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The Landfill Disposals Tax Communities Scheme is a Welsh Government scheme stemming from the Land Disposals Tax (Wales) Act 2017 (LDT Act). The provisions within the current scheme are distributed under contract by the Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) for the period April 2018 to March 2024\. The scheme provides funding for projects, which support biodiversity, waste minimisation and the diversion of waste from landfill and other environmental enhancements.


Its overall objective is to recognise the negative impact for communities living near a landfill site and aims to offset some of those impacts through the means set out in the scheme. To achieve this a proportion of the revenues raised from landfill disposals tax is allocated to the scheme, to be awarded as grants to successful projects. Over the last four years, grants of £5,000 to £50,000 have been made available in two annual bidding rounds, with one significant project per year being offered funding of up to £250,000\.


Communities and projects which are within five miles of a landfill site or a waste transfer station which sends a minimum of 2,000 tonnes of waste to landfill each year, are eligible to apply to the Landfill Disposals Tax Communities Scheme.


A review of the Landfill Disposals Tax Communities Scheme has been undertaken in line with the requirements of the LDT Act. This review was informed by work undertaken by Eunomia Research and Consulting on behalf of Welsh Government who have sought the views of stakeholders as part of the evidence they have collected. 


The evidence collated for the review is very positive about the scheme, how it has been delivered, its impact and the value for money it has delivered since it commenced in 2018\.  The evidence also demonstrates that a wide range of communities have benefitted through the support that the scheme has provided, enabling the delivery of the previous and current Programme’s for Government and several important policy priorities directly in communities around Wales. The evidence also clearly supports continuing with its delivery in the short to medium term.  This report will be published in the coming weeks.


Having undertaken the review and considered the evidence available at this point in time, the scheme will continue in its current form in the short term.  However, I will be reconsidering this evidence and that from wider sources, to inform the development of a revised scheme within the next 6 months. 


Once this additional evidence is available, it is my intention to revise the scheme to ensure that it more effectively supports the delivery of the Programme for Government and is more flexible to respond to the needs of the communities that are eligible to receive support through it. After the additional evidence has become available, a revised scheme will be laid before the Senedd and work will commence to ensure its future delivery.


The content of the current scheme published on 28 March 2018, can be accessed on the Senedd website:


Landfill Disposals Tax Communities Scheme


Further information about the current programme delivering the scheme is available on the WCVA website:


https://www.wcva.org.uk/funding/landfill\-disposals\-tax\-communities\-scheme


This statement is being issued to keep members informed that the review has completed, as per the requirements of the LDT Act and to indicate the future direction of the scheme.







Translation:


 
Cynllun gan Lywodraeth Cymru yw Cynllun Cymunedau y Dreth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi sy'n deillio o Ddeddf Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cymru) 2017\. Caiff y darpariaethau yn y cynllun presennol eu dosbarthu o dan gontract gan Gyngor Gweithredu Gwirfoddol Cymru (CGGC) ar gyfer y cyfnod o fis Ebrill 2018 i fis Mawrth 2024\. Mae'r cynllun yn darparu cyllid ar gyfer prosiectau sy'n cefnogi bioamrywiaeth, lleihau gwastraff a dargyfeirio gwastraff o safleoedd tirlenwi a gwelliannau amgylcheddol eraill.


Ei amcan cyffredinol yw cydnabod yr effaith negyddol ar gymunedau sy'n byw ger safle tirlenwi a'i nod yw gwrthbwyso rhai o'r effeithiau hynny drwy'r dulliau a nodir yn y cynllun. Er mwyn cyflawni hyn, dyrennir cyfran o'r refeniw a godir o'r dreth gwarediadau tirlenwi i'r cynllun, i'w ddyfarnu fel grantiau i brosiectau llwyddiannus. Dros y pedair blynedd diwethaf, mae grantiau o £5,000 i £50,000 wedi bod ar gael mewn dau gylch ymgeisio blynyddol, gydag un prosiect sylweddol y flwyddyn yn cael cynnig cyllid o hyd at £250,000\.


Mae cymunedau a phrosiectau sydd o fewn pum milltir i safle tirlenwi neu orsaf trosglwyddo gwastraff sy'n anfon o leiaf 2,000 tunnell o wastraff i safleoedd tirlenwi bob blwyddyn, yn gymwys i wneud cais i Gynllun Cymunedau y Dreth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi.


Cynhaliwyd adolygiad o Gynllun Cymunedau'r Dreth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi yn unol â gofynion Deddf Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cymru) 2017\. Cafodd yr adolygiad hwn ei lywio gan waith a wnaed gan Eunomia Research and Consulting ar ran Llywodraeth Cymru, sydd wedi mynd ati i geisio barn rhanddeiliaid fel rhan o'r dystiolaeth a gasglwyd ganddynt. 


Mae'r dystiolaeth a gasglwyd ar gyfer yr adolygiad yn gadarnhaol iawn am y cynllun, sut y cafodd ei gyflawni, ei effaith a'r gwerth am arian y mae wedi'i ddarparu ers iddo ddechrau yn 2018\.  Mae'r dystiolaeth hefyd yn dangos bod ystod eang o gymunedau wedi elwa ar y cymorth y mae'r cynllun wedi'i ddarparu, gan alluogi'r gwaith o gyflawni'r Rhaglen Lywodraethu flaenorol a chyfredol a nifer o flaenoriaethau polisi pwysig yn uniongyrchol mewn cymunedau ledled Cymru. Mae'r dystiolaeth hefyd yn amlwg yn cefnogi parhau i'w ddarparu yn y tymor byr i ganolig. Bydd yr adroddiad hwn yn cael ei gyhoeddi yn ystod yr wythnosau nesaf.


Ar ôl cynnal yr adolygiad ac ystyried y dystiolaeth sydd ar gael ar hyn o bryd, bydd y cynllun yn parhau ar ei ffurf bresennol yn y tymor byr.  Fodd bynnag, byddaf yn ailystyried y dystiolaeth hon ac, o ffynonellau ehangach, i lywio'r gwaith o ddatblygu cynllun diwygiedig o fewn y 6 mis nesaf. 


Unwaith y bydd y dystiolaeth ychwanegol hon ar gael, fy mwriad yw diwygio'r cynllun i sicrhau ei fod yn cefnogi'r gwaith o gyflawni'r Rhaglen Lywodraethu yn fwy effeithiol, a'i fod yn fwy hyblyg o ran ymateb i anghenion y cymunedau sy'n gymwys i gael cymorth drwyddo. Ar ôl i'r dystiolaeth ychwanegol ddod i law, bydd cynllun diwygiedig yn cael ei osod gerbron y Senedd a bydd gwaith yn dechrau i sicrhau y caiff ei gyflawni yn y dyfodol.


Gellir gweld cynnwys y cynllun cyfredol a gyhoeddwyd ar 28 Mawrth 2018 ar wefan y Senedd:


Cynllun Cymunedau y Dreth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi


Mae rhagor o wybodaeth am y rhaglen bresennol sy'n cyflawni’r cynllun ar gael ar wefan CGGC:


https://wcva.cymru/cy/cyllid/cynllun\-cymunedau\-y\-dreth\-gwarediadau\-tirlenwi/


Mae'r datganiad hwn yn cael ei gyhoeddi i roi gwybod i'r aelodau bod yr adolygiad wedi'i gwblhau, yn unol â gofynion Deddf Treth Gwarediadau Tirlenwi (Cymru) 2017 ac i nodi cyfeiriad y cynllun yn y dyfodol.