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5.1
The Plan's vision and strategic objectives were developed on the basis of national, regional and local policies, plans and programmes; the baseline evidence which includes the sustainability appraisal and the response to public consultation. They provide the basis for Strategic and Detailed Policies set out in Chapter 7 of the Plan.
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5.2
The Single Integrated Plan for Anglesey and Gwynedd is the key local strategy for the Plan area. Its vision is:
"Strengthen communities in Gwynedd and Anglesey"
5.3
In order to realise the vision, the Anglesey and Gwynedd Partnership aims to put plans and projects in place that will promote prosperous, healthy and safe communities.
5.4
In Anglesey, the Anglesey Energy Island Programme has identified the following vision in the New Nuclear Build at Wylfa Supplementary Planning Guidance (2014) in order to set the Council's aspirations for Wylfa Newydd, which is essential to transform the Island's economy in the future and provide a long term and sustainable quality of life for Anglesey's residents:
"The New Nuclear Station at Wylfa is a positive driver for the transformation of the economy and communities on Anglesey, providing sustainable employment opportunities, improving the quality of life for the existing and future generations and enhancing local identity and distinctiveness."
5.5
A number of the aims set out in the Single Integrated Plan for Anglesey and Gwynedd and in the vision linked to Wylfa Newydd depend on development and use of land and buildings. Therefore, the Plan has a fundamental role in realising these local aspirations. As a result Plan's vision for the Plan area by 2026 reflects and develops the Single Integrated Plan and the vision linked to Wylfa Newydd, which is driven by the Anglesey Energy Island Programme.
5.6
This is the Vision for the Plan area:
By 2026, Anglesey and Gwynedd will be recognized for their vibrant and lively communities that celebrate their unique culture, heritage and environment and for being places where people choose to live, work and visit. This means that the Joint Local Development Plan area will be one: |
which adapts and responds positively to the challenges of climate change | where the Welsh language is an integral part of communities |
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The city of Bangor will have retained and strengthened its role as a sub-regional centre, which is home to a variety of residential development, a University and College, business and industrial developments, and heritage, cultural, leisure and commercial opportunities, ensuring that deprivation is reduced. Its retail performance will have improved in order to support its role as a sub-regional shopping centre. It will be taking advantage of its accessibility via the North Wales railway line and the A55 Holyhead will be re-energized to be a confident town, having taken advantage of the port and railway link, its coastal location and comparative proximity to the present Wylfa nuclear power station and the proposed new nuclear power station. It will be a focus for major development leading to a stronger economic base, sufficient and improved choice of housing units, a vibrant town centre and a reduction in the multiple deprivation levels currently seen within the town. Caernarfon will have improved its function as a place to live and work, ensuring that deprivation is reduced. The town will continue to play a role as an administrative and legal centre. It will be a key tourist destination, building on its coastal location, its wealth of built environment and environmental assets and its railway connection to Snowdonia and Porthmadog. The town will have safeguarded and strengthened its role as a centre for creative arts and a Welsh stronghold Pwllheli will have developed its role as the main centre for housing, commerce and employment in western Gwynedd. It will have made full use of its location on the coast and proximity to Llŷn AONB. It will be an international destination for sailing and water activities and people will have used the opportunities to develop outdoor activity skills. The town will be more resilient to threats from climate change due to provision of appropriate infrastructure. Despite the environmental challenges, Porthmadog will continue to be a key centre serving a rural hinterland by offering employment opportunities and a range of services. The town centre will continue to be vibrant and the town will have taken