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Preferred Strategy

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Update November 2023: In October 2023 Council endorsed updates to the Preferred Strategy following the statutory consultation/engagement in December 2022- January 2023.  You can review this report here and an easy read version of the updated Preferred Strategy here.  Work is currently progressing on the preparation of the Deposit Plan which is anticipated to be subject to statutory consultation/engagement in late Spring 2024.

Replacement Local Development Plan (RLDP) Preferred Strategy

The Preferred Strategy along with the Initial Integrated Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment were available for public consultation for an eight week period from 5th December 2022 to 30th January 2023.

This is the first statutory consultation stage in the Plan preparation process and provides the strategic direction for the development and use of land in Monmouthshire (excluding the area within the Brecon Beacons National Park) over the Plan period 2018 to 2033 and identifies how much growth is needed and where this growth will broadly be located.

The overall aim of the Preferred Strategy is to:

  • Identify key issues, challenges and opportunities for the County
  • Develop a Vision and set of Objectives for the RLDP that respond to the key issues, challenges and opportunities
  • Set out the preferred level of growth (housing and employment) and broad spatial distribution of this growth
  • Set out the Preferred Strategic Site Allocations and Strategic Policies that will deliver/implement the Strategy

A Summary of the Preferred Strategy is also available.

If you wish to read a shorter and simpler version of the Preferred Strategy document, you can download an Easy Read Summary version here. An animation in the form of a short video is also available.  

Further information with regard to the Initial Integrated Sustainability Appraisal and Habitats Regulations Assessment can be found by following this link.

A revised Delivery Agreement has been prepared alongside the new Preferred Strategy which amends the project timetable for Plan preparation.

The Preferred Strategy background papers and supporting documents can be viewed here. A copy of the formal notice of the consultation is also available.