Community Development Plan 2024
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The purpose of this document is to set out and explain the Community Council’s main priorities for the next two decades as a guide its future decision making.
The Gwernymynydd Community Development Plan was first conceived during 2007 when it was recognised there was a need to set out a vision for the future of our village. This required a fundamental change within the Community Council in developing a proactive approach to determine the future of the community.
A Development Plan Steering Group was established and, following a programme of public consultation, “Gwernymynydd 2030 – A Community Development Plan for the next 20 years” was produced in May 2011. It has been available on the Council's website ever since. (Download 2011 archive copy )
Gwernymynydd Community Development Plan 2024 The plan identified a series of policies a round 4 main headings:
Social and Community Development Transport and Roads The Environment Housing and Land Development
The 2011 plan was one of the first to be produced in Wales and was promoted by the Welsh Government and Flintshire County Council as an example of good practice. The intention was for the Council to review the plan annually and for there to be another update in 2019-20 for the period up until 2040. This document therefore forms the update, albeit delayed (partly due to Covid).
The 2011 plan proved a great success in that it has launched a range of successful new initiatives in the community. It is important to appreciate however, perhaps in retrospect, the limited statutory role of the Community Council. We can only advise and comment on matters such as planning applications, road management and bus services. In this respect, and given the welcome given to the 2011 plan by the County Council, it was hoped that the plan would be considered in a wider context, particularly in respect of new housing development. However, in general there has been little or no obvious evidence of this in the years since.
So, where appropriate, this 2024 document explains the opinion that the Community Council would express when asked to comment on matters which are controlled by other authorities but in the light of experience, it focusses more on targets and action in those areas which are within the remit of the Council to take forward.