Draft Delivery Agreement for the Bannau Brycheiniog (Brecon Beacons) National Park Local Development Plan 2025 - 2045

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Engagement to help build consensus amongst stakeholder and partner organisations on broad ranging strategic issues.

Authority establish a collective vision for the Plan, spatially derived outcomes, and eliminate unacceptable Strategic Options.

Participation and involvement: strategy and evidence

Engage with consultees to develop consensus on vision, issues and outcomes.

September 2025 – February 2027

Months 1 – 18

All interested parties in a structured way

Underrepresented people

Children

Spatially defined steering groups to be established

Stakeholder involvement / participation workshops

Formation of overarching Fforwm Y Bannau to act as Stakeholder Reference Panel for Overarching Plan.

Supported by

Existing partnerships

Town and community councils

Place and thematic meetings and events

Soundness tests

Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act.

Feedback mechanisms as defined with Stakeholder Groups.

Consultation report at preferred strategy consultation

Preferred strategy proposals.

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Ensure the scope of the environmental report and methodology for identifying likely significant effects is relevant to the Plan. Statutory requirement.

What are the relevant environmental objectives?

To ensure the methodology for candidate site selection is relevant to the Plan.

To ensure the methodology for understanding health impacts, impacts on Welsh language, Plan sustainability and socio/economic equality are relevant to the Plan.

Consultation on principles for plan preparation and design.

September 2025 – February 2026

Months 1 – 6

Consultation in January and February 2026

Environmental consultees will be consulted on the scope and methodology for the Environmental Report. Statutory requirement.

Natural Resources Wales will be consulted on the scope and proposed methodology of the Habitats Regulations Assessment.

All stakeholders will be consulted on the principles for plan preparation and methodologies for understanding health impacts, impacts on Welsh language, Plan sustainability and Socio-economic equality.

All consulted on site selection methodology - (does this draw from other methodologies / link in any way?)

In discussion with Fforwm y Bannau

Six week consultation – to include statutory 5 week 'baseline scoping' consultation with Environmental Consultees.

SEA regs.

Habitats Regulations.

Welsh Language Measure

Socio economic duty

Development Plan Manual.

Soundness tests (plan style)

Report of consultation.

NPA Reports at Preferred Strategy Stage.

Environmental Report Post Adoption Statement

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To gather information on the likely availability of land to implement Plan objectives

Communications in the lead up to the call.

Call will -be February – March 2026

[Months 6-7]

Anyone

Opportunity presented and responsibilities of those promoting sites communicated.

Stakeholder groupings invited to develop additional locally appropriate considerations

Candidate sites methodology

Environmental Report Methodology

HRA

Candidate sites register prepared and initial assessment issued for consultation during the preferred strategy consultation.

Feedback mechanisms as defined with Stakeholder Groups

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Procedural requirement to consult upon preferred strategy for the development plan.

Present options that have emerged from involvement and consult upon preferred approach.

February & March 2027

Months 18 and 19

Statutory 6 Weeks to meet procedural requirement.

A formal notice will be prepared

NPA to approve Plan and evidence base for public consultation

Any person either individually or as part of a group of people or legal corporate entity.

Key stakeholders identified as Environmental Consultees, Specific or General Consultees as identified in Appendix 1.

Consultation will be publicised and notice will be served as appropriate.

Details sent directly to stakeholders.

Preferred Strategy Documents deposited for inspection at BBNPA HQ (access by prior appointment only) and on the Authority's website.

Phase one candidate site consultation.

Events for consultation purposes led by spatial stakeholder groupings supported by Bannau

Environmental Report of options

Integrated Sustainability Appraisal

Tests of Soundness

Candidate Sites Methodology

NPA meeting Agendas

and Minutes

Following the consultation, the report of consultation to be updated.

Responses will be sent to all

Feedback mechanisms as defined with Stakeholder Groups as part of their constitution.

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Participation and involvement in setting the deposit plan following the preferred strategy consultation.

To include any development boundaries with Town and Community Councils, Ward Members and NPA members.

And updates to plan-wide evidence required e.g., viability.

April - November 2027

Months 20 – 27

On the invite / lead of the NPA, any stakeholder.

