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Replacement Local Development Plan

Local Development Plans (LDPs) need to be reviewed at least every four years to make sure they are up to date.

We reviewed our LDP in June 2021 and published an LDP Review Report. The report recommended an RLDP be prepared for the period 2021 to 2036. We also published an RLDP Delivery Agreement which sets out the processes, resources and timescales involved in preparing the RLDP. You can view these documents online, or view a hard copy at the Civic Offices or libraries managed by the Vale of Glamorgan.

We are now working on the RLDP which will help shape the Vale of Glamorgan for the next 15 years. It will help us decide what developments will and will not be permitted at different locations, and highlight areas that we need to protect.

Welsh Government have published a community guide to development plans. This guide covers the development plan system, how plans are prepared, and how you can engage in the process.

RLDP Overview and Timescale

Candidate Sites

Evidence Base

Consultation on Housing Growth in Barry

The Council is consulting on proposals for potential housing sites in the Barry area as part of the Replacement Local Development Plan.

In September 2024, Full Council agreed that the Preferred Strategy should form the basis for the Deposit Plan, the next stage of plan preparation. The Preferred Strategy included 5 key sites, which will deliver a significant part of the overall housing requirement for the Vale of Glamorgan. Further assessment work has raised concerns around the deliverability of one of these key sites – Land at North East Barry, off Argae Lane - due to land ownership issues. As a consequence, it is proposed that this site is no longer taken forward as an allocation within the Deposit RLDP.

It is therefore necessary to look for alternative sites to replace this key site with other housing sites within Barry, as this is the most sustainable settlement in the Vale in terms of good public transport links, employment opportunities and a wide range of services and facilities and is also the area with the highest affordable housing need.

Following a detailed assessment of the available candidate sites, an alternative key site has been identified as being suitable for further consideration:

Land at North West Barry – 376 units

In addition, two smaller sites have been identified as potential housing sites:

Land at Hayes Lane, The Bendricks – 70 units; and
Land at Neptune Road, Barry Waterfront - 40 units

Collectively these sites would deliver nearly 500 much needed homes, including affordable housing, as well as infrastructure improvements.

We are keen to hear your view on these sites. An informal public consultation will be held between Monday 16^th June 2025 and Monday 14^th July 2025. All comments must be received in writing by 23:55pm on Monday 14^th July 2025.

A drop in public consultation event will be held at Millwood Bowling Club, Pontypridd Road, Barry, CF62 7LX on Tuesday 24^th June 2025 between 3pm and 7pm.

This will provide an opportunity to share views and ask questions in respect of the proposed Barry sites.

The event will be attended by the site promoters of the proposed key site at North West Barry, to inform the masterplanning of this large site in line with placemaking principles.

Further details on the consultation can be found on the consultation portal:

RLDP Consultations

How to comment:

The Council encourages comments to be submitted electronically via its online consultation portal, however comment forms submitted via post or email will also be accepted. Comment forms can be downloaded from the Council’s website or are available at the Civic Offices and Council run libraries.

Completed forms can be emailed to ldp@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk or posted to:

LDP Team,

Vale of Glamorgan Council,

Civic Offices,

Holton Rd,

Barry,

CF63 4RU

Placemaking workshops

On the 30th of September 2024 the RLDP Initial Consultation Report was considered and agreed at a meeting of Full Council. In agreeing the Initial Consultation Report, Full Council endorsed the actions set out within the document and granted approval to use the Preferred Strategy as a basis for progression on to the next stage of RLDP preparation, the Deposit Plan.

The Initial Consultation Report included a commitment to request that the site promoters undertake informal engagement on placemaking with local communities to inform the masterplanning of these sites.

Placemaking events were held in respect of the key sites in St Athan, Dinas Powys and Rhoose in October 2024. The consultation information presented at these events can be found here:

A report detailing the comments received during the placemaking events and how these will be addressed will be published alongside the Deposit RLDP.

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All details provided will be held on our consultation database for the duration of the plan preparation process.

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