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English: Minister, Jenny Rathbone makes some good points. The Welsh Government often talks about building back better after the pandemic, and I think that planning reform and changing the way that the planning system is used to encourage sustainability is all key to this. All applications should be carbon proofed. I previously raised the issue of an application for an electric-car charging station adjacent to the River Wye in Monmouth, the gateway to Wales, an application that was turned down because it was determined to go against technical advice note 15 flooding guidance. The site is not being proposed for housing or industry and it's never actually flooded. That decision that has been taken is in the past, but it strikes me that electric charging, along with other green infrastructure, is something that we should be promoting through the planning system. Can you look at ways that the planning application system - and, indeed, the appeals system - can be reformed, so that green infrastructure is supported, and facilities such as electric-car charging are made far easier than at present, so that we do get that sort of sustainable green infrastructure in the future that towns like Monmouth in my constituency and other towns and areas across Wales badly need?
Welsh: Weinidog, mae Jenny Rathbone yn gwneud pwyntiau da. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn aml yn sôn am adeiladu nôl yn well ar ôl y pandemig, a chredaf fod diwygio cynllunio a newid y ffordd y defnyddir y system gynllunio i annog cynaliadwyedd yn gwbl allweddol i hyn. Dylid mesur allyriadau carbon pob cais. Crybwyllais gais o'r blaen ar gyfer gorsaf wefru cerbydau trydan ger Afon Gwy yn Nhrefynwy, y porth i Gymru, cais a wrthodwyd am ei fod yn benderfynol o fynd yn groes i nodyn cyngor technegol 15 y canllawiau llifogydd. Nid yw'r safle'n cael ei gynnig ar gyfer tai na diwydiant ac nid yw erioed wedi dioddef llifogydd mewn gwirionedd. Cafodd y penderfyniad hwnnw ei wneud yn y gorffennol, ond mae'n fy nharo fod mannau gwefru, ynghyd â seilwaith gwyrdd tebyg, yn rhywbeth y dylem ei hyrwyddo drwy'r system gynllunio. A allwch chi edrych ar ffyrdd y gellir diwygio'r system ceisiadau cynllunio - ac yn wir, y system apeliadau - er mwyn cefnogi seilwaith gwyrdd, a bod cyfleusterau megis mannau gwefru cerbydau trydan yn haws o lawer i'w defnyddio nag ar hyn o bryd, fel y gallwn yn y dyfodol gael y math hwnnw o seilwaith gwyrdd cynaliadwy y mae trefi fel Trefynwy yn fy etholaeth i a threfi ac ardaloedd eraill ledled Cymru eu hangen yn ddybryd?
English: Can I thank Nick Ramsay for his question? The Member will be aware that I am unable to comment on individual applications but, more broadly, then, support for green infrastructure is included in 'Planning Policy Wales'. My colleague the Minister for Housing and Local Government is nodding along to me how this is something that we are very keen to take forward as a Government, but also, in terms of actually the whole holistic approach to these things, if we're looking in terms of actually how we're going to tackle resource efficiency to reduce our carbon footprint. Because we know, actually, the goods and products we consume make up 45 per cent of emissions, so we're not going to get to where we need to be unless we tackle the way that we use and consume things. So, when we're looking now, working with local authority partners, in terms of the location of further reprocessing centres to enable us to make use of that high-quality recyclate that we already have in Wales, and to reprocess and reuse them again, to ensure that we can look actually at how we can locate them with other energy-efficient things such as increasing electric charging point infrastructure and also things like solar and other things as well. So, the Member raises a number of points that we are keen to explore and looking at, actually, some practical interventions in the short to medium term.
