The Planning Process

Part of 2. Questions to the Minister for Housing and Local Government – in the Senedd at 3:04 pm on 10 March 2021.

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Photo of Jack Sargeant Jack Sargeant Labour 3:04, 10 March 2021

Minister, thank you for that answer. Can I thank you and your Deputy Minister for meeting with myself and Penyffordd Community Council at the beginning of the year? I think what is clear is that the council and the community—the residents within the community of Penyffordd—and with justification, I might say, feel let down by the Planning Inspectorate for Wales. Despite significant projects being passed by the inspectorate, local politicians and residents in the community don't even get the courtesy of a reply. So, with that in mind, Minister, what consideration have you given to reforming how the Planning Inspectorate operates, to ensure that the voices of communities like Penyffordd are listened to?