Local Development Plan: Vision, Objectives & Options
Chapter 5
Vision
5.0 Introduction
To ensure the Plan has a coherent focus for all policies to work towards delivering, a strong and clear vision for the future will sit at the heart of the document. The vision should set out a locally specific, aspirational description of what the Island will be like at the end of the Plan period.
The vision must be consistent with the Council’s corporate plan and other key contextual policies as outlined in chapter 2. The vision should also be read as a follow on from the vision set in the adopted JLDP. Finally, it should provide a spatial dimension that ensures it is unique to Anglesey.
The vision will be refined as the Plan progresses to better reflect emerging evidence and incorporate stakeholder inputs.
The proposed Vision for the new LDP is:
By 2039, Anglesey will be an Island of vibrant, bilingual and engaged communities where people choose to live, work and visit. The Island will have:
- Retained and enhanced the unique character of the Island structured around the key settlements identified for growth and an extensive rural area containing smaller settlements and villages
- Protected its biodiversity and key environmental assets, including the Anglesey National Landscape and other designated and non-designated landscape and ecological sites
- Promoted the use of the Welsh language in daily life and ensured that this is taken into account in planning decisions
- Supported high quality design in new development including adequate provision of accessible open space and green and blue infrastructure
- Delivered sufficient housing of the correct types and tenures to meet local needs, including for the ageing population, affordable housing and the gypsy and traveller community
- Supported the development of and maximised the economic and social opportunities provided by new nuclear development at Wylfa and associated developments
- Reduced the need to travel (especially by car) through the appropriate location of new development, and supporting the provision of services and facilities close to where they are needed, whilst recognising that as an Island community some car travel will still be necessary
- Contributed to mitigating climate change by supporting sensitively located renewable and low carbon energy development, including future development at Wylfa
- Supported a diverse economy with high quality jobs, based on specialist industries
- Supported the tourism industry by continuing to attract visitors to the Island, and ensured that the impacts of tourism are managed and minimised
- Maximised the benefits of the Freeport and AI growth zone designations
