1 Introduction

1.1 The Council recently consulted on a Preferred Strategy for the Replacement Local Development Plan (RLDP) to inform the level and spatial distribution of new development, including housing. As part of the Preferred Strategy five key housing-led sites were identified, including a key site to the North East of Barry. In order for sites to be included as part of the next stage of the process, the Deposit Plan, it must be demonstrated that sites are deliverable i.e. there are no barriers to development that would stop them from coming forward within the plan period. There are currently concerns around the deliverability of the site to the North East of Barry and its ability to deliver the anticipated benefits in respect of placemaking principles, and therefore it has been necessary to reconsider its inclusion as a key site within the RLDP.

1.2 Barry is the largest and most sustainable settlement in the Vale and is also the settlement with the highest need for affordable housing. It is therefore appropriate and necessary for Barry to accommodate additional housing growth. This consultation paper therefore considers the options for housing growth in Barry and seeks the views of residents on these growth options as part of a public consultation exercise.