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1.

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

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Apologies for absence were received from Councillor A. Davies and W. Walters (Chief Executive)

 

2.

DECLARATIONS OF PERSONAL INTEREST

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Councillor

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Nature of Interest

H.A.L. Evans

6 – Housing Regeneration and Development – Five Year Delivery Plan (2022-2025)

Sister is the Chief Executive of a Housing Association

 

3.

TO SIGN AS A CORRECT RECORD THE MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE CABINET HELD ON THE 31ST JANUARY 2022 pdf icon PDF 331 KB

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UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the minutes of the meeting of the Cabinet held on the 31st January, 2022 be signed as a correct record.

 

4.

QUESTIONS ON NOTICE BY MEMBERS

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The Chair advised that no questions on notice had been submitted by members.

5.

PUBLIC QUESTIONS ON NOTICE

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The Chair advised that no public questions had been received.

6.

HOUSING REGENERATION AND DEVELOPMENT - FIVE YEAR DELIVERY PLAN (2022 - 2027) pdf icon PDF 703 KB

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(NOTE: Councillor H.A.L. Evans having earlier declared an interest in this item, re-declared that interest and left the meeting during its consideration)

 

The Cabinet considered the Housing Regeneration and Development Delivery Plan that set out the Authority’s plans to support the delivery of over 2,000 additional homes across the County over the next five years. If adopted, the Plan would build on the success of the current affordable housing delivery plans, would support economic growth by investing over £300m into communities and directly support the actions in the Economic Recovery Plan, supporting business, people and places.

 

UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND COUNCIL:-

 

7.1

To confirm that the Housing Regeneration and Development Delivery Plan will support the delivery of over 2,000 homes for rent and sale in the County over the next five years, meeting housing need, stimulating economic recovery and growth and supporting the Council’s Net Zero Carbon Principles;

7.2

To agree that the authority acquire non-Council owned land and buildings identified in the Housing Regeneration and Development Delivery Plan, together with any other land and/or buildings that would add value to the Council’s Housing and Regeneration priorities and aspirations be delegated to the Head of Regeneration in consultation with the Housing and Regeneration Strategic Team;

7.3

To agree that the Plan would play a key role in increasing the supply of social rented homes in our communities, including homes suitable for:

·       General needs households;

·       Specialist supported accommodation for people with complex needs and;

·       Easily adapted flexible accommodation for older people.

7.4

To confirm that mixed tenure developments, consisting of homes for social rent, low-cost home ownership and open market sale will be supported through this delivery plan, creating balanced, strong resilient communities;

7.5

To agree that the Plan would include providing new flexible, innovative, mixed tenure housing solutions that meet the needs of an aging population;

7.6

To agree that the Plan would support the delivery of the Council’s strategic regeneration sites by providing more homes for rent and sale, including:

·       Town Centre Regeneration;

·       Rural towns and villages;

·       Pentre Awel Life Science Village and;

·       Tyisha.

7.7

To confirm that the homes supported through the plan would be delivered using a range of delivery vehicles that offer flexibility, scale and place;

7.8

To agree that the county-wide delivery of homes in the plan would follow the affordable housing action areas, building up wards in the County into distinctive areas which link geographically and culturally.

 

7.

LOCAL ENVIRONMENT QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLAN 2022 - 2026. pdf icon PDF 459 KB

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The Cabinet considered a report on the Local Environment Quality (LEQ) Management Plan 2022-2026, including the action plan, detailing the direction of the Council’s litter management within the County for the next four years. It demonstrated how litter management would be undertaken, thereby contributing to the Council’s Corporate Strategy, with particular emphasis on Wellbeing Objective 10 – Healthy and Safe Environment; look after the environment now and in the future.

 

UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the Local Environment Quality Management Plan 2022-2026 for Carmarthenshire, including the LEQ Action Plan, be approved.

 

8.

DIGITAL SCHOOLS & DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIES 2022-2025 pdf icon PDF 241 KB

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The Cabinet considered the revised and updated Digital Schools Strategy and the Digital Technology Strategy 2022-2025. The strategies detailed the Council’s strategic priorities to underpin the delivery of digital learning over the next 3 years, along with the direction of the digital technologies that would be adapted by the Council to underpin all digital services and achieve its vision of being a ‘Digitally Enabled Carmarthenshire”.

 

UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED that the Digital Schools and Digital Technology Strategies 2022-2025 be approved.

 

9.

REVISED CARMARTHENSHIRE LOCAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NEXT STEPS AND REVISED DELIVERY AGREEMENT pdf icon PDF 519 KB

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The Cabinet considered an update report on the progress of the Revised Local development Plan (LDP) and, notably, the impact of a series of factors, issues and guidance on the progress and/or future Plan content. In detailing those areas, the report proposed a series of next steps and sought endorsement of the recommendations to prepare a further Revised Deposit LDP to address and mitigate the implications arising from the identified issues and to ensure it was procedurally compliant and ‘sound’ thus enabling its adoption.

 

The Cabinet referred to Natural Resources Wales guidance on the environmental impact of phosphates in watercourses for the 9 riverine Special Areas of Conservation in Wales, and the significant issues that raised on the delivery of development and the progress of LDP’s affected by the phosphate guidance and prevented the consultation and the Plan making any further development. The Cabinet welcomed the establishment of the Afon Tywi Nutrient Management Board to address the issue of phosphates and to prepare a Nutrient Management Plan.

 

Reference was also made to the Council’s net zero carbon plan by 2030 and noted the Council had taken the lead in developing a draft carbon calculator to be used across Wales

 

UNANIMOUSLY RESOLVED TO RECOMMEND TO COUNCIL:

 

9.1

To provide delegated authority to officers to amend the Revised Delivery Agreement timetable and agree its content with the Welsh Government;

9.2

To consider the content of the report and endorse the need to prepare a consolidated second Deposit Revised LDP and associated documents;

9.3

To grant the Director of Environment in conjunction with the Cabinet Member for Planning delegated authority to establish the Afon Tywi Nutrient Management Board (NMB), develop its terms of reference and prepare a Nutrient Management Plan;

9.4

In conjunction with other key public bodies, to join the membership board for the Afon Teifi, Afon Cleddau and River Wye NMB’s

 

10.

ANY OTHER ITEMS OF BUSINESS THAT BY REASONS OF SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE CHAIR DECIDES SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AS A MATTER OF URGENCY PURSUANT TO SECTION 100B(4)(B) OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT, 1972.

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The Chair advised that there were no items of urgent business.

 

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