§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a list of the draft local plans that have been submitted to his Department to date and those that he has approved. [27138]
§ Mr. RedwoodMy Department is consulted about local plans at draft and deposit stage. To date, draft area-wide local plans have been prepared for the Brecon Beacons and Pembrokeshire coast national parks and for the districts of Ceredigion, Colwyn, Cynon Valley, Dwyfor, Merthyr Tydfil, Montgomeryshire, Newport, Port Talbot, Radnorshire, South Pembrokeshire, Taff Ely and Torfaen. Area-wide local plans have reached deposit stage in Alyn and Deeside, Bleanau Gwent, Brecknock, Carmarthen, Cardiff, Dinefwr, Islwyn, Monmouth, Preseli Pembrokeshire, Rhondda, Rhymney Valley, Vale of Glamorgan, Wrexham Naelor and Ynys Mon. Local plans, adopted by the authorities concerned, currently cover Arfon, Blaenau Gwent, Delyn, Glyndwr, Lliw Valley, Neath, Ogwr, Rhuddlan, Rhondda, Swansea and Wrexham Maelor. In due course, some of these will be replaced by new area-wide plans.
Full monitoring of local plan preparation is carried out by the Welsh Office every six months and the results of the latest survey will be published soon.