6. What to include in a Community and Linguistic Statement
6.1.
A Community and Linguistic Statement should provide detail relating to the relevant development type questions below. The statement should seek to answer as many of the relevant questions as possible and be submitted at application stage in order to avoid any delay in assessment. Evidence, where available, should be presented when answering the questions below. The Council has prepared a webpage containing relevant statistical information (see section 12)
6.2.
General
- Are there appropriate local services such as shops, residential / community facilities to serve the development?
- Will the proposal create new opportunities to promote the Welsh language and local initiatives in the community?
- How will the development promote the use of the Welsh language in the community?
- What are the proposed mitigation measures?
6.3.
Employment
- Does the employment meet primarily local needs?
- Does the proposal comply with local and national strategies?
- How many jobs will be created and how many will be sourced locally?
- Are the required labour skills available locally?
- Are the proposed jobs short term (e.g seasonal) or longer term?
- For tourism developments, what is the expected catchment area? Would the proposal make use of the area’s Welsh linguistic heritage?
- Are there other similar developments with planning permission in the area?
- Is the proposal likely to result in further investment of a similar kind?
- What training is required to re-skill the local workforce and will this include Welsh Language Training by the developer?
- How will new wage levels compare with the average wage levels in the area?
- Will the proposal compete or complement existing tourism attractions?
6.4.
Residential
- What is the expected market price for the houses and how does this compare with local household income?
- Have there been similar developments in scale completed in the past 5 years? If yes, have they met primarily local needs?
- Does the development include an appropriate element of affordable housing to meet local need?
- How will the development be phased?
- Does the proposal comply with the type and demand of housing forecasted in the LDP?
- What has been the rate of residential growth in the community in the past 5 years?
- What has been the percentage occupancy by local people of new dwellings completed in the past 5 years?
- Would the proposal involve building any second homes? Would they be marketed locally? If not, where?
6.5.
Education
- Is the proposal likely to result in the need for additional school places? If yes, is there sufficient capacity within local schools, and how is the proposal likely to affect the Welsh language patterns in local schools?
6.6.
Infrastructure
- Would the development significantly improve accessibility into the area and reduce travel times from larger surrounding conurbations?