Supplementary Planning Guidance

Following adoption of the JLDP, the Council’s are in the process of preparing a suite of topic based Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG). SPGs expand on the policy principles contained within the JLDP and offers guidance to applicants and Officers when assessing planning applications.

The following document provides further guidance in relation to the Process of preparing Supplementary Planning Guidance:-

• Procedural Note for the Preparation and Adoption of Supplementary Planning Guidance

 

Draft Supplementary Planning Guidance 

A public consultation has been undertaken between 24 February and 7 April 2025 on the following Supplementary Planning Guidance: 

• Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) – Managing the Use of Dwellings as Holiday Homes (Second Homes and Short-term holiday lets)

In relation to the process of preparing the SPG the following assessments have been prepared: 

• Integrated Impact Assessment: Assessing the Impact on Protected Characteristics, the Welsh Language and Socio-Economic Disadvantage
• Strategic Environmental Assessment Screening Statement

 

The Council will consider all the representations received during the public consultation period. A Public Consultation Report will be presented to the Council’s Cabinet. It will be the responsibility of the Cabinet to consider the comments and come to a decision as to whether or not to adopt the document.

 

 
Supplementary Planning Guidance (Adopted)

The following Guidance have been subject to a public consultation period and have been adopted by the Joint Planning Policy Committee.   

Supplementary Planning Guidance

Guidance Name	Documents
Supplementary Planning Guidance – Housing Mix (October 2018)	Supplementary Planning Guidance – Housing Mix Supplementary Planning Guidance – Housing Mix – Representation Report Supplementary Planning Guidance – Housing Mix  – Screening Report
Supplementary Planning Guidance –  Open Spaces in New Housing Developments (March 2019)	Supplementary Planning Guidance - Open Spaces in New Residential Developments  Supplementary Planning Guidance - Open Spaces in New Housing Developments - Representation Report Supplementary Planning Guidance - Open Spaces in New Housing Developments - Screening Report
Supplementary Planning Guidance – Local Market Housing (March 2019)	Supplementary Planning Guidance - Local Market Housing  Supplementary Planning Guidance - Local Market Housing  - Representation Report Supplementary Planning Guidance - Local Market Housing  - Screening Report
Supplementary Planning Guidance - Affordable Housing (April 2019)	Supplementary Planning Guidance - Affordable Housing Addendum - Appendix 4 - 2021 Figures Supplementary Planning Guidance - Affordable Housing - Representation Report Supplementary Planning Guidance - Affordable Housing - Screening Report
Supplementary Planning Guidance – Replacement dwellings and conversions in the countryside (September 2019)	Supplementary Planning Guidance – Replacement dwellings and conversions in the countryside Supplementary Planning Guidance – Replacement dwellings and conversions in the countryside – Consultation report Supplementary Planning Guidance – Replacement dwellings and conversions in the countryside – Screening report
Supplementary Planning Guidance - Planning Obligations	Supplementary Planning Guidance - Planning Obligations  Supplementary Planning Guidance - Planning Obligations - Screening Report Supplementary Planning Guidance - Planning Obligations - Consultation Report
Supplementary Planning Guidance - Maintaining and Creating Distinctive and Sustainable Communities	Maintaining and Creating Distinctive and Sustainable Communities July 2019 Maintaining and Creating Sustainable Communities - Representation Report Maintaining and Creating Sustainable Communities - Screening Report
Supplementary Planning Guidance - Change of use of community facilities and services, employment sites and retail units	Supplementary Planning Guidance - Change of use of community facilities and services, employment sites and retail units Supplementary Planning Guidance - Representation Report Supplementary Planning Guidance - Screening report
Supplementary Planning Guidance- Tourism Accommodation and Facilities	Supplementary Planning Guidance- Tourism Accommodation and Facilities (final) Supplementary Planning Guidance- Tourism Accommodation and Facilities. Screening Statement Supplementary Planning Guidance- Tourism Accommodation and Facilities. Final Consultation Report
Supplementary Planning Guidance – Slate Landscapes of North West Wales	Supplementary Planning Guidance – Slate Landscapes of North West Wales  Supplementary Planning Guidance - Slate Landscapes of North West Wales - Consultation Report

Together with the Councils decision to adopt the JLDP it was decided that the Supplementary Planning Guidance which had been adopted to support the previous Unitary Development Plan should remain, where appropriate, as material planning consideration in determining planning applications, until they are replaced by a new SPG or withdrawn.

The following Supplementary planning Guidance are of relevance when deciding on planning application in the Gwynedd Local Planning Authority Area:-

• Housing development and educational provision
• Landscape character
• Building new housing in the countryside
• Wildlife sites
• New houses in rural villages
• Planning for sustainable development
• Development briefs: Bangor DCA
• Development briefs: Caernarfon DCA
• Development briefs: Llyn DCA
• Development briefs: Ffestiniog DCA
• Development briefs: Porthmadog DCA
• Development briefs: Dolgellau/Abermaw DCA
• Holiday Accommodation
• Onshore Wind Energy