Local Development Plan 2006 - 2021
Page updated on: 15/01/2025
The Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan (LDP) was adopted at the meeting of the County Council on the 10th December 2014. The LDP sets out the spatial vision for the future of Carmarthenshire (excluding that area within the Brecon Beacons national Park) and a framework for the distribution and delivery of growth and development.
It sets out land-use planning policies and proposals which are used in the determination of planning applications and in guiding future opportunities for investment and growth. These policies include land-use allocations for different types of development (i.e. housing, employment, retailing, education, open space etc.) as well as criteria for assessing individual proposals. The Plan has a direct effect on the lives of every resident of the County as well as major implications on investment programmes, other plans and strategies, communities and landowners alike.
The LDP, will guide development up to 2021, and will be monitored in accordance with the monitoring framework and periodically reviewed. The adopted LDP supersedes the Unitary Development Plan.
Examination library and Matters Arising Changes
The Matters Arising Changes was a consultation document (June 2014) which set out a number of proposed changes that emerged during hearing sessions of the examination. The proposed changes related to elements of the LDP written statement and the proposals map and are set out in the Schedule of Matters Arising Changes which are set out within the following documents.
- Formal notice of submission (36KB, pdf)
- The complete LDP library (1MB, pdf)
- Document list for examination (505KB, pdf)
- Pre hearing documents (133KB, pdf)
- Examination general documents (227KB, pdf)
- Hearing documents (639KB, pdf)
- Schedule Of Matters Arising Changes Written Statement (2MB, pdf)
- Schedule of Matters Arising Changes - Written Statement Appendix 7: Monitoring Framework (1008KB, pdf)
- Addendum to the Schedule of Matters Arising Changes (1MB, pdf)
- Schedule of Matters Arising Changes - Proposals Map and Inset Maps (21MB, pdf)
- Addendum to the Schedule of Matters Arising Changes - MAC31 and MAC32 (766KB, pdf)
Adopted documents
- Adoption public notice (176KB, pdf)
- Adoption statement (864KB, pdf)
- Sustainability appraisal (2MB, pdf)
- Habitat Regulations Assessment Volume 1 main text (1MB, pdf)
- Habitat Regulations Assessment Volume 2 figures (23MB, pdf)
- Habitat Regulations Assessment Volume 3 appendices (4MB, pdf)
- Inspector's report covering letter (114KB, pdf)
- Carmarthenshire Local Development Plan Inspector's Report (696KB, pdf)
- Inspector's report: Appendix A - The Council’s proposed changes recommended by the Inspector – Written Statement, Addendum 1 and Addendum 2 (1MB, pdf)
- Inspector's report: Appendix B - The Council’s proposed changes recommended by the Inspector – Schedule of MACs Appendix 7: MAC157 Monitoring Framework (361KB, pdf)
- Inspector's report: Appendix C1 - Growth Areas (1MB, pdf)
- Inspector's report: Appendix C2 - Service Centres, Local Service Centres (2MB, pdf)
- Inspector's report: Appendix C3 - Sustainable Communities (5MB, pdf)
- Inspector's report: Appendix C4 - Proposals Map (3MB, pdf)
- Inspector's report: Appendix D - Changes Recommended by the Inspector (47KB, pdf)
Further details for the following stages of the LDP process: Focused Changes, Alternative Sites, Deposit LDP (including representations approved at County Council – 12th June 2013), Assessment of Sites, Preferred Strategy, Delivery Agreement, Sustainability Appraisal / Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Habitat Regulation Assessment are available on request by emailing the Forward Planning Section at Forward.Planning@carmarthenshire.gov.uk or by telephoning 01267 228818.