Fforwum Y Bannau

Spatial Stakeholder Groups

Meetings including Fforwm Y Bannau

Spatial Stakeholder groupings to consider leading on local responses to Preferred Strategy consultation and given agency in making recommendations to the Authority on setting the deposit plan.

tests of soundness

candidate site methodology

environmental report methodology

Habitats Regulations Assessment methodology

Development Plans Manual

NPA meeting Agendas

and Minutes

Report of consultation and involvement to be updated

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Procedural requirement.

To make available the National Park Authority's proposed Local Development Plan and evidence base for consultation.

December 2027 – January 2028

Months 28 - 29

Statutory 6 Weeks to meet procedural requirement.

A formal notice will be prepared for the Deposit Consultation.

NPA to approve Plan and evidence base for public consultation

Any person either individually or as part of a group of people or legal corporate entity.

Key stakeholders identified as Environmental Consultees, Specific or General Consultees see Appendix 1.

Consultation will be publicised.

Documents deposited for inspection at BBNPA HQ (access by prior appointment only) and on the Authority's website.

Copies of all material sent to Environmental and Specific Consultees in accordance with the Regulations.

Events for consultation purposes in place with spatial stakeholder groupings supported by Bannau

Representations made on the Plan to be based on the tests of soundness set out in the Development Plans manual.

NPA meeting Agendas

and Minutes

Following the consultation, the report of consultation to be updated

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Consideration of representation received on Deposit Plan and consultation on any amendments arising.

February – July 2028

Months 30-35.

NPA to approve any pre-examination changes for public consultation

Any person either individually or as part of a group of people or legal corporate entity.

Key stakeholders identified as Environmental Consultees, Specific or General Consultees as identified in Appendix 1.

NPA decision supported by representation from Fforwm Y Bannau and Spatial Stakeholder Groupings.

Tests of soundness self-assessment.

NPA meeting Agendas

and Minutes

Following the consultation, the report of consultation to be updated.

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Procedural requirement.

National Park Authority submits work to Welsh Government and to Planning and Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW) to enable its examination.

August 2028 – July 2029

Month 36 - 47

By decision of the National Park Authority.

NPA decision supported by representation from Fforwm Y Bannau and recommendations from Spatial Stakeholder Groupings.

Tests of soundness self-assessment.

Notification that procedure step has happened.

Determination of whether the submitted Plan is 'sound'.

Seek common ground with representors to focus hearing sessions.

Those invited to be heard/ put forward their position in respect of the Plan's soundness by the Planning Inspector.

To be determined by the Inspector and the Programme Officer.

Examination Library is made available for inspection at venue(s) (tbc).

Round table discussions/ hearings/

formal hearings as prescribed by the

Inspector and published on the Examination website

Tests of soundness.

Examination is held in public, and the Inspector will compile a report of the examination.

Prepare Matters Arising

Changes (MACs) and enable consultation upon them

The NPA will consult with stakeholders and the public on any proposed post deposit changes (Matters Arising Changes) in accordance with instructions from the Inspector

Any Matters Arising Changes and their assessment will

undergo Public Consultation

Inspectors report

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To make available the Planning Inspector's report of the Plan examination.

To adopt the Replacement Local Development Plan

Within 8 weeks of the receipt of the Inspector's Report.

September/ - October 2028 [Months 48 and 49].

By decision of the National Park Authority.

Meeting of National Park Authority

Relevant primary and secondary legislation.

Letter to Welsh Ministers.

All stakeholders notified.

Planning policy framework for the National Park updated on National Park Authority website and at deposit location.

Post adoption statement published (Environmental Report).

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Monitoring implementation of the Plan and predicted significant environmental effects arising, and the wider environmental baseline to determine whether early changes to the Plan are necessary.

Annual Monitoring Report published by 31 October following with first full financial year of implementation and annually thereafter.

The Audit & Risk committee of the National Park Authority.

Annual scrutiny of the National Park Authority's Development Planning Function and of implementation of the Plan, with recommendations to inform service planning priorities in subsequent years.

Supported by engagement of Fforwm Y Bannau and Spatial Stakeholder Groupings.

Monitoring frameworks set out in the Plan and its Environmental Report.

Details of meetings of the Audit & Risk committee are available on the National Park Authority's website.

The Annual Review Report is also published on the National Park Authority's website.