Deposit Draft Local Development Plan - Rhondda Cynon Taf

Local Development Plan Process1.49. The LDP process can be divided into 7 main stages:1. Review and Development of an Evidence Base;2. Delivery Agreement;3. Pre-Deposit Plan Preparation;4. Deposit Plan;5. Submission and Examination;6. Inspectors Report of Findings, and7. Adoption.1.50. Following adoption, the Council is required to prepare an annualmonitoring report for consideration by the Welsh Assembly Government.1.51. The Council has completed a number of the stages in the plan makingprocess. Details of these stages are as follows.Review and Development of an Evidence BaseDelivery Agreement1.53. The Delivery Agreement provides details of the timetable for production ofthe LDP and the Council’s Community Involvement scheme. The WelshAssembly Government agreed the LDP Delivery Agreement in February2006.1.54. The plan production timetable contained in the Delivery Agreement wasrevised in July 2008 to reflect changes to the consultation period for theDeposit Draft Plan.Pre-Deposit Plan Preparation1.55. The LDP Preferred Strategy 2006-2021 set out the key aims and objectivesfor the Plan, provided a detailed spatial strategy, strategic policies andidentified eight Strategic Sites.1.56. The Preferred Strategy was subject to public consultation duringJanuary / February 2007.1.52. Over the course of the plan preparation period, the Council has developeda significant evidence base that looks in detail at many aspects of thesocial, economic and environmental characteristics of County Borough.The analysis of this evidence has allowed the Council to develop a clear,robust and well targeted planning policy framework. Details of the reports,surveys, strategies and studies contained in the evidence base are inAppendix 3.13