Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs – in the Senedd at 1:57 pm on 20 September 2017.
Swansea council states that the natural assets of the area of outstanding natural beauty provide an opportunity for economic growth and that they are important for well-being, and such benefits must not be compromised by new development that fails to safeguard or enhance the natural asset and ecosystem of the AONB. Can you tell me why the AONB isn’t a statutory consultee with an obligation to provide evidence in planning applications for land that’s directly adjacent to AONB land? This has become a material question, now, for my constituents in Gower, where the LDP anticipates the construction of 20,000 houses. Thank you.