Calls for Candidate Sites
As part of the plan preparation process, the Council invited land-owners, developers and the public to put forward ‘candidate sites’ to be considered for development, redevelopment or protection in the Monmouthshire Replacement Local Development Plan (RLDP).
A Candidate Site is a piece of land submitted to the Council by an interested party (e.g. a development or landowner) for the Council to consider the land for a certain purpose. A Candidate Site submission can be for development/redevelopment or protection. A Candidate Site has no status and is not a planning application.
Stage 1 of this process involved an Initial Call for Candidate Sites for a 16-week period from the 30th July 2018 to 19th November 2018.
The Second Call for Candidate Sites took place alongside the consultation on the second Replacement Local Development Plan (RLDP) Preferred Strategy from the 5th July 2021 to 31st August 2021. The purpose of this was to allow the submission of new candidate sites considered to be in conformity with the Preferred Strategy, and the submission of additional supporting information for those sites submitted during the Initial Call for Sites that accord with the Preferred Strategy and satisfied the high-level assessment.
Candidate Site Register
All sites submitted during the Second Call for Candidate Sites have been published in a Candidate Sites Register which updates and replaces the register published following the Initial Call for Candidate Sites. Sites that were not resubmitted following the Initial Call for Candidate Sites are not included in the updated Register.
Overarching Maps for the Second Call for Candidate Sites 5th July 2021 – 31st August 2021 have been produced to show the range of sites across settlements/areas.
As part of the Preferred Strategy consultation, we invited comments on the candidate sites listed in the Candidate Sites Register for an eight week period between 5th December 2022 to 30th January 2023.
An Initial Consultation Report on the Preferred Strategy and Candidate Sites Register has been published as a supporting document to the Deposit RLDP.
The updated Candidate Sites Register also includes an additional site at Land East of Abergavenny 2 (CS0293) that was submitted as part of the Preferred Strategy consultation.
Candidate Site Assessment
Candidate sites have been assessed in accordance with the methodology set out in the Candidate Site Assessment Methodology Background Paper. Following the High-level Assessment of Candidate Sites, further assessments were undertaken to identify those sites that are suitable for inclusion in the Deposit RLDP. The findings of the Candidate Site Assessment process are outlined in the Candidate Site Assessment Report. These documents should be read alongside the Candidate Sites Register.
Deposit Plan Consultation
Monmouthshire County Council (MCC) consulted on its Deposit Replacement Local Development Plan, together with the supporting Integrated Sustainability Appraisal Report and Habitats Regulations Assessment from 4th November 2024 to 16th December 2024. The Deposit Plan was endorsed for statutory public consultation/engagement at the Council meeting on 24th October 2024.
Any new or amended sites submitted as part of representations to the Deposit Plan must be accompanied by the following:
- A plan of the site you wish to be considered with your representation form, with a clear site boundary shown.
- Details of the proposed use of the site.
- Documentation that the site accords with the RLDP’s strategy and that the Plan would be sound if the site is included. Guidance notes on some of the key assessments needed to support new candidate sites are set out on a dedicated page.
- The proposed site should be accompanied by a Sustainability Appraisal which must be consistent with the scope, framework and level of detail as the Sustainability Appraisal conducted by the Council and published alongside the Deposit RLDP.