Site-Specific Development: Briefs and Frameworks
Introduction
The Forward Planning Team| produces development briefs and frameworks for specific sites in the County Borough that have been earmarked for future development in the planning process. These give certainty to local communities on how such sites will be developed, provide guidance for anyone looking to submit a planning application and help to bring these sites forward for development.
Development frameworks differ from briefs as they cover the principles of development for the overall site, often where there is a mix of uses, whilst a brief would discuss aspects in more detail for a smaller site where there is more certainty about the development requirements that are needed.
The Forward Planning Team| will produce briefs for all allocated non-strategic Local Development Plan| (LDP) sites and various Torfaen Local Plan| sites.
Development frameworks will be produced for all strategic LDP sites and major local plan sites including the British and Llanfrechfa Grange.
Both development frameworks and briefs will be adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) to the current development plan for Torfaen at the time of adoption. For further information on SPG please visit our SPG| webpage.
Current Site Briefs and Frameworks
Information on current sites briefs and frameworks that have been produced is detailed below:
Llanfrechfa Grange Development Framework
The Llanfrechfa Grange Development Framework| has been prepared to supplement and provide a greater level of detail to the emerging Local Development Plan which has identified Llanfrechfa Grange as a strategic housing site and the location of the Special Critical Care Centre for the wider area.
Trevethin Community School Development Brief
The Trevethin Community School Development Brief| has been prepared in order to inform potential developers of the requirements that the Council expects to be met with any future planning applications to develop the Trevethin School site for residential use. The brief is also intended to help bring the site forward for residential development and provide certainty and clarity to both local residents and developers in this process.
This development brief was formally adopted by Council on the 29th of July 2008 as SPG to the current development plan and is available to download here.
Please note that due to the size of this document we have had to upload a low quality PDF version on the website for general viewing. If you wish to purchase a higher quality version of this document then please visit our Publications| page for further information.
Draft Development Frameworks
Torfaen County Borough Council have consulted on four Draft Development Frameworks that have been produced to support developments included within the Deposit Torfaen Local Development Plan. The sites and corresponding allocation references are:
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Llantarnam Strategic Action Area (SAA3)
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Mamhilad Strategic Action Area (SAA4)
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County Hall and Police HQ Strategic Housing Site (H1/1)
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Former Police College and adjacent land Strategic Housing Site (H1/2)
If you wish to view the four Draft Development Frameworks then please visit the 'Site-Specific Development Documents' section of the Publications| page here.