Welsh: A gaf fi ddiolch i Nick Ramsay am ei gwestiwn? Fe fydd yr Aelod yn ymwybodol na allaf wneud sylwadau ar geisiadau unigol ond yn fwy cyffredinol, mae cefnogaeth i seilwaith gwyrdd wedi'i chynnwys yn 'Polisi Cynllunio Cymru'. Mae fy nghyd-Weinidog, y Gweinidog Tai a Llywodraeth Leol, yn ysgwyd ei ben i ategu sut y mae hwn yn rhywbeth rydym yn awyddus iawn i'w ddatblygu fel Llywodraeth, ond hefyd, o ran yr agwedd gyfannol at y pethau hyn, os edrychwn ar sut rydym yn bwriadu mynd i'r afael ag effeithlonrwydd adnoddau er mwyn lleihau ein hôl troed carbon. Oherwydd gwyddom fod y nwyddau a'r cynhyrchion a ddefnyddiwn yn cyfrannu 45 y cant o allyriadau, felly ni fyddwn yn cyrraedd ble mae angen inni fod oni bai ein bod yn mynd i'r afael â'r ffordd rydym yn defnyddio pethau. Felly, pan fyddwn yn edrych yn awr, gan weithio gyda phartneriaid awdurdodau lleol, ar leoliad canolfannau ailbrosesu pellach i'n galluogi i ddefnyddio'r deunydd eildro o ansawdd uchel sydd gennym eisoes yng Nghymru, a'i ailbrosesu a'i ailddefnyddio eto, i sicrhau y gallwn edrych, mewn gwirionedd, ar sut y gallwn eu lleoli gyda phethau eraill sy'n effeithlon o ran eu defnydd o ynni megis cynyddu seilwaith mannau gwefru cerbydau trydan yn ogystal â solar a phethau eraill hefyd. Felly, mae'r Aelod yn codi nifer o bwyntiau rydym yn awyddus i'w harchwilio, ac edrych ar ymyriadau ymarferol yn y tymor byr i'r tymor canolig.
English: Thank you, Russell George. The group is examining how local planning authorities can plan for new agricultural developments like poultry sheds. It will advise on issues to be considered by development plan policies and the material considerations involved in determining the planning applications. Work has been delayed by the pandemic response but will be recommencing shortly.
Welsh: Diolch, Russell George. Mae'r gweithgor yn archwilio sut y gall awdurdodau cynllunio lleol gynllunio ar gyfer datblygiadau amaethyddol newydd fel siediau dofednod. Bydd yn rhoi cyngor ar faterion sydd i'w hystyried gan bolisïau cynlluniau datblygu a'r ystyriaethau perthnasol sy'n gysylltiedig â phenderfynu ar y ceisiadau cynllunio. Mae'r ymateb i'r pandemig wedi gohirio'r gwaith ond bydd yn ailddechrau cyn bo hir.
English: Thank you for your answer, Minister. In my view, we are in urgent need of updated guidance in the form a technical advice note, simply to support local authorities in assessing planning applications for intensive poultry units or chicken sheds or IPUs - they've got different names. That's certainly the case in Powys, where I hope you will be aware there's been a significant increase in builds taking place - I was pleased that another Member raised this earlier with your colleague Lesley Griffiths. We do need that updated guidance because there's a very real concern over the effects of high phosphate levels from IPUs, issues around air pollution, water pollution and manure management plans. Now, you did write to me last week and, as you say, it seems to be that there won't be much action before early next year, but that, I would say, Minister, is disappointing. I suggest we do need more urgent action. What assurances can you give me, with timescales, on when we will see the necessary guidance in place?
Welsh: Diolch am eich ateb, Weinidog. Yn fy marn i, mae angen canllawiau wedi'u diweddaru arnom ar frys ar ffurf nodyn cyngor technegol, er mwyn cynorthwyo awdurdodau lleol i asesu ceisiadau cynllunio ar gyfer unedau dofednod dwys neu siediau ieir - mae ganddynt enwau gwahanol. Mae hynny'n sicr yn wir ym Mhowys, lle rwy'n gobeithio y byddwch yn ymwybodol fod cynnydd sylweddol wedi bod yn nifer yr unedau sy'n cael eu hadeiladu - roeddwn yn falch fod Aelod arall wedi codi hyn yn gynharach gyda'ch cyd-Aelod, Lesley Griffiths. Mae angen diweddaru'r canllawiau oherwydd mae pryder gwirioneddol ynghylch effeithiau lefelau ffosffad uchel o unedau dofednod dwys, materion yn ymwneud â llygredd aer, llygredd dŵr a chynlluniau rheoli tail. Nawr, fe ysgrifennoch chi ataf yr wythnos diwethaf ac fel y dywedwch, mae'n ymddangos na fydd llawer o weithredu cyn dechrau'r flwyddyn nesaf, ond rwyf am ddweud bod hynny'n siomedig, Weinidog. Rwy'n awgrymu ein bod angen mwy o weithredu brys. Pa sicrwydd y gallwch ei roi i mi, gydag amserlenni, o ran pryd y gwelwn y canllawiau angenrheidiol ar waith?
