English: The first contribution I made in this Chamber in 2016 was about housing, and it was particularly about Caerphilly's local development plan. I was one, as a Caerphilly councillor, of a minority of councillors who voted against the proposed Caerphilly local development plan in 2016. At the time, my colleague Pred suggested to me I was doing it for political reasons. Believe me, I was doing it because I thought it was a really bad plan that needed to be ditched. I think I proved myself, Pred, because when I came into this Chamber, one of the first things I raised was the need to ditch that LDP, and sure enough that Caerphilly LDP was ditched within three months of my election here. The reason for that LDP not working was because it was working towards the housing land supply, not housing affordability, and the pressure came from Redrow and Persimmon to build in the south of Caerphilly to take pressure off high-demand areas of Cardiff - for the south of Caerphilly to become a commuter town. That is why we opposed that LDP. Unfortunately, it didn't protect the area of Gwern y Domen, which was protected as a result of the LDP being taken away, but there was an area in the LDP that was protected, which was Hendredenny, and we know, Pred, don't we, that Hendredenny is being built on right now, by Redrow, and this is part of the problem. The solution I raised, Minister, in 2016, was the need, as identified in the Planning (Wales) Act 2015, for a strategic development plan - a strategic development plan for south-east Wales. We are yet to see one. The Cardiff capital region is the most progressed on a strategic development plan, but if we are to take pressure off local areas and look at a wider area, we must have strategic development plans around south-east Wales. The Act was introduced in 2015 to allow it. They must now be operationalised. The other issue that I want to raise - . I'm going to be very brief, Dirprwy Lywydd. The other issue I wanted to raise was associated with that. Where Redrow are building houses, they're then transferring green areas into the ownership not of the local authority but of private landkeepers called estate management companies, who are charging freehold residents on top of their council tax to upkeep those areas. There is no cap on how high those fees can go and there is no limit on how much they can charge. They don't even have to be charging for what they're doing on the land; they can use overheads from elsewhere in their company. If some people in this Chamber wanted to get together and create an estate management company, they could do it now and start charging residents. That is the problem with this 'wild west' part of the housing industry that needs control. I know the Minister takes this seriously, because she made sure that it was in the Labour manifesto. She's already opened a consultation and called for evidence. The evidence is before her, so we're looking forward to progress. So, those are two things I'd like to see progress on: strategic development planning and estate management charges. Minister, we'd like to see action as soon as possible.
Welsh: Roedd y cyfraniad cyntaf a wneuthum yn y Siambr hon yn 2016 yn ymwneud â thai, ac roedd yn ymwneud yn benodol â chynllun datblygu lleol Caerffili. Fel cynghorydd yng Nghaerffili, roeddwn i'n un o leiafrif o gynghorwyr a bleidleisiodd yn erbyn cynllun datblygu lleol arfaethedig Caerffili yn 2016. Ar y pryd, awgrymodd fy nghyd-Aelod Pred wrthyf fy mod yn gwneud hynny am resymau gwleidyddol. Credwch fi, roeddwn yn ei wneud oherwydd fy mod o'r farn ei fod yn gynllun gwael iawn ac angen ei roi heibio. Credaf imi brofi fy hun, Pred, oherwydd pan ddeuthum i'r Siambr hon, un o'r pethau cyntaf a godais oedd yr angen i roi'r gorau i'r CDLl hwnnw, ac yn sicr ddigon cafodd CDLl Caerffili ei ddileu o fewn tri mis i fy ethol i'r lle hwn. Y rheswm pam nad oedd y CDLl hwnnw'n gweithio oedd oherwydd ei fod yn gweithio tuag at y cyflenwad tir ar gyfer tai, nid fforddiadwyedd tai, a daeth pwysau gan Redrow a Persimmon i adeiladu yn ne Caerffili er mwyn tynnu pwysau oddi ar ardaloedd lle mae galw mawr yng Nghaerdydd - er mwyn i dde Caerffili ddod yn dref gymudo. Dyna pam y gwrthwynebasom y CDLl hwnnw. Yn anffodus, nid oedd yn diogelu ardal Gwern y Domen, a gafodd ei diogelu o ganlyniad i gael gwared ar y CDLl, ond roedd yna ardal yn y CDLl a gâi ei diogelu, sef Hendredenny, ac rydym yn gwybod onid ydym, Pred, fod adeiladu'n digwydd yn Hendredenny ar hyn o bryd, gan Redrow, a dyma ran o'r broblem. Yr ateb a awgrymais yn 2016, Weinidog, oedd yr angen, fel y nodwyd yn Neddf Cynllunio (Cymru) 2015, am gynllun datblygu strategol - cynllun datblygu strategol ar gyfer de-ddwyrain Cymru. Nid ydym wedi gweld un eto. Prifddinas-ranbarth Caerdydd sydd wedi gwneud y cynnydd mwyaf ar gynllun datblygu strategol, ond os ydym am dynnu pwysau oddi ar ardaloedd lleol ac edrych ar ardal ehangach, rhaid inni gael cynlluniau datblygu strategol ar gyfer de-ddwyrain Cymru. Cyflwynwyd y Ddeddf yn 2015 i ganiatáu hynny. Rhaid eu gweithredu yn awr. Y mater arall rwyf am ei godi - . Rwy'n mynd i fod yn fyr iawn, Ddirprwy Lywydd. Mae'r mater arall roeddwn am ei godi yn gysylltiedig â hynny. Lle mae Redrow yn adeiladu tai, maent wedyn yn trosglwyddo ardaloedd gwyrdd i berchnogaeth, nid yr awdurdod lleol, ond ceidwaid tir preifat a elwir yn gwmnïau rheoli ystadau, sy'n codi tâl ar breswylwyr rhydd-ddaliadol ar ben eu treth gyngor am gynnal a chadw'r mannau hynny. Nid oes terfyn ar ba mor uchel y gall y ffioedd hynny fod ac nid oes terfyn ar faint y gallant ei godi. Nid oes rhaid iddynt fod yn codi tâl am yr hyn a wnânt ar y tir hyd yn oed; gallant ddefnyddio gorbenion o fannau eraill yn eu cwmni. Pe bai pobl yn y Siambr hon am ddod at ei gilydd a chreu cwmni rheoli ystadau, gallent wneud hynny yn awr a dechrau codi tâl ar breswylwyr. Dyna'r broblem gyda 'gorllewin gwyllt' y diwydiant tai sydd angen ei reoli. Gwn fod y Gweinidog o ddifrif ynglŷn â hyn, oherwydd gwnaeth yn siŵr ei fod ym maniffesto'r Blaid Lafur. Mae hi eisoes wedi agor ymgynghoriad ac wedi galw am dystiolaeth. Mae'r dystiolaeth ger ei bron, felly edrychwn ymlaen at gynnydd ar hyn. Felly, dyna ddau beth yr hoffwn weld cynnydd arnynt: cynlluniau datblygu strategol a thaliadau rheoli ystadau. Weinidog, hoffem weld gweithredu cyn gynted â phosibl.