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Cardiff Council and Planning Aid Wales workshop on Local Development Plan 6pm-8.30pm at Grange Pavilion Thursday 7 September

Want to know how you can influence future development in Cardiff? Cardiff Council and Planning Aid Walesare holding a workshop at the Grange Pavilion 6-8.30pmThurs 7 Sept to explain how you can shape Cardiff's replacement Local Development Plan.

Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cardiff-replacement-ldp-preferred-strategy-workshop-grangetown-registration-685432676587

The preferred strategy is available at: https://cardiffldp.consultation.ai/and other dates / locations are posted on the website.

The event is published by Cardiff Council and Planning Aid Wales as:

Please note this is not a drop in event. This event is a structured workshop, starting at 6pm, with a presentation on the LDP process and the preferred strategy for Cardiff followed by a discussion with attendees on the consultation document. The event will conclude with an explanation of the methods available to submit any representations to the Council.

Have your say on the future of Cardiff!

Cardiff Council is working on a replacement Local Development Plan for the City. This plan will ensure the city can grow sustainably over the next 13 years to 2036.

The Council will be issuing their LDP Preferred Strategy for consultation on 27 July 2023.

This sets out the long-term vision for the city. It identifies which areas within the city will be protected, how much development is needed and where this is likely to be.

The Preferred Strategy contains:

Summaries of issues facing the city and what we would like to do about them.

A summary of how we think the city will grow over the next 13 years and the approach to delivering new and affordable homes and jobs.

A vision for how we will create a healthy, more liveable, sustainable and low carbon city and respond to the climate and nature emergencies.

A set of objectives and targets for what the plan should deliver.

A set of 21 ‘Strategic Planning Policies’ that will help deliver the vision and objectives above.

Planning Aid Wales has been commissioned by Cardiff Council to coordinate community engagement events in relation to their Replacement LDP Preferred Strategy, the consultation period is Thursday 27 July 2023 –5 October 2023.

If you have any queries, please contact mark@planningaidwales.org.uk

Posted on 29th August 2023

by Mhairi McVicar