New Quay residents and interested parties are being asked for their views to help shape development in the town by the county council. 

Placemaking is a 'people-centred' approach to the planning, design and management of places and spaces.

The council's Economy and Regeneration service drives the ‘placemaking’ agenda by advancing a suite of placemaking documents. These provide ideas and guidance to facilitate the delivery of sustainable development in Ceredigion.

To support placemaking in New Quay, the council has commissioned Rural Office and the Griffiths Heritage Consultancy to prepare a Place Plan and a Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan respectively for New Quay. This work is being supported by the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

Place Plans are a mechanism introduced by Welsh Government for communities to engage creatively with the planning process. Place Plans can provide an opportunity to offer a finer grain of planning policy detail for local areas that reflects local distinctiveness and addresses specific community scale issues.

Conservation Area Appraisals focus on existing areas of architectural and historic significance.

They identify what makes an area special and any opportunities or problems which may exist. This forms the basis for more detailed management plans which set out appropriate responses to address these opportunities and issues.

A drop-in event is being held at New Quay Memorial Hall, Towyn Road, on September 5, 4.30-6pm.

Cabinet Member for Economy and Regeneration Councillor Clive Davies said: “Engagement with the local community is important from the onset of any placemaking process in order to identify and factor in their needs, ideas and opinions when shaping the future of places. I would therefore encourage all interested parties to get involved in this consultation.”

For further information on the drop-in event, or if you would like to be added to the stakeholder list, contact the council’s planning policy service by email: ldp@ceredigion.gov.uk