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Derbyniwyd: 07/03/2025

Ymatebydd: Mr H Farmer

Draft Policy Direction 3 raises serious concerns by proposing both BUAB reviews and allowing development adjacent to boundaries. Existing BUABs were established through careful Local and Neighbourhood Plan processes to create clear settlement-countryside boundaries. The policy's dual approach creates "double jeopardy" where sites could be included within revised boundaries while development is simultaneously permitted adjacent to them under undefined "small scale" thresholds. Given development pressures, "review" invariably implies weakening rather than strengthening protections. The ambiguous "small scale" criterion and lack of cumulative impact assessment could enable significant unplanned growth around settlements.