Good Evening,
I have one opinion for the consultation stage of the Planning
(Wales) Bill. Mechanisms need to be in place from Welsh
Government to ensure that Local Authorities ACT on their planning
strategies not just write them. For example, Flintshire
commissioned a Survey into open space provision in 2007, this
was followed up by a green space framework strategy in 2013.
Both highlighted areas where sports field provisions were
desperately lacking and set targets to achieve based on NPFA
Minimum Standards, and yet, an amateur football club in 2014
without a home in the town of Flint still can't locate who in the
council is RESPONSIBLE FOR IMPLEMENTATION. KPI's need to be
set based on planning strategies and funding withheld if they
are not met. The current system is entirely redundant.
The survey and the strategy documents are both completely impotent
as the obligation for the LA went no further than to write
documents they never had any intention on implementing.
Regards
Gareth Young