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These reports are intended to provide you with the facts and factual analysis upon which Ministers have taken the following decisions

Within this section the decisions relate to Planning

Practice Guide to support and encourage pre-planning application discussions

15/06/12
The Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development approved the issue of a Practice Guide to support and encourage pre-application discussions. The Minister also approved the issue of the “Summary of Responses” document.
 

Planning Inspectorate Business Plan and Targets 2012-13

01/06/12
The Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development has agreed to the Planning Inspectorate, Wales Business Plan and Targets for 2012-13.
 

Costs for the determination of a fair level of compensation for the compulsory purchase of 221 High Street, Swansea

29/05/12
The Minister for Business, Enterprise, Technology & Science has agreed to pay potential costs associated with the provision and presentation of expert witness evidence in relation to property valuation and compensation for disturbance.
 

Application for outline permission for residential development together with formation of new access at Land at Broughton Park, Broughton, Flintshire

21/05/12
The Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development agreed with the Inspector’s recommendation that planning permission be granted on a ‘minded to approve’ basis subject to conditions, and the submission of a Section 106 legal undertaking seeking the provisions for affordable housing.
 

Request to call-in a retrospective application for listed the Grade II listed building The Mill, Plas Y Wern, Gilfachreda, Ceredigion

10/05/12
The Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development does not agree to call-in the retrospective application for the building, as it does not meet the required criteria for calling-in applications for listed building consents, as it does not meet the required criteria for calling-in application ...
 

Funding for Planning Aid Wales for financial year 2012/13

08/05/12
The Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development has agreed grant aid of £135K to be provided to Planning Aid Wales in financial year 2012/13 for continuing development of its service, payable subject to regular reporting of work undertaken by Planning Aid Wales.
 

Environment and Sustainability Committee inquiry into energy policy and planning in Wales

03/05/12
The Minister for Environment and Sustainable Development agreed the contents of a letter to be sent to the Environment and Sustainability Committee which outlined the resources available to local planning authorities to handle large scale energy applications.
 

Funding to support improvements in the delivery of planning services locally

03/05/12
The Minister for Environment & Sustainable Development agreed to the use of the funding to support improvements in the delivery of local planning authority services and to support cross-Wales work, including the Planning Portal on-line IT planning platform.