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Last July the Welsh Government delivered the Planning (Wales) Act 2015, putting in place the key legislative foundation for a positive, enabling and resilient planning system.  Excellent progress has been made to implement the Act, with three quarters of the provisions now fully or partially in force.  

  

Implementation of the Act has been prioritised to ensure those parts with the greatest impact are brought in first.  The delivery of a National Development Framework is a key priority, given its importance in addressing land use issues of national significance.  The first stage of preparation has begun, with a draft Statement of Public Participation, setting out the detailed timetable for preparing the National Development Framework and the steps to be taken to engage with stakeholders and the public during its preparation, issued for consultation. The draft statement can be accessed using the attached link   

  

Planning applications for infrastructure projects which are of greatest significance to Wales due to their complexity and impacts are now considered and determined by the Welsh Ministers.  The new process for consenting Developments of National Significance ensures decisions on applications are made within a statutory time period, creating certainty for developers and communities while stimulating economic growth.  

  

Since October Local Planning Authorities have been able to come together to start the process of preparing a Strategic Development Plan (SDP).  The preparation of Strategic Development Plans should be given high priority by Local Planning Authorities in areas which have completed the first round of Local Development Plans and have issues which would benefit from being considered over a wider geographic area than a single Authority.  

  

To ensure that communities have a greater voice we have placed a requirement on developers proposing major development to undertake pre\-application consultation with the public, town and community councils and relevant statutory consultees, and to take account of their comments before formally submitting a planning application. This early and meaningful engagement will ensure communities can more readily influence development proposals.  A number of technical improvements to the development management system have also been introduced, focusing on the planning application process and the enforcement system to improve efficiency and effectiveness.  

  

The remaining provisions of the Act will be implemented over the next two years.  I will consult on a national delegation scheme ensuring that similar applications are decided either by planning committee or delegated to officers consistently across Wales.  I will also consult on changes to the structure of planning committees, improvements to the planning appeals system and revisions to the process for handling planning applications and town and village green applications.  

  

Having delivered the necessary legislation to implement many of the improvements resulting from the Act, I implore Local Planning Authorities, the development industry, statutory consultees and other partners to work with me to fully realise the benefits from a positive, enabling and resilient planning system.  

  

More information about our co\-ordinated and phased approach to delivering the improvements and supporting secondary legislation from the Act is set out in the Positive Planning Implementation Plan (December 2015\).  An update to the Implementation Plan (April 2016\) provides more detail on the progress made in implementing the Act.  Both documents can be access using the attached link 


Work on improving planning law in Wales will continue.  I am pleased that the Law Commission are carrying out a preliminary consultation on their initial ideas for a separate planning code for Wales focusing on the core of the planning system \- plan making and development management.  

  

The consultation paper is available for download from Law Commission website  

http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/planning\-law\-in\-wales/.  Once the consultation is complete the Law Commission will formulate substantive proposals on the shape and content of an initial piece of consolidating planning legislation for Wales which could be introduced later this Assembly.







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Fis Gorffennaf diwethaf, darparwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru Ddeddf Cynllunio (Cymru) 2015, gan roi sylfaen deddfwriaethol allweddol ar gyfer datblygu system gynllunio gadarnhaol a chydnerth sy’n galluogi.  Mae camau breision wedi’u cymryd i roi’r Ddeddf ar waith, gyda thri chwarter y darpariaethau bellach mewn grym neu’n rhannol mewn grym.    
  
Rydym wedi blaenoriaethu darpariaethau’r Ddeddf er mwyn i’r rhannau hynny fyddai’n cael yr effaith fwyaf yn cael eu rhoi ar waith gyntaf.  Mae’r Fframwaith Datblygu Cenedlaethol yn brif flaenoriaeth o gofio’i bwysigrwydd mewn cysylltiad â materion defnyddio tir o arwyddocâd cenedlaethol.  Mae camau cyntaf y gwaith paratoi wedi dechrau, gyda chyhoeddi at ddiben ymgynghori Ddatganiad drafft o Gyfranogiad y Cyhoedd, sy’n pennu amserlen fanwl ar gyfer paratoi’r Fframwaith Datblygu Cenedlaethol a’r camau a gymerir i gyfranogi â rhanddeiliaid a’r cyhoedd wrth ei baratoi.  I weld y datganiad drafft, cliciwch ar y ddolen atodedig:   
  
Mae ceisiadau cynllunio ar gyfer prosiectau seilwaith sydd o’r arwyddocâd mwyaf i Gymru oherwydd eu cymhlethdod a’u heffaith bellach yn cael eu hystyried a’u dyfarnu gan Weinidogion Cymru.  Mae’r broses newydd ar gyfer caniatáu Datblygiadau o Arwyddocâd Cenedlaethol yn golygu bod penderfyniadau’n cael eu gwneud ar geisiadau o fewn cyfnod statudol, gan roi sicrwydd i ddatblygwyr a chymunedau a sbarduno twf yr economi.   
  
