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

Appendix 5: Indicative list of proposed evidence base / studies Comment

Brecon Beacons National Park Local Development Plan (2007-2022)

• Local Development Plan Review Report (2018)
• AMR x10

Habitats Regulations Assessment

Strategic Environmental Assessment

Sustainability Appraisal (Incl. HIA, and other requirements WLIA, Socio Economic Duty).

National/ International [Protected Areas and National Parks]

National Wales

• SONARR
• ERAMMPS

Cross border

• Herefordshire

Catchment based

• Usk
• Wye
• Twyi

Regional – Mid-Wales CJC and Growing Mid Wales Board

Regional – South East Wales CJC

Regional – South West Wales CJC

Regional – Mid Wales Area Statement

Regional – South-east Wales Area Statement

Regional – South-central Wales Area Statement

Regional – South- West Wales Area Statement

PSB – Well-being assessments and Local Well-being Plans

• Powys
• Carmarthenshire
• Monmouthshire
• Blaenau Gwent
• Torfaen
• Cynon Taf
• Neath Port Talbot

Health board

• Powys teaching health board

LA-Wide

• Powys
  • Sustainable Powys
  • Capital plan
  • Local development plan

• Carmarthenshire
• Monmouthshire
• Merthyr Tydfil
• Neath Port Talbot
• Blaenau Gwent
• Torfaen
• Caerphilly
• Rhondda Cynon Taf

National Park-wide

• Sustainable tourism strategy/ STEAM
• Sustainable transportation
• Urban capacity

Designation based

• Blaenavon World Heritage Site
• International Dark Sky Reserve
• Fforest Fawr Global Geopark
• NNR
• SAC
• SSSI
• SINCS
• Brecon Conservation Area
• Hay on Wye Conservation Area
• Crickhowell Conservation Area
• Llangattock Conservation Area
• RIGS

Feature Based

• Brecon and Monmouthshire Canal
• Sustrans Network
• Public Rights of Way Network

Place based

• Crickhowell Place Plan
• Waterfall Country
• Bannau Brycheiniog Mega catchment
• Pen y Fan

Topic based

• Historic environment record
• Biodiversity Information Service
• Section 7 Species
• Birds
• Water provisioning (DCWW)
• Water treatment (DCWW)
• Drainage and Wastewater Management Plan (DCWW)

Evidence grouped by Management Plan shifts

Overarching:

• State of Natural Resources Report
• National Park Management Plan
• Visitor Evidence Report (incl. accommodation needs)
• Landscape Sensitivity Study
• Major Development in the National Park Methodology

Land Management – Extractive to regenerative

• ERAMMP
• Strategic Flood Consequences Assessment (SFCA)
• Urban capacity study
• Settlement Boundary Review
• Employment Land Review
• Minerals Regional Technical Statement (RTS) – 2nd Review for South Wales (September 2020)

Movement – From non-renewable to renewable energy, from sedentary to active, from private to public

• Strategic Transport Assessment

Energy – From non-renewable to renewable, from centralised to local

• NESO – National Energy Services Operator (Regional Wales) Plan
• LEAP for each LA
• Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Assessment

Living – To regenerative models supporting health and community and aligning with decarbonisation and nature recovery tradjectories

• Demographic Evidence Report
• Community Service
• Sustainable Settlements Appraisal/ Cluster Analysis
• Infrastructure
• Housing Need and Supply
• Retail Study
• Waste Planning Monitoring Report

Prosperity – Shared prosperity

• Economies of the Future Reports/ Employment Study
• High Level Viability Assessment

Nature connections for health and well-being – From a medical to social model

• LNR feasibility study
• Open Space Study
• Working with Natural Processes

Wild service

• Green Infrastructure Assessment & REN designation
• Strategic Flood Consequences Assessment (SFCA)