The address of this land is Heol Cennen, Ffairfach, SA19 6UL and the perimeter is outlined in red on the attached map. Relating to planning application PL/00915. This piece of land should be removed from the development limits as it is not suitable for any development (residential or business). This view is supported by both the objections from local residents whom it would have a detrimental impact and also importantly, the statutory organisations/bodies consulted with, have either rejected the planning application or have advised that the County Council should refuse planning permission. A full refusal to the planning application was granted on the 24th November 2021.
Below are some of the comments from the statutory organisations in their written responses as part of the planning application process;
Natural Resources Wales (NRW) confirmed (along with the council) that this land is a Flood C2 zone and any development of this land would have an adverse impact. NRW refused permission given the Flood Risk and referenced section 6 of TAN 15, they also referenced that a Zone C2 area means that it is without significant flood defence infrastructure.

Welsh Government (Economy and Infrastructure) stated that the existing access (which cannot be changed as it is on the boundary of other properties) does not meet current trunk road standards and should not be used for direct vehicular site access.

Highways and Transport Department stated that permission be refused: the traffic generated by the development would use an existing access which is unsuitable because it has restricted width at the county road. Also, the existing access road is considered inadequate in terms of width, alignment or passing places to accommodate further traffic caused by any development.

Welsh Water has a trunk/distribution watermain across the site and stated that no structure is to be sited within a minimum distance of 6 metres from the centre line of the pipe, that no heavy earthmoving machinery should be employed, that the water main should be kept free from all temporary buildings etc and the existing ground cover on the water main should not be increased or decreased.

This was a former gas works site and a remediation report was undertaken in 2004 and clearly states that 'it is understood that there are no proposed plans for development at the site and as such this specification does not include for improvement at the site for future development' this would indicate that at the time of reporting the site was remediated to the standard necessary so that it was not posing a risk to receptors such as surface water, groundwater and third party properties, but did not remediate the site to the standard required to support residential properties. The report also stated that should the site be redeveloped in the future, further chemical and geotechnical appraisal in accordance with the proposed end-use would be appropriate.

This is an ecological area with bats, wildlife and backs onto the river Towy, there are already concerns relating to phosphates and with this being a former gas works site and contaminated land, this poses a significant risk.

As I am only able to attach 4 documents to this objection, please can I ask kindly that you look at the planning application (PL/00915) responses so that you can see all the reasons why developing this land at any point (now or in the future) is unsuitable, and therefore why it should be removed from development limits.

This objections relates to a specific piece of land situated behind Cawdor Parc in Ffairfach which should be removed from the Urban Boundary. It is a brownfield site and previously was a gas works.
This is not a suitable piece of land for residential (or business) purposes. All previous applications for planning permission on this site has either been withdrawn or refused. To my knowledge, previous decisions were based on access issues and flood risk. Nothing has changed, access is still an impossible issue, as is the flood risk amongst other legitimate objections and refusals.