Chapter 19 Next Steps
It is essential that the implementation of the strategy is monitored on an ongoing basis and that monitoring results are published in a timely and user-friendly manner more frequently than a single report in 2025. The Strategy should highlight any additional data sources which are likely to be required from Local Authorities to enable mechanisms to be established for early collection of same.
The regions land use strategy is provided by the current RSES which is approved by an Elected Assembly. Each Local Authority Development Plan is required to demonstrate compliance with the RSES. The inclusion of Section 19.3 which sets out considerations for the review of the RSES is considered unnecessary and may cause confusion. Any review of the RSES will be required to align with the NTA Strategy. Section 19.3.4 which sets out what are considered appropriate locations for development fails to align with the RSES, this has the potential to create difficulties for Local Authorities in the exercising their forward planning and development management functions. This section fails to contribute positively to the document and its inclusion should be reexamined.