Ers mis Hydref, mae Awdurdodau Cynllunio Lleol wedi cael dod ynghyd i ddechrau’r broses o baratoi Cynllun Datblygu Strategol (CDS).  Dylai Awdurdodau Cynllunio Lleol roi blaenoriaeth uchel i baratoi Cynlluniau Datblygu Strategol yn yr ardaloedd hynny lle mae rownd gyntaf y Cynlluniau Datblygu Lleol wedi’u cwblhau a lle ceir meysydd a fyddai’n elwa o gael eu hystyried dros ardal ehangach nag ardal un Awdurdod.   
  
Er mwyn sicrhau bod gan gymunedau lais cryfach, rydym wedi gosod gofyn ar ddatblygwyr sy’n cynnig datblygiad mawr i ymgynghori â’r cyhoedd, cynghorau tref a chymuned ac ymgyngoreion statudol perthnasol cyn gwneud cais ac i roi sylw i’w sylwadau cyn cyflwyno cais cynllunio’n ffurfiol.  Trwy gael cyfranogi’n gynnar yn y broses ac mewn ffordd mor ystyrlon, bydd cymunedau’n cael dylanwadu ar gynigion datblygu.  Mae nifer o welliannau technegol i’r system rheoli datblygu hefyd wedi’u gwneud, gan ganolbwyntio ar y broses ceisiadau cynllunio a’r system orfodi i’w gwneud yn fwy effeithlon ac effeithiol.   
  
Bydd y darpariaethau sy’n weddill yn y Ddeddf yn cael eu rhoi ar waith dros y ddwy flynedd nesaf.  Byddaf yn ymgynghori ar gynllun dirprwyo cenedlaethol i sicrhau y penderfynir ar geisiadau tebyg naill ai gan bwyllgor cynllunio neu eu bod yn cael eu dirprwyo i swyddogion yn gyson trwy Gymru.  Byddaf yn ymgynghori hefyd ar newidiadau i strwythur pwyllgorau cynllunio, gwelliannau i’r system apelau cynllunio ac ar ddiwygio’r broses ar gyfer trin ceisiadau cynllunio a cheisiadau ynghylch meysydd trefi a phentrefi.   
  
Ar ôl darparu’r ddeddfwriaeth angenrheidiol i roi llawer o’r gwelliannau sy’n deillio o’r Ddeddf ar waith, rwy’n pwyso ar Awdurdodau Cynllunio Lleol, y diwydiant datblygu, ymgyngoreion statudol a phartneriaid eraill i weithio gyda fi i sicrhau’r holl fuddiannau y gallai system gynllunio bositif a chydnerth sy’n galluogi esgor arnynt.   
  
Ceir mwy o wybodaeth am ein ffordd gydgysylltiedig a chymalog o roi’r gwelliannau ar waith ac o gefnogi is\-ddeddfwriaeth y Ddeddf yn ‘Cynllun Gweithredu Cynllunio Cadarnhaol’ (Rhagfyr 2015\).  Diweddarwyd y ddogfen honno (Ebrill 2016\) i roi mwy o fanylion yr hyn sydd wedi’i wneud i roi’r Ddeddf ar waith.  I weld y ddwy ddogfen, cliciwch ar ddolen atodedig:   
  
Bydd y gwaith i wella deddfwriaeth gynllunio yng Nghymru yn parhau.  Mae’n dda gennyf weld bod Comisiwn y Gyfraith yn cynnal ymgynghoriad cychwynnol ar y syniadau cyntaf ar gyfer cod cynllunio ar wahân i Gymru sy’n canolbwyntio ar graidd y system gynllunio – llunio cynlluniau a rheoli datblygiad.   
  
Mae’r papur ymgynghori ar gael ichi i’w lawrlwytho o wefan Comisiwn y Gyfraith http://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/planning\-law\-in\-wales/.  Unwaith y daw’r ymgynghoriad i ben, bydd Comisiwn y Gyfraith yn llunio cynigion manwl ynghylch ffurf a chynnwys darn cychwynnol o ddeddfwriaeth gynllunio sydd wedi’i chydgrynhoi ar gyfer Cymru y gellir ei gyflwyno nes ymlaen yn y Cynulliad hwn.