advantage of its multi railway connections. Porthmadog will continue to be an important destination for visitors, using its heritage and environmental assets, including the harbour area and its proximity to the Snowdonia National Park. Llangefni will have retained and strengthened its role as a town providing homes, jobs and community facilities to its own population and a wider rural population and continue to play a role as an administrative centre. Investment in the town centre will mean there is a better shopping environment. Investment in Bryn Cefni and its expansion and in Grŵp Llandrillo-Menai will have increased the range and variety of jobs available. Amlwch will have improved its role as a key centre in the North of the Island for housing, commerce and employment opportunities to support the nearby new nuclear power station at Wylfa. Investment in its town centre will mean that it will have an improved shopping environment. Investment in the Copper Kingdom heritage between Amlwch and Parys Mountain will have improved its role as a visitor destination. Blaenau Ffestiniog will be a good place to live, work in and visit. It will be well known for culture and art, strong community feeling and stunning landscape. The town's businesses will be maintained and supported. It will be a quality centre for visitors, using its unique characteristics, including its proximity to the Snowdonia National Park, local outdoor activity opportunities and the rich slate heritage. The rural areas around the Sub-regional Centre and the Urban Service Centres will be a network of flourishing, sustainable communities. The Local Service Centres will have good links with the Urban Service Centres or the Sub-regional Centre. They will provide a range of local services and facilities for the rural communities around them. They will have received an appropriate level of additional housing units and employment opportunities to assist in maintaining community services and facilities. Villages and clusters will be within convenient reach of the Sub-regional Centre, Urban Service Centres or the Local Service Centres. There will be more affordable housing and housing to meet the needs of the local communities, and rural economic development to strengthen and diversify the rural economy, whilst respecting the natural environment. |
5.7
The Plan will realise its vision through a series of strategic objectives that provide the context for Strategic Policies and Detailed Policies, which are either overarching ones, relevant to specific land uses or are relevant to specific areas.
5.8
These are the Plan's strategic objectives:
Theme 1: Support and create safe, healthy, distinctive and vibrant communities | |
SO1 | Safeguard and strengthen the Welsh language and culture and promote its use as an essential part of community life. |
SO2 | Ensure that the appropriate physical or community infrastructure is in place e.g. water supply, health facilities, schools, community facilities or that it can be provided (e.g. by means of developer contributions) to cope with every kind of development. |
SO3 | Improve and maintain safe, efficient, high quality, modern and integrated transport networks to employment, services and education/ training facilities particularly by foot, bicycle and public transport, thus reducing where possible the number of journeys in private cars. |
SO4 | Maximise the opportunities of Holyhead as a major international gateway and the A55, E22 Trans European network route and the A5025, A487, A470 as key transportation corridors: |
Key outputs:
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Theme 2: Sustainable Living | |
SO5 |
Ensuring that development in the Plan area supports the principles of sustainable development and creates sustainable communities whilst respecting the varied role and character of the centres, villages and countryside. |
SO6 |
Minimize, adapt and mitigate the impacts of climate change. This will be achieved by:
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SO7 |
Ensure that all new development meets high standards in terms of quality of design, energy efficiency, safety, security (persons and property) and accessibility, relates well to existing development, enhances public realm and develops locally distinctive quality places. |
SO8
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Ensure that settlements are sustainable, accessible and meet all the needs of their communities in accordance with their role in the settlement hierarchy |
Key outputs:
