Gwynedd Council and the Isle of Anglesey County Council have set up a Joint Planning Policy Unit (JPPU) which is responsible for producing a Joint Local Development Plan (JLDP) for both local planning authority areas – which excludes areas of Gwynedd within the Snowdonia National Park. The JLDP will identify land to meet Gwynedd and Anglesey’s development needs for the next 15 years.
Working on behalf of both Councils, the JPPU wants to know about potential sites for development or protection within the Joint Local Development Plan area. The joint unit – which covers the whole of Anglesey and Gwynedd excluding the areas within the Snowdonia National Park – is eager for developers, landowners, Community Councils, members of the public and other interested parties to formally submit sites for potential inclusion within the plan.
All sites submitted will be placed on a Candidate Sites Register which will be made available for inspection on both Council’s websites and paper copies will be made available for inspection in the Town Hall, Bangor; Siop Gwynedd, Council Offices in Pwllheli; Siop Gwynedd, Council Offices in Dolgellau and in the Planning and Public Protection Reception (Rovacabin) of the Isle of Anglesey County Council offices at Llangefni. The Register which has recently been formally opened will remain open until 13 February 2012.
The JPPU will contact individuals and organisations which have previously submitted a site for inclusion on the withdrawn Anglesey Local Development Plan to notify them that a new Candidate Site Register is being opened and to inform them that resubmission is necessary should they wish for their original submission to be included on the JLDP Candidate Site Register.
Councillor Gareth Roberts, Gwynedd Council’s Senior Portfolio Leader for the Environment, believes it is very important that everyone makes the most of this opportunity to either submit land for development or to highlight land that should be protected for its environmental, landscape or recreational value.
He said: “A key element in developing Local Development Plans is to identify potential sites, known as Candidate Sites, for a range of land uses including housing, employment and other uses such as for community use and recreation. It is also important to identify sites that need protecting for their special landscape, open space or conservation value.”
Alex Aldridge the Anglesey Commissioner with Portfolio responsibilities for Economic Development, Environment and Highways and Transportation said: “The call for sites is an important information gathering exercise which will hopefully ensure that potentially sites for inclusion within the JLDP are carefully considered and consulted upon at an early stage of the Plan preparation process.”
Further information and details about the assessment criteria for consideration of sites can be found on the Councils’ website:
www.gwynedd.gov.uk/candidatesiteregister or www.anglesey.gov.uk/candidatesiteregister
Alternatively you can contact the JPPU on 01286 685002 or email: [email protected]
