Swansea Bay (region)

The Swansea Bay area of Wales is located north of the sea area of Swansea Bay. The term Swansea Bay is used by the Welsh Assembly Government for policy planning purposes as well as by a number of other organisations.

The boundaries of Swansea Bay are defined in the Welsh Assembly Government's Spatial Plan Data Project.^[1] In the Wales Spatial Plan, Swansea Bay includes all of the unitary authorities of Swansea and Neath Port Talbot and parts of Carmarthenshire, Powys and Bridgend county borough.^[2] The area is also a Travel to Work Area, which was defined in 2007.^[3] The Wales Spatial Plan identifies twenty-one key settlements in the area:^[2]

Swansea Carmarthen Ammanford & Cross Hands Llanelli Gorseinon & Penllergaer Pontardawe & Clydach Maesteg

Neath Port Talbot Porthcawl & Pyle Burry Port & Pembrey Dulais Valley Glynneath & Resolven Gowerton & Waunarlwydd

Kidwelly & Trimsaran Llandeilo Penclawdd & Crofty Pontarddulais Upper Afan Valley, Upper Amman Valley Ystalyfera & Ystradgynlais

The population in the region as of 2007 is approximately 561,900.^[4]

Development areas

Welsh Assembly Government supported developments:^[5]

• Baglan Energy Park
• Coed Darcy
• Crosshands Business Park
• Felindre
• Llanelli Waterside
• SA1 Swansea Waterfront
• Swansea city centre
• Swansea Vale

Swansea Bay city region

The whole of Swansea Bay was being touted as a future city region that would have the city of Swansea as its focus but also include the urban settlements contiguous to Swansea; these would be Llanelli, Neath, Port Talbot, Ystradgynlais and Ammanford. The predicted size of this new city region is around 700,000 people who would live within 30 minutes drive from the centre of Swansea.^[6]

Following a Welsh Government commissioned report recommending the creation of the city regtion in July 2012,^[7] the Swansea Bay city region was established on 18 July 2013. The city region would include the local authorities of Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot and Swansea.^[8] Sir Terry Matthews has been appointed chairman of the Swansea Bay City Region Board.^{[9][10][11][12][13]}

References

1. Defining the boundaries of the Wales Spatial Plan areas for statistical data analysis
2. Sustainable Regeneration Framework Swansea Bay: The Waterfront and Western Valleys Spatial Plan Area
3. Revision of Travel to Work Areas
4. Demographic data summary: Swansea Bay (a)
5. WDA: South West Wales Key Sites
6. source: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2012/07/11/report-calls-for-city-regions-around-cardiff-and-se-wales-and-swansea-bay-91466-31373952/
7. Report recommends Swansea Bay gets City Region status
8. BBC News - Swansea Bay city region launched to boost economy
9. "Swansea Bay City Region". Welsh Government. February 16, 2015. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
10. "Celtic Manor's Sir Terry Matthews is Swansea region chief". BBC News. September 24, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
11. "Sir Terry Matthews to use 'global network' to boost region investment". BBC News. September 25, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
12. "Sir Terry Matthews holds first regeneration board meeting". BBC News. November 19, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.
13. "Sir Terry Matthews revealed as the new chair of the Swansea Bay City Region". Media Wales. September 24, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.

External links

• Welsh Assembly Government: Swansea Bay
• Swansea Bay spatial plan area
• Swansea Bay: The Waterfront and Western Valleys
• Swansea Bay Futures
• Sustainable Regeneration Framework Swansea Bay: The Waterfront and Western Valleys Spatial Plan Area
• Swansea Bay Partnership
• Welsh Assembly Government Data for Swansea Bay
• Swansea Bay, Mumbles and Gower
• One Big Garden
• Tourism Swansea Bay

Coordinates: 51°35′N 3°54′W / 51.583°N 3.900°W