1. Introduction

1.1.

This draft Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) document has been prepared to give guidance to applicants on how the Local Planning Authority (LPA) will assess the potential impacts of development on aspects of the Welsh language within communities. It states what supporting information will be required for certain developments across the LPA area.

1.2.

The SPG has been prepared with regard to emerging policy contained in the Conwy Deposit Local Development Plan 2007 – 2022 revised edition 2010 (LDP). It has regard to policies contained in the Wales Spatial Plan (2008) Planning Policy Wales (PPW 2010), Technical Advice Note (TAN) 20 – The Welsh Language (2000) and the LPA’s relevant planning policies (see section 3). It is based on guidance contained in the document ‘Planning and the Welsh Language – the way ahead’ (2005).

1.3.

The Council has prepared this SPG through consultation with Anglesey and Gwynedd Councils and Snowdonia National Park Authority, as well as guidance from the Welsh Language Board and the Council’s Welsh language development officer.

1.4.

This document applies to the LPA area of Conwy County Borough Council, that is, the area of the County outside of the Snowdonia National Park boundary. Snowdonia has its own LPA and local planning policies, including an SPG on Planning and the Welsh Language (2007).

1.5.
This SPG should be read alongside Background Paper 33 on Planning and the Welsh Language in Conwy. It provides background evidence and justification for the policy approach in the LDP and requirements of this document. All representations made on this SPG will be published in due course with Officer responses to the comments included.

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