26 Medi 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad gan y Gweinidog Newid Hinsawdd: Ymrwymiadau Sero Net
Wyddoch chi beth? Nid yn aml yr wyf i'n dweud hyn, ond fe hoffwn i ddiolch i'r Gweinidog am hyn ac am agor ei datganiad hi drwy gytuno â rhai pwyntiau a wnaeth Prif Weinidog y DU yn ei gyhoeddiad ef am sero net ar 20 o fis Medi. Rydych chi'n nodi ei bod hi'n…
26 Medi 2023 , Cyfarfod Llawn
Datganiad a Chyhoeddiad Busnes
Fe hoffwn i ofyn am ddatganiad gan y Dirprwy Weinidog Newid Hinsawdd ar effeithiau dinistriol cyfraith 20 mya ar wasanaethau bysiau yng Nghymru. Rwyf i wedi derbyn llythyr gan Arriva ac maen nhw wedi ysgrifennu gyda phryderon aruthrol. Maen nhw wedi trafod yr…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Thanks.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Yes. Do you have any specific comments on the provisions in the Bill relating to compulsory purchase?
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Okay. Thank you.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
So, we also received suggestions that there should be—thank you, by the way—statutory time frames for each stage of the process, as in the Planning Act 2008, including for validating applications. What are your views on this?
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
And it's been suggested to the committee that the Minister should make a statement to the Senedd on each occasion that they intend to extend the deadline for determining an application, as is the case in England. Do you agree with this?
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Okay.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Thank you, Chair. The committee received mixed views on the 52-week statutory time frame for deciding applications. Some respondents were concerned it could slow down decisions on smaller projects, and others said it wasn't long enough for more complex…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
—and that's a big worry, even in small schemes.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Don't get me going on that. So many times that—[Interruption.] No, I'll just raise—[Interruption.] If I can just make the point that the enforcement doesn't happen any more. Certainly, you know, they haven't got the resources now, the local authorities, to…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Exactly right. And, of course, for me, it's always—it's made me rather interested that you have NRW, who issue marine licences, and then they are the enforcement body. I've always found that, you know, at odds. I've put loads of questions in over the years…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Thank you. Very interesting questions there. You say in your paper that while the number of enforcement cases is expected to be low, you're concerned about the technical and resourcing requirements should LPAs be required to carry out enforcement. Could you…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
This was more than perception.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Because local authorities are very stretched, and have been for a number of years, I've actually witnessed first-hand where a local authority has been almost supporting the big development and trying to get on with it because there's a community benefit tied…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Having attended one or two planning hearings and inspections and things, it has always galled me, particularly in housing developments, where the developer turns up, probably with the best barrister in the country, and then anyone fighting the other side, be…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda grwpiau cymunedol a’r Sefydliad Cynllunio Trefol Brenhinol yng Nghymru
Thank you. This is to the RTPI. You highlight in your paper that Planning and Environment Decisions Wales, PEDW, will have all costs reimbursed, but that local planning authorities will only have costs associated with local impact reports reimbursed, and no…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a’r Comisiwn Seilwaith Cenedlaethol i Gymru
The committee has received mixed views on the 52-week statutory time frame for deciding applications. Some respondents were concerned it could slow down decisions on smaller projects, whilst others said it wasn't long enough for more complex projects, and…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a’r Comisiwn Seilwaith Cenedlaethol i Gymru
So, respondents to our consultation generally support the infrastructure categories included in the Bill, although some have commented that energy storage and hydrogen projects could also be included. I suppose I was quite surprised that they weren't. What…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a’r Comisiwn Seilwaith Cenedlaethol i Gymru
Okay.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a’r Comisiwn Seilwaith Cenedlaethol i Gymru
Okay, thank you. And you say—
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a’r Comisiwn Seilwaith Cenedlaethol i Gymru
Yes, thank you. Last week, the local planning authorities told us they were concerned about the impact the enforcement requirements of the Bill would have on them, and mainly talked about lack of skills. Because I pointed out that we need 120 planners, I…
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a’r Comisiwn Seilwaith Cenedlaethol i Gymru
Thank you. Can I just ask, what's PEDW?
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a’r Comisiwn Seilwaith Cenedlaethol i Gymru
NRW, you say in your paper: 'The framework nature of the Bill does make it challenging to review and understand the full implications to NRW’s statutory functions.' Could you expand on that, please? [Interruption.] Oh, sorry.
20 Medi 2023 , Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Bil Seilwaith (Cymru) - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a’r Comisiwn Seilwaith Cenedlaethol i Gymru
Thank you. Good morning. The Minister has argued the balance is right between what's on the face of the Bill—I'm trying to look here—and what's left to subordinate legislation, because it allows for necessary flexibility. Do you agree with that assessment…
