Development Plans in Conwy

Area Covered

Conwy County Borough Council is the planning authority for the area of Conwy that lies outside of the Snowdonia National Park. The Snowdonia National Park has its own planning authority and can be contacted at: www.eryri-npa.co.uk

What are Development Plans?

Development plans set out policies on the development and use of land. They are used to decide planning applications and must be followed unless there are sound planning reasons for not doing so.

Adopted Plans

These have been through all the formal stages. In Conwy, they consist of the Clwyd Structure Plan Second Alteration (Conwy Version), the Gwynedd Structure Plan, the Colwyn Borough Local Plan and the Llandudno/Conwy District Plan.

You can find out which plans relate to which areas either by:

• clicking here, and then on the development plan that you wish to examine. The two Structure Plans do not have proposals maps; or
• looking at this table

Former Aberconwy Borough

This area extends from Llanfairfechan in the west to Penrhyn Bay in the east, and south beyond Penmachno, although some of this area lies within the Snowdonia National Park. There are two adopted plans in this area:

• The Gwynedd Structure Plan was adopted in 1993. It covers the whole of Aberconwy
• The Llandudno/Conwy District Plan, which was adopted in 1982, covers Llandudno, Conwy, Deganwy and Llandudno Junction and extends east as far as Penrhyn Bay, west to Conwy and south as far as Glan Conwy.

Former Colwyn Borough

This area extends from Rhos on Sea in the west to Kinmel Bay in the east and south as far as Llangwm. There are two adopted plans in this area:

• The Clwyd Structure Plan Second Alteration (Conwy Version) covers the area of the former Borough of Colwyn. The Plan was adopted in 1999.
• The Colwyn Borough Local Plan was also adopted in 1999 and covers the area of the former Colwyn Borough.

Unadopted Plan

Until 2004, the Council was preparing the Conwy Unitary Development Plan, which would have replaced the four adopted plans. Following advice from the Welsh Assembly Government, work on this plan has now ceased. Whilst it carries less weight than an adopted plan, it is still used in some circumstances in deciding planning applications.

Local Development Plan

The Council is currently working on this plan. Please refer to the Local Development Plan webpages.

Which plans relate to which areas?

The table below explains plans are relevant to which communities. The draft Conwy Unitary Development Plan relates to the whole of Conwy County Borough, outside the Snowdonia National Park.

* Partly in Snowdonia National Park. Development in the National Park is guided by Gwynedd Structure Plan and the Eryri Local Plan.