Include site within development limits for Temble Bar.

This representation is to propose a new site for residential development to
incorporate a small area already within the existing development limits.

This candidate site lies within the villages of Carmel / Temple Bar. Both these
villages are conjoined as one community which straddles the A476 road which
passes through both settlements. Over past decades residential properties have
been constructed primarily alongside this road.

The revised local development plan 2018-2033 makes provision, under policy
SP3 and within HOM 3: Homes in Rural Villages, for small developments of 1 - 4
dwellings to be permitted so long as they meet certain criteria in relation to infill
sites, or sites adjacent to a rural village within physical boundaries, logical
extension/rounding off, all so long as ribbon development does not take place.
In particular in respect of housing allocation, HOM 3 and HOM 4 appear to
enable the creation of small sites of either single or just a few dwellings, so as to
cater for the strong demand from those seeking to build themselves a family
and/or retirement home. The main towns of the county appear to be well
provided for with large allocations of new housing, and well suited to the
requirements of national developers, with HOM 3 and 4 enabling small local
builders to flourish.

The revised LDP plan 2018-2033 seeks additional land suited for residential
development and we would submit that this candidate site as eminently suited
for such future residential development.

1. The site, which is edged red on the attached plan, lies adjacent to the main
road and has good frontage to this road with no adverse highway concerns.
There is a detached single garage already on the site and part of the site [to the
rear of the garage] is already included within existing development limits. There
is an existing access to the garage which could easily be improved in order to
create a safe vehicular access to serve the site with ample visibility to the latest
highway requirements.

2. The site is directly adjacent to existing dwellings, and would not constitute a
ribbon development. It meets the criteria of acceptable plots set out in Policy HOM3; Homes in Rural Villages. Part of the site is already included within
development limits but this area is inadequate for a single plot, and a further
area to the rear[ that is behind the garage] would be needed to create a small
single plot. The garage is at present a store as we already have a larger existing
garage to serve our bungalow home which is next door. The loss of the garage
would therefore be of no consequence as we have other access, parking and
garage to our bungalow nearby.

3. Mains water electricity and drainage serve the village and pass adjacent to the
site, so services are readily available.

4, The site has strong physical boundaries of a fence to one side adjacent to a
house named Greenhill, and on the other side is an existing mature hedge which
would be a natural boundary, as recognized already by it being the