English: Russell, I share your concern, and we are working - . It's really disappointing that the group, which was due to hold its fourth meeting in March, just before the lockdown, was not then able to go ahead. They are now going ahead, so obviously we want them to do their work as fast as possible; we want to get all the right information in place. At the moment, where planning permission is required for new poultry sheds, they do have to consider the economic benefits and the environmental impacts of the proposal, including the cumulative effect of the increasing number of developments. So, some of the things you mentioned are already in place, but I am absolutely aware that we need to look again at the issues around pollution of the water courses and so on. I'll be working with my colleague Lesley Griffiths on getting the balance right between farm diversification policies and environmental protection, which are the two competing aspects here. So, that's exactly what the group is looking at, with a view to then us reviewing planning policy in the light of their findings, and I assure you we have encouraged them to go as fast as possible.
Welsh: Russell, rwy'n rhannu eich pryderon, ac rydym yn gweithio - . Mae'n siomedig iawn nad oedd y gweithgor, a oedd i fod i gynnal ei bedwerydd cyfarfod ym mis Mawrth, ychydig cyn y cyfyngiadau symud, wedi gallu gwneud hynny. Maent yn bwrw ymlaen yn awr, felly yn amlwg rydym eisiau iddynt wneud eu gwaith cyn gynted ag sy'n bosibl; rydym eisiau sicrhau bod yr holl wybodaeth gywir gennym. Ar hyn o bryd, lle mae angen caniatâd cynllunio ar gyfer siediau dofednod newydd, mae'n rhaid iddynt ystyried manteision economaidd ac effeithiau amgylcheddol y cynnig, gan gynnwys effaith gronnol y nifer gynyddol o ddatblygiadau. Felly, mae rhai o'r pethau y sonioch chi amdanynt eisoes ar waith, ond rwy'n gwbl ymwybodol fod angen inni edrych eto ar y materion sy'n ymwneud â llygredd y cyrsiau dŵr ac yn y blaen. Byddaf yn gweithio gyda fy nghyd-Aelod Lesley Griffiths i sicrhau'r cydbwysedd cywir rhwng polisïau arallgyfeirio ffermydd a diogelu'r amgylchedd, sef y ddwy agwedd sy'n cystadlu â'i gilydd yma. Felly, dyna'n union y mae'r gweithgor yn edrych arno, gyda'r bwriad o adolygu polisi cynllunio yng ngoleuni eu canfyddiadau, a gallaf eich sicrhau ein bod wedi eu hannog i wneud eu gwaith cyn gynted ag sy'n bosibl.
English: Diolch, Llywydd. Minister, we are likely to see long-lasting changes to the housing market following COVID-19, not necessarily always for the better. People who can afford it may now want to buy large houses with open space and gardens and one that doesn't have to be as close to the office, and that could cause many people to be priced out of their communities. In our rural communities that's likely to be experienced most, yet we still don't have an action plan to stop the scandal of second home owners exploiting loopholes to avoid paying extra council tax, and we still don't have a planning system that's capable of restricting second home ownership, holiday homes or Airbnb properties. Can I ask you, Minister, when we're going to see action to reform the planning system and give local authorities teeth to ensure the post-COVID housing market works for young people and our rural communities?
