RLDP Evidence Base and Background Documents
The evidence base and background documents which have informed the RLDP are set out below.
RLDP Evidence Base
RLDP Issues, Vision and Objectives (Updated September 2024)
Settlement Boundary Review (October 2024)
Growth and Spatial Options Paper (September 2022)
RLDP Growth and Spatial Options Paper (September 2022)
Sustainable Settlements Appraisal (Updated December 2022) & Settlement Profiles
Self-Assessment of the Preferred Strategy against the Tests of Soundness (December 2022)
Local Development Plan Review Report (2018)
Housing
Monmouthshire Local Housing Market Assessment Refresh 2022-2037
Gypsy and Traveller Background Paper
Preliminary High Level Viability Assessment (Burrows-Hutchinson, 2024)
Local Housing Market Assessment Refresh 2022-2037
Housing Background Paper (December 2022)
Monmouthshire RLDP Updated Demographic Evidence Report, Edge Analytics (November 2021)
Gypsy and Traveller Accommodation Assessment (2021 -2026)
Infrastructure
Infrastructure Delivery Plan Background Paper
Transport
Monmouthshire Local Transport Strategy 2024-2029
Strategic Transport Assessment Appendix A Technical Note
Strategic Transport Assessment Non Technical Report
Green Belt Minister’s Letters
Julie James AM reply to September 2019 Monmouthshire County Council letter (October 2019)
Natural Environment
Areas of Amenity Importance Review
Green Wedge Assessments (LUC 2024)
Green Wedge Method Statement (LUC 2024)
Emerging GI Strategy 2024 Executive Summary
Emerging GI Strategy 2024 Volume 1
Emerging GI Strategy 2024 Volume 2
Landscape Sensitivity Study Update produced by White Consultants (October 2020)
Flood Risk
Strategic Flood Consequences Assessment (SFCA) Stage 1 Report
Strategic Flood Consequences Assessment App F1 – Monmouthshire
Strategic Flood Consequences Assessment Candidate Sites Screening
Economy
Monmouthshire Economy Employment and Skills Strategy 2024
MCC Economies of the Future Reports produced by BE Group (2018)
Monmouthshire 2040: Economic Growth and Ambition Statement (November 2019)
Inward Investment Prospectus 2020: Growing your Business in Monmouthshire (March 2020)
Regional Employment Study – Larger Than Local Study produced by BE Group (March 2020)
Employment Land Background Paper (May 2022)
Monmouthshire Employment Land Review, BE Group (November 2022)
Renewable Energy
Renewable Energy Background Paper
Monmouthshire Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Assessment (October 2020) – Non technical Summary
Monmouthshire Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Assessment Main Report
Monmouthshire Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Assessment Appendices
Monmouthshire Renewable and Low Carbon Energy Assessment References
Retail
Monmouthshire Retail Study 2024
Retail Background Paper (January 2024)
Minerals
Other
Regional assessment of future growth and migration for the CCR May 2024
Minerals Regional Technical Statement (RTS) – 2nd Review for South Wales (September 2020)
Welsh Government RTS Clarification Letter – 11th November 2021
The South East Wales Waste Planning Report – April 2016