Civic Societies of Cardiff and Penarth Conference

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Cardiff Local Development Plan

• Civic Societies of Cardiff and Penarth Conference
• Saturday 18th October 2008

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Local Development Plans

• Statutory Requirement
• Land use development
• balancing development-conservation
• delivering sustainable development
• Key means of delivering the communitys vision
  for the future of Cardiff
• Development control toolbox
• Legislation and guidance

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Some key principles

• Delivery agreement
• Engagement and building consensus
• Evidence based
• Sustainability Appraisal Strategic
  Environmental Assessment (SEA)
• Examination of soundness
• Binding Report

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LDP Preparation Process
Review and Develop Evidence Base Annual
Monitoring Report/ 4-year Review
Delivery Agreement (Community Involvement Scheme
Timetable)
Adoption
Community Involvement Sustainability Appraisal
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Plan preparation and Consultation
Inspectors Report
Plan Stages
Submission
Deposit Plan
Integral Process
Examination
If required, Plan Stage
Advertise New or Alternative Sites generated by
respondents
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Preferred Strategy ConsultationAutumn 2007

• Not full draft plan
• Vision and objectives
• Strategic options
• Preferred Strategy
• Key policies
• Initial Sustainability Appraisal Report

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Vision

• To ensure Cardiff is a world class European
• capital city with an exceptional quality of life
• and at the heart of a competitive city region

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Objectives

• Heart of a sustainable, competitive and
  integrated city region
• Regeneration of deprived communities
• Regeneration of district and local centres
• Vitality, attractiveness and viability of the
  city centre
• Regeneration of Cardiff Bay
• Range and mix of new housing
• Range and choice of employment land
• An integrated transport system
• Network of green spaces and corridors
• High quality, locally distinctive and sustainable
  design

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Housing growth scenarios 2007
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Developments since 2007

• Key Developments
• New WAG trend based projections
• Draft LHMA results
• One Wales Affordable Housing Target
• Revisions to the MYE Population estimates
• Council Response October 2008
• Adopt higher level of growth in draft deposit
  plan 1829 p.a. (26,467 dwellings)

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Preferred Strategy Proposals

• No need for significant Greenfield release
• Accords with national planning guidance/WSP
• Supports regeneration Sustainability objectives
• Will need to ensure
• employment land is protected
• a range and mix of dwelling types is provided
• the need for affordable housing is addressed
• town-cramming is avoided

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Employment growth scenarios 2007
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Preferred Strategy Proposals

• A 10.7 growth in jobs in Cardiff (23,200 jobs)
• Accords with current trends and is in line with
  the Councils Economic Strategy for Cardiff
• Would enable the city to maintain its role within
  the regional and national economies

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Preferred Strategy Proposals

• Accommodated on existing employment sites
• City Centre Bay
• Out of centre Business Parks
• Accords with national planning guidance
• Qualitative need to be examined including
  potential for International Business Park

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International Business Park

• Need for IBP established in SE Wales
• Updated Wales Spatial Plan includes reference to
  developing an IBP as a strategic employment
  priority
• Regional approach with key adjoining authorities
• Regional Study and Site Selection process
  concluded Junction 33 preferred site
• Council Response October 2008
• Include IBP in deposit LDP provided SA/SEA
  supports this approach

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Preferred Strategy Proposals

• Develop an efficient, integrated sustainable
  transport system
• Proposals include
• New park and ride/share facilities
• Bus priority measures
• New public transport interchange at Cardiff
  Central Station
• New rail station to serve the St Mellons
• A new high quality public transport link between
  the City Centre and Bay
• An extension to the segregated public transport
  network from the City Centre to the north west of
  the city and beyond
• Eastern Bay Link

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Preferred Strategy Proposals

• Designates and protect two areas of the
  countryside as Green Belt
• On the eastern boundary to prevent further
  coalescence of the urban areas of Cardiff and
  Newport
• North of the M4 at Caerphilly Mountain to protect
  the setting of the city
• Designates five Special Landscape Areas which
  merit special protection

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Preferred Strategy Proposals

• Protect Enhance interests of conservation and
  environmental importance including
• Biodiversity and nature conservation resources
• The historic environment
• The countryside and undeveloped coastline
• Open space including the river valleys

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Preferred Strategy Proposals

• Ensure new development addresses the causes of
  climate change including
• Reducing carbon emissions
• Responding to increased flood risk
• Efficient use of energy and water and renewable
  energy
• Make provision for new sustainable waste
  management methods

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Preferred Strategy - Key Diagram
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Timetable

• Executive October 2008
• LDP Preparation Ongoing
• SA/SEA Ongoing
• Scrutiny/Planning Committee January 2009
• Executive/Council March 2009
• Deposit Full Plan April/May 2009
• Examination March/April 2010
• Adoption October 2010

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Content of Deposit LDP

• Introduction/Strategic Issues
• Strategy
• Vision, Aims Objectives
• Key polices and diagram
• Monitoring arrangements
• Policies
• Proposals Map/Constraints Map
• Background Papers/SPG
• Initial Consultation Report
• SA/SEA Environment Report

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Further information

• Council Website
• www.cardiff.gov.uk (Environment Planning
  Development Plans)
• Contact developmentplan_at_cardiff.gov.uk
• Register for e-consultation
• http//cardiff-consult.limehouse.co.uk/portal

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Questions?