25 Medi 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Ymchwiliad i Strategaeth Ddrafft Tlodi Plant Llywodraeth Cymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Thank you for that clear distinction. Thank you. Which of you would like to go next? Chris.
25 Medi 2023 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Ymchwiliad i Strategaeth Ddrafft Tlodi Plant Llywodraeth Cymru: sesiwn dystiolaeth 1
Welcome to the Equality and Social Justice Committee. We are a bilingual institution, so we are taking contributions in both Welsh and English and a Welsh translation is available simultaneously. If you're not able to join us for the whole meeting, you can…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Yes, by all means.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Okay.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
I mean, is this one we should consider seriously or just say, 'Well, everybody has to conform to this structure'?
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Okay. Roisin, Anglesey council are arguing that they should be allowed to resist the powers to allow the examining authority to make a decision. If they don't like it, they want the power to say, 'We don't like that. These are the reasons why.' What's your…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
James.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Okay. So, equally, we received mixed feedback on the provisions in the Bill that allow either the examining authority or the Minister to make the decision, and there are differing views on that. Some people want the Welsh Ministers to make the decision as…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Okay. I don't know if you'd be able to write to us, because that's one I'm struggling with.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Okay. Under what circumstances might you be able to dispatch an application by written procedure, given that we're talking about significant infrastructure projects, ergo they're bigger than just a small matter going on in a village?
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
An easy-read version.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Okay. If we look at the role of the examining authority, developers want clarity, but some respondents are concerned that the discretion that the examining authority has to decide whether they should examine an application by written procedure in some cases…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
So, there needs to be more clarity, either in supplementary regulation or in the Bill?
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
That's fine.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Ffos-y-fran, you know—is it the local authority or is it the Welsh Government who should be wielding the stick? And so, what do you think needs to go in the legislation to make this clear? Because there are clearly cost implications once you start enforcing…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Although we certainly need to change the mood music, don't we? Because there are lots of examples of people blatantly ignoring planning regulations.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Precisely on this point of enforcement—because we don't have enforcement measures, there's no point having any legislation. So, Cardiff and Newport councils are arguing that it's not clear who's going to take the decision on enforcement in these significant…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Okay.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Okay, so does something need to be strengthened in the obligations around the pre-application process?
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Yes, okay, but we're not dealing with them today.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Okay. People always need more money, but at the end of the day, resources are very tight. There is no more money. So, is this framework, as far as you understand it, going to enable you to support the communities to have a more meaningful say on things that…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
So, do you think that the Bill provides that framework for—?
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
But if the examining authority is going to be conducting these matters, they may decide that they don't want an adversarial process—get rid of the barristers' job creation—and that they'll want to listen to the communities with specific issues around project…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
I want to just focus on how Planning Aid Wales is going to use the resources it has for effective engagement in these strategic infrastructure projects, because in your written evidence, you've highlighted how people throw everything in. So, notwithstanding…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a’r Comisiwn Seilwaith Cenedlaethol i Gymru
Okay. Thank you.