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Weinidog, rydym yn debygol o weld newidiadau hirdymor i'r farchnad dai yn dilyn COVID-19, ac nid o reidrwydd er gwell. Efallai y bydd pobl sy'n gallu fforddio gwneud hynny eisiau prynu tai mawr gyda mannau agored a gerddi a thai nad oes raid iddynt fod mor agos at y swyddfa, a gallai hynny achosi i lawer o bobl gael eu prisio allan o'u cymunedau. Mae hynny'n debygol o gael ei brofi fwyaf yn ein cymunedau gwledig, ac eto nid oes gennym gynllun gweithredu o hyd i atal y sgandal fod perchnogion ail gartrefi yn camfanteisio ar fylchau yn y gyfraith er mwyn osgoi talu treth gyngor ychwanegol, ac nid oes gennym system gynllunio o hyd sy'n gallu cyfyngu ar berchnogaeth ail gartrefi, cartrefi gwyliau nac eiddo Airbnb. A gaf fi ofyn i chi, Weinidog, pa bryd y gwelwn gamau i ddiwygio'r system gynllunio a rhoi'r grym i awdurdodau lleol sicrhau bod y farchnad dai ôl-COVID yn gweithio i bobl ifanc a'n cymunedau gwledig?
English: Thank you. And I know that some of this was ground that we covered yesterday, but I do welcome a lot of what you're saying. Now, as we've just seen from that exchange already, there's a lot that I think that our two parties do agree on: we agree that more affordable homes are needed throughout Wales; we agree that more social housing is needed; and that new estates should be supported by properly funded infrastructure, as you were just referring to. And we agree that they should be as estates built around the principles of active travel and the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 - that they shouldn't be promoting car usage or require major changes to road networks. But my office has seen correspondence from one planning department that ignores the remarks you made a year ago in this Chamber that the well-being of future generations Act should take precedence over local development plans produced prior to that Act. Our planning system in this regard, I'm afraid, just isn't fit for purpose. Isn't it time for the Welsh Government to take action and require planning departments to stop allowing developments devised under the old system to continue, and to ensure instead that any housing estates must be redesigned within the principles of the Welsh Government policy, regardless of when that land was first allocated for housing?
Welsh: Diolch. A gwn fod rhywfaint o hyn yn bethau a drafodwyd gennym ddoe, ond rwy'n croesawu llawer o'r hyn rydych chi'n ei ddweud. Nawr, fel rydym newydd ei weld o'r drafodaeth honno eisoes, mae yna lawer y credaf fod ein dwy blaid yn cytuno yn ei gylch: rydym yn cytuno bod angen mwy o dai fforddiadwy ledled Cymru; rydym yn cytuno bod angen mwy o dai cymdeithasol; ac y dylai ystadau newydd gael eu cynnal gan seilwaith a ariennir yn briodol, fel roeddech chi'n dweud. Ac rydym yn cytuno y dylent fod fel ystadau a adeiladir ar egwyddorion teithio llesol a Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015 - na ddylent fod yn hyrwyddo'r defnydd o geir nac yn galw am newidiadau mawr i rwydweithiau ffyrdd. Ond mae fy swyddfa wedi gweld gohebiaeth gan un adran gynllunio sy'n anwybyddu'r sylwadau a wnaethoch flwyddyn yn ôl yn y Siambr hon y dylai Deddf llesiant cenedlaethau'r dyfodol gael blaenoriaeth dros gynlluniau datblygu lleol a gynhyrchwyd cyn y Ddeddf honno. Mae arnaf ofn nad yw ein system gynllunio yn hyn o beth yn addas i'r diben. Onid yw'n bryd i Lywodraeth Cymru weithredu a'i gwneud yn ofynnol i adrannau cynllunio roi'r gorau i ganiatáu i ddatblygiadau a ddyfeisiwyd o dan yr hen system barhau, a sicrhau yn lle hynny fod yn rhaid ailgynllunio unrhyw ystadau tai o fewn egwyddorion polisi Llywodraeth Cymru, ni waeth pryd y dyrannwyd y tir hwnnw gyntaf ar gyfer adeiladu tai?