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Theme 3: Support growth and regeneration that will transform the local economy under the umbrella of Anglesey Energy Island Programme and other strategies and plans, building on those elements of its unique economic profile that are identified as being of regional and national significance | |
SO9 | Ensure that a network of employment sites and premises of a size and quality is safeguarded and allocated in sustainable locations that best meet the needs of existing businesses and are able to support the growing sectors of the local economy, attracting investment, and retaining and increasing the number of indigenous jobs. |
SO10 | Secure opportunities to improve the workforce's skills and education. |
SO11 | Diversify the Plan area's rural economy, building on opportunities, offering local employment opportunities with good quality jobs that are suitable for the local community and respects environmental interests. |
SO12 | Promote vital and vibrant town centres in Amlwch, Bangor, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Holyhead, Caernarfon, Llangefni, Porthmadog and Pwllheli, that have either maintained or rediscovered their purpose as centres for work and services, and that are vibrant and attractive places for residents and visitors. |
SO13 | Manage the area as an alternative and sustainable destination for tourists by providing facilities of a high standard that meet modern day needs and offer benefits throughout the year |
Key outputs:
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Theme 4: To give everyone access to a home appropriate to their needs | |
SO14 | To ensure that a sufficient and appropriate range of housing sites are available in sustainable locations in accordance with the settlement hierarchy. |
SO15 | To provide a mixture of good quality and affordable housing units, of a range of types and tenures to meet the housing requirements of all sections of the population: |
Key outputs:
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Theme 5: Protect and enhance the natural and built environment | |
SO16 | Protect, enhance and manage the natural and heritage assets of the Plan area, including its natural resources, wildlife habitats, and its landscape character and historic environment. |
SO17 | Encourage waste management based on the hierarchy of reduce, re-use, recovery and safe disposal. |
SO18 | Meet the needs of minerals locally and regionally in a sustainable manner |
Key outputs:
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Objectives | Policies | Monitoring Indicators |
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Theme 1: Support and create safe, healthy, distinctive and vibrant communities | ||
SO1 | PS1, PS2, ISA1, ISA2, PS5, PCYFF1, PS8, PS9, PS10, CYF1, CYF3, CYF4, CYF5, CYF6, CYF7, PS11, TWR1, TWR2, TWR3, TWR4, TWR5, PS12, MAN4, MAN5, MAN6, PS13, PS14, PS15, TAI1, TAI2, TAI3, TAI4, TAI5, TAI6, TAI9, TAI10, TAI14, TAI15, TAI16,TAI17, TAI18, TAI19 | D1, D2 |
SO2 | PS2, ISA1, ISA2, ISA3, ISA4, ISA5, PS3, TRA2 | D3, D8, D9, D10, D11 |
SO3 | PS2, ISA1, ISA2, ISA3, ISA4, ISA5, PS3, TRA2 | D3, D8, D9, D10, D11 |
SO4 | PS4, PS9 | D8, D10 |
Theme 2: Sustainable Living | ||
SO5 | PS5, PCYFF1, PCYFF2, PCYFF3, PCYFF4, PCYFF5 | D15, D16 |
SO6 | PS5, PS6, PCYFF1, PCYFF2, PCYFF4, PCYFF5, ARNA1, ADN1, ADN2 | D12, D13, D14 |
SO7 | PS5, PCYFF1, PCYFF2, PCYFF3 | D15 |
SO8 | PS1, PS2, PS4, PS15, TRA4 | D16 |
Theme 3: Support growth and regeneration that will transform the local economy under the umbrella of Anglesey Energy Island Programme and other strategies and plans, building on those elements of its unique economic profile that are identified as being of regional and national significance (economy and regeneration) | ||
SO9 | PS8, PS9, PS10, CYF1, CYF2, CYF3, CYF4, CYF6, CYF7 | D17, D18 |
SO10 | PS2, ISA3 | D10 |
SO11 | PS3, PS8, PS9, CYF6, CYF7, PS11, TWR1, PS12 | D22, D23, D24 |
SO12 | PS12, MAN1, MAN2, MAN3, MAN7 | D19, D20 |
SO13 | PS11, TWR1, TWR2, TWR3, TWR4, TWR5 | D22, D23 |
Theme 4: To give everyone access to a home appropriate to their needs (supply and quality of housing) | ||
SO14 | PS13, PS15, TAI14, TAI15, TAI16, TAI17, TAI18, TAI19 | D25, D26 |
SO15 | PS13, PS15, TAI14, TAI15, TAI16, TAI17, TAI18, TAI19 | D25, D26 |
Theme 5: Protect and enhance the natural and built environment (natural and built environment) | ||
SO16 | PS16, AMG1, AMG2, AMG3, AMG4, AMG5, PS17, AT1, AT2, AT3, AT4 | D35, D36, D37, D38, D39 |
SO17 | PS18, GWA1, GWA2, GWA3 | D42 |
SO18 | PS19, MWYN1, MWYN2, MWYN3, MWYN4, MWYN5, MWYN6, MWYN7, MWYN8, MWYN9, MWYN10 | D40, D41 |