, Twyn Square, Caerphilly CF83 1JL.
• Wednesday 19 February 2025, 6 – 8pm Online

If you would like to attend any of the above sessions, please book a place at the following website:
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/caerphilly-county-borough-2nd-rldp-up-to-2035-3883423