English: Diolch, Llywydd. Sorry. The Welsh Government's recently revised household projection figures show, for example, a smaller rise in Flintshire than previously projected and a fall in Wrexham, although the number of single-parent households and single-person households are still projected to increase in both. When I wrote asking you what effect this will have on the expected future housing build figures and types within local authority local development plans or LDPs, you replied that there's not a simple correlation between the Welsh Government's household projections and local planning authorities' housing requirements as set out in LDPs, and that the projections should be considered alongside an authority's latest assessment of the need for both market and affordable housing in their area. However, councils such as Wrexham and Denbighshire have previously been forced to include higher housing figures in their LDPs based on the Welsh Government's preceding projections. How, therefore, do you expect to see the new projections reflected in developing LDP revisions?
Welsh: Diolch, Lywydd. Mae'n ddrwg gennyf. Mae ffigurau amcanestyniadau aelwydydd Llywodraeth Cymru a ddiwygiwyd yn ddiweddar yn dangos cynnydd llai, er enghraifft, yn Sir y Fflint nag a ragwelwyd yn flaenorol a gostyngiad yn Wrecsam, er y rhagwelir o hyd y bydd nifer yr aelwydydd un rhiant ac aelwydydd un person yn cynyddu yn y ddau le. Pan ysgrifennais atoch i holi pa effaith a gaiff hyn ar ffigurau a mathau disgwyliedig o waith adeiladu tai yn y dyfodol o fewn cynlluniau datblygu lleol neu CDLlau awdurdodau lleol, fe ateboch chi nad oes cydberthynas syml rhwng amcanestyniadau aelwydydd Llywodraeth Cymru a gofynion tai awdurdodau cynllunio lleol fel y'u nodir mewn CDLlau, ac y dylid ystyried yr amcanestyniadau ochr yn ochr ag asesiad diweddaraf awdurdod o'r angen am dai ar gyfer y farchnad a thai fforddiadwy yn eu hardaloedd. Fodd bynnag, mae cynghorau fel Wrecsam a Sir Ddinbych wedi cael eu gorfodi o'r blaen i gynnwys ffigurau tai uwch yn eu CDLlau yn seiliedig ar amcanestyniadau blaenorol Llywodraeth Cymru. Sut felly rydych chi'n disgwyl gweld yr amcanestyniadau newydd yn cael eu hadlewyrchu wrth ddatblygu diwygiadau CDLlau?
English: Yes. So, as the letter points out, Mark, it's neither a target nor a guide; it is based on the statistical projections that we have. And the local authorities have a set of guidance that they are supposed to take into account around local arrangements that they should put in place to develop their LDP. You'll know that we suspended the five-year future housing projection some time ago as a result of that, because we thought that for the growing number of planning authorities in Wales who don't have an existing LDP, they were causing serious problems with speculative planning applications around their edges. So, we've assisted local authorities in doing that, and we do expect them to come forward with their own proper projections based on the local information that you've just outlined, for example, for Flintshire, although I'm not going to be making comments on individual authorities here.
Welsh: Ie. Felly, fel y mae'r llythyr yn nodi, Mark, nid yw'n darged nac yn ganllaw; mae'n seiliedig ar yr amcanestyniadau ystadegol sydd gennym. Ac mae gan yr awdurdodau lleol gyfres o ganllawiau y maent i fod i'w hystyried mewn perthynas â threfniadau lleol y dylent eu rhoi ar waith i ddatblygu eu CDLl. Fe fyddwch yn gwybod ein bod wedi atal yr amcanestyniad tai pum mlynedd i'r dyfodol beth amser yn ôl o ganlyniad i hynny, oherwydd ein bod yn credu, i'r nifer cynyddol o awdurdodau cynllunio yng Nghymru nad oes ganddynt CDLl presennol, eu bod yn achosi problemau difrifol gyda cheisiadau cynllunio hapfasnachol ar eu cyrion. Felly, rydym wedi cynorthwyo awdurdodau lleol i wneud hynny, ac rydym yn disgwyl iddynt gyflwyno eu hamcanestyniadau priodol eu hunain yn seiliedig ar y wybodaeth leol rydych newydd ei hamlinellu, er enghraifft, ar gyfer Sir y Fflint, er na fyddaf yn gwneud sylwadau ar awdurdodau unigol yma.
