SD35 - Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council

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Draft Ebbw Fawr ValleyHolistic Area Regeneration PlanPrepared by Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council December 2008in partnership with BTCV, Communities First, EVAD,GAVO, Local Health Board/National Public Health Service and WAG2
INTRODUCTIONIn early 2008 the Heads of the Valley Programme Team invitedBlaenau Gwent County Borough Council to prepare and submitHolistic Area Regeneration Plans (HARPs) by end of December2008.The Heads of the Valley Town Centre Group had been working ona Spatial Strategy for the area and as a result of this work fourregeneration areas were proposed.These are:• Upper Sirhowy Valley centred on the town of Tredegar• Ebbw Fawr Valley centred on the town of Ebbw Vale• Upper Ebbw Fach Valley centred on the town of Brynmawr• Lower Ebbw Fach Valley centred on the town of AbertilleryBlaenau Gwent County Borough Council welcomed the opportunityto work closely with its partners to prepare and submit four HARPs.It was acknowledged at the outset that the regeneration of thecounty borough requires a truly partnership approach tacklingissues and opportunities presented by the physical make up of thearea and quality of life issues faced by many residents. It is timelythat the Regeneration Strategy for Blaenau Gwent has recentlybeen drafted and the proposals contained within this HARPscomplements this strategy.The Council engaged with its partners through a series of meetingsand workshops with the assistance of an independent facilitator. Areport of the consultation events is available from Blaenau GwentCounty Borough Council. How we consulted and what we consultedon was overseen by a Steering Group comprising public andvoluntary sectors organisations (see page 33 for more details)Partners were invited to submit information and projects and werealso given the opportunity to shape the prioritisation process.Throughout the process, officers of the Council have been availableto discuss HARPs with any interested party. Working within timeconstraints the Council has strived to ensure that the process ofpreparing HARPs has been inclusive and have encouraged otherorganisations to adopt a similar approach. In fact in the Ebbw FawrValley, EVAD and GAVO have undertaken an exercise to inform allcommunity groups in the area of this initiative and to invitesuggestions for projects.As the process emerged the role of Steering Group extended todevising the criteria for assessment of the projects and forundertaking the assessment.The result of this work is a comprehensive assessment of theissues and opportunities faced by the area, projects underway andpackage of projects to be implemented.BLAENAU GWENT COUNTY BOROUGHBlaenau Gwent is located in south east Wales and was formerlypart of the county of Gwent. It is approximately 20 miles south tothe city of Newport, 30 miles south west to the city of Cardiff anddirectly north is the Brecon Beacons National Park.Blaenau Gwent is the smallest of all Welsh local authorities, atabout 10,900 hectares. In Blaenau Gwent there are three distinctivevalleys supporting five main settlements – Abertillery, Brynmawr,Ebbw Vale, Nantyglo & Blaina and Tredegar.1
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