Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
Vale of Glamorgan Council

Cwmpas is positive in its response to the Deposit RLDP statements and welcomes the reference to community led housing as noted in:

Paragraph 6.121 – positive response though observation and request would be made to minor amendment to wording that after the words ‘co-operative housing’ the words ‘and other forms of community led affordable housing’ are inserted as this would accord with the context of PPW Edition 12 as noted.

Paragraph 6.141 – positive comment and response within the context of Exceptions Policy HG5. However, a request would be made that as well as reference to community land trusts that wording is supplemented with suggested words of ‘and other forms and models of community led affordable housing.’

Furthermore, it is considered that the direct reference to community led affordable housing in the Deposit Plan document addresses and removes some of the potential barriers and challenges faced in the delivery of such forms of housing.

It is now clearly the case that PPW supports community-led housing as a form of affordable housing and that, in the view of Cwmpas, this is material to the considerations of Local Development Plan preparation and from which the Vale of Glamorgan Deposit Plan would benefit.

Going forward, however, Cwmpas, would consider that detailed planning policy development within the Deposit RLDP could make an overt and explicit community led affordable housing development reference and with specific community led housing policies in addition to those subsumed within more generic and general housing policies.

Firstly, the addition of a specific reference to community led housing within Policies HG1, HG2, HG3 akin to that within HG5 would enable to the benefits and reach of community led housing to be expanded into mainstream housing policies and allocations and not only Exceptions Policy.

Secondly, it would be considered as beneficial that the Deposit RLDP policies on community led housing development could include a clear definition of this type of affordable housing.

In summary, it is considered that the direct reference to community led housing in the Deposit Plan document as noted in Paragraphs 6.121 and 6.141 represent very positive inclusion and that it addresses and removes some of the potential barriers and challenges faced in the delivery of such forms of housing by drafting specific community led housing policies at the RLDP Deposit Plan stage. However, as outlined, our comments and observations are such as to suggest that references could be further extended within the Housing policies and still be in accordance with the framework of PPW Edition 12, key to the evolution of these policies.