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ID sylw: 2764

Derbyniwyd: 08/02/2019

Ymatebydd: Mr Alan Landry

I note that this proposal is also a variation to one rejected in approximately 2014 after objections from most, if not all, the residents of Porthyrhyd. Whilst I note that an alternative access to the proposed site has been submitted, the location, and indeed the revised access, still renders the site unsuitable for development. The location of a nearby garage and a sharp corner leading to a narrow river overbridge combined to excessive commuter traffic to the nearby A48, particularly when (regular) accidents on the A 48 turns Porthyrhyd into a temporally bypass, renders the proposed access a potential accident black-spot. I understand that the two fields included in this application could eventually be purchased as a whole leading to a possible application of up to 30 homes. This would exacerbate the problem aside from the impact the proposed development would have on adjacent properties.

In conclusion, whilst I appreciate that Carmarthenshire County Council has targets to meet for the construction of new homes in the county, there is an abundance of brown-field sites in the area that would accommodate these targets and it is unacceptable and unstainable that good agricultural land is sacrificed to turn small rural villages into large urban townships. In particular, industrial land at Gorslas, Cross Hands, Abergwili and lower Tumble which would be ideal for large housing projects remains derelict after many years. I believe that if all the abandoned industrial land in Carmarthenshire was developed for housing, there would be no need for applications like the above to be included in the Revised Development Plan. I therefore trust that both the above applications will be rejected.