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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...

Carmarthenshire councillors have adopted a strategy for sustainable development of the county in the future. This month’s meeting of the full county council voted to back the Preferred Strategy for the Local Development Plan which sets out the strategic planning policies for the county. The council voted for Option 1 of five which is for sustainable distribution of development, which encourages the dispersal of employment, housing and other types of development to identified settlements and village groups or clusters. This allows a range of opportunities for growth across the county, whilst protecting the natural environment and limiting the need to travel. The other options were for urban growth, with most new housing and employment development steered towards the urban centres of Carmarthenshire; dispersal, which stresses the distribution of housing, employment and other forms of development on a broadly equal basis between all identified settlements within the county without necessa...