Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
Vale of Glamorgan Council

Dear LDP officer
Today it came to my attention that The vale Council has officially launched the consultation on the Deposit Replacement Local Development Plan (RLDP) which covers the period 2021-2036. Below you will find an extract of one of the numerous documents that have been made available to the public for comment.

(Image taken from the Council's website - 'Overview and Timescale')

Reading the Overview and Timescale I am prompted to make the following comments.
1 The Adoption of the RLDP is set for September 2027. The Plan cannot therefore represent the period 2021 to 2036.
2 I find it difficult to comprehend that this Plan will be relevant for only 9 years after which the tax payers of The Vale will have to fund another RLDP. This can hardly be called planning.
3 It beggars belief that the RLDP is helping to ‘’decide what developments will and will not be permitted at different locations and highlight areas that we need to protect.’’ What on earth does the current LDP do if it does not decide what developments will and will not be permitted at different locations and highlight areas that we need to protect?
Will those development applications which are currently pending, for one reason or another, now be delayed beyond September 2027?

Yours faithfully,

Ian C Davies