Non Site Allocation Representations Report.pdf

SECTION FOUR - SPATIAL POLICIES, KEY DIAGRAMS AND SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT CONTROL POLICIES
4.7.5 Enabling Development, Policy CTH/4 ENABLING DEVELOPMENT
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People Type
19562 Castell Development Limited [4570]
1 Object
Summary The policy lists four instances (a-d) in which enabling development will be permitted. However, there is conflict with the 2011 CADW guidance 'Conservation
Principles for the sustainable management of the historic environment in Wales' and its formal policy on enabling development.
The CADW guidance establishes 7 principles (a-g) in its policy on enabling development (pages 32/33. These include the four circumstances listed in policy
CTH/4 but additional criteria are also present - such as the balancing of public benefit against harm caused by breaching other public policies (CADW's
criteria g).
This current conflict will cause confusion.
Change Sought: It is proposed that the policy and/or supporting paragraph 4.7.5.1 is amended to
(1) make reference to the use of CADW's national guidance
(2) to make clear whether the Council will use CADW's guidance in considering enabling development proposals,
(3) if the Plan departs from the policy in the CADW guidance and sets its own 'tests' (as it currently does), to justify why such a departure from national
guidance is required.
The amendment of the policy in this manner would ensure that the Plan is sound.
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