English: Well, I hope you're therefore confirming that if their figures conflict with yours, and that's evidence based, that that might take priority, unlike their past experience. But letters from you and your department to Flintshire council over years state, quote 'It is extremely disappointing that your authority has submitted a further request to extend the time taken to prepare your Local Development Plan, especially in the light of previous assurances.' The Local Authorities (Coronavirus) (Meetings) (Wales) Regulations 2020 make temporary provision for the conduct of local authority meetings safely, effectively and lawfully while retaining the principles of openness and accountability. However, concerns have been expressed to me that Flintshire is, and I quote, 'closing down its plan', and that although arrangements have been made to provide councillors with briefing sessions on the LDP, and members have asked for the conclusion to the consultation on the deposit version, they've been told that the contents and LDP statement are not up for discussion, and it appears that the officers' version will be all that is on the table. What, therefore, is your expectation as the Minister in such circumstances?
Welsh: Wel, rwy'n gobeithio eich bod felly'n cadarnhau, os bydd eu ffigurau'n gwrthdaro â'ch ffigurau chi, a bod hynny'n seiliedig ar dystiolaeth, y gallai hynny gael blaenoriaeth, yn wahanol i'w profiad blaenorol. Ond mae llythyrau gennych chi a'ch adran at gyngor Sir y Fflint dros flynyddoedd yn datgan, ac rwy'n dyfynnu Mae'n hynod siomedig fod eich awdurdod wedi cyflwyno cais pellach i ymestyn yr amser a gymerir i baratoi eich Cynllun Datblygu Lleol, yn enwedig yng ngoleuni sicrwydd blaenorol. Mae Rheoliadau Awdurdodau Lleol (Coronafeirws) (Cyfarfodydd) (Cymru) 2020 yn gwneud darpariaeth dros dro ar gyfer cynnal cyfarfodydd awdurdodau lleol yn ddiogel, yn effeithiol ac yn gyfreithlon tra'n cadw at egwyddorion didwylledd ac atebolrwydd. Fodd bynnag, mynegwyd pryderon wrthyf fod Sir y Fflint, a dyfynnaf, yn 'cau eu cynllun', ac er bod trefniadau wedi'u gwneud i ddarparu sesiynau briffio i gynghorwyr ar y CDLl, a bod aelodau wedi gofyn am gasgliadau'r ymgynghoriad ar y fersiwn adneuo, dywedwyd wrthynt nad yw'r cynnwys a'r datganiad CDLl yn destun trafodaeth, ac ymddengys mai fersiwn y swyddogion yn unig a gaiff ei drafod. Beth, felly, yw eich disgwyliad fel y Gweinidog mewn amgylchiadau o'r fath?
English: So, Mark, I'm not in a position to discuss the ins and outs of the LDP process for a particular council at this point in time, but I'd very much welcome a meeting with you separately if you want to go through specific concerns about one individual council. And you'll know that, mostly, the matters of the LDP are a matter for the council, but until you give me the specifics, I'm not able to really comment at this point on an individual council's process towards its LDP.
Welsh: Mark, nid wyf mewn sefyllfa i drafod manylion y broses CDLl ar gyfer cyngor penodol ar hyn o bryd, ond byddwn yn croesawu cyfarfod â chi ar wahân os ydych am fynd drwy bryderon penodol am un cyngor unigol. Ac fe wyddoch mai mater i'r cyngor yn bennaf yw materion yn ymwneud â'r CDLl, ond hyd nes y rhowch chi'r manylion i mi, ni allaf yn hawdd wneud sylwadau ar hyn o bryd ar broses cyngor unigol tuag at ei CDLl.