March 03, 2022 - 1497 views
Janet Finch-Saunders MS, Member of the Welsh Parliament for Aberconwy, and Shadow Minister for Climate Change, has urged the Minister for Education and Welsh Language to work with the Minister for Climate Change to amend planning policy so that children of farmers can more easily gain planning permission to build homes on family land.
TAN 6 allows for new isolated residential development in the open countryside for rural enterprise workers.
The Member of the Welsh Parliament for Aberconwy has called for the category to be amended so that children of farmers who live at home but work elsewhere can more easily gain planning permission to build homes on family land.
Commenting after speaking in the Senedd, Janet said: “With the Welsh Government only delivering 4,616 of the 12,000 new homes required annually in Wales, there is a huge shortage of houses for our youngest generations to remain in their home towns or villages.
“A cumulative total of 14,240 young people in the 20-29 age group left four Welsh counties between 2012 and 2016!
“Whilst the Welsh Government has recently undertaken a consultation on a Welsh Language Communities Housing Plan which aims to help local people to access affordable housing, I am clear that we should empower young people who are struggling to get on the ladder in their home town or village to build a home on family owned land”.
