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The consultation on Carmarthenshire County Council’s proposed Focused Changes to the Local Development Plan is being extended - to give residents more time to make their views known. The consultation period was originally due to run from July 31 to September 13 but the council has made a cross-party decision to extend the deadline by four weeks to Friday October 11. This gives more time for residents who may be going away on holiday in August, or town and community councils that do not have a meeting this month, and provides a clear six weeks beyond the August holiday period and the council recess .to discuss the issues and prepare a response. Council Leader Cllr Kevin Madge said: “The original consultation period was set in accordance with statutory guidelines and the Delivery Agreement as approved by council and subsequently by the Welsh Government. “However since it falls within a holiday period all parties have agreed that the deadline should be extended to give everyone a better o...

Residents of Carmarthenshire are being consulted on alternatives sites suggested by the public and interested parties for allocation for development in the Local Development Plan. In the summer of 2011 a consultation was held on the content of the Carmarthenshire Deposit Local Development Plan (LDP). The LDP set out a strategy and policies that will shape how the county changes and develops in the period to 2021. It allocates land for housing and employment purposes and indicates where these and other uses will be permitted, as well as designating areas worthy of protection. The consultation provided an opportunity for members of the public and other interested parties to submit views and comments on all aspects of the Plan’s content including the uses proposed for sites within the Plan. This also allowed people the chance to comment on the Plan and submit Alternative Sites. These included requests for the amendment or deletion of sites proposed in the Deposit LDP and the suggestion ...

A plan has been unveiled outlining a vision for the future of Carmarthenshire. The Deposit Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan, which is now available for public consultation, sets out a strategy and policies which will shape the manner in which the county changes and develops in the period to 2021. It allocates land for housing and employment purposes, and indicates where these and other uses will be permitted, in addition to identifying areas where policies designed to protect the environment from inappropriate developments apply. On adoption in 2013, the LDP will replace the current Unitary Development Plan, and it will provide the basis for the consideration and assessment of all proposals and planning applications in Carmarthenshire. Carmarthenshire County Council executive board member for regeneration and leisure Cllr Clive Scourfield said: “Many of Carmarthenshire’s residents have already provided the authority with valuable assistance in terms of evidence gathering and cons...

Work is progressing on the Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan (LDP) which will govern the way in which the County develops up to 2021. Residents are being given further opportunity to see how the local authority intends to take forward its plans for the future and to put forward their views. A timetable for the preparation of the LDP and the involvement of the public in the process was set out in the LDP Delivery Agreement, which has now been revised. The public and interested parties can now view the revision to the Delivery Agreement timetable, which has been formally agreed by the Welsh Assembly Government, on the Council’s website at www.carmarthenshire.gov.uk The revision and is available for inspection Copies can also be viewed at the Council’s Customer Service Centres, Planning Offices and Public Libraries during normal opening hours. LDP Topic Papers have also been published for consultation as part of the preparation of the LDP and relate to the key policy areas of Mineral...