Issue - meetings

1)    To accept the Final Annual Monitoring Report in Appendix 1 for submission to the Welsh Government by 31 October 2019.

2)    To give permission to the Assistant Head of Environment Department to undertake any editorial and typographical changes to the Annual Monitoring Report before submitting to the Welsh Government.

3)    To give permission to the Assistant Head of Environment Department in consultation with the Cabinet Member to undertake any amendments, which arise from matters raised by Isle of Anglesey County Council

The report was submitted by Cllr Gareth Griffith

DECISION

1)    To accept the Final Annual Monitoring Report in Appendix 1 for submission to the Welsh Government by 31 October 2019.

2)    To give permission to the Assistant Head of Environment Department to undertake any editorial and typographical changes to the Annual Monitoring Report before submitting to the Welsh Government.

3)    To give permission to the Assistant Head of Environment Department in consultation with the Cabinet Member to undertake any amendments, which arise from matters raised by Isle of Anglesey County Council

DISCUSSION

The report was submitted, noting that this was the first monitoring report for the Joint Local Development Plan, reporting on the period between August 2017 and the end of March 2019. The report had already been submitted to the Communities Scrutiny Committee and the Joint Planning Policy Committee, and it had also been presented at workshops for Members. It had not yet been submitted to the Anglesey County Council Scrutiny Committee or Executive.

It was noted that the report was part of creating an evidence base in order to review the Plan in due course, reporting on 69 performance indicators whilst setting a baseline for them. It was required to review the Plan every four years; however, before reviewing the Plan, a minimum of three monitoring reports would need to be published. It was added that the Plan's local market housing policy was pioneering as the only one of its kind in Wales.

In relation to Wylfa, it was noted that the best course of action for the time being would be to exercise discretion until the situation settled. It was also emphasised that the policies in the Plan were robust, and that as part of planning applications, developers were required to prove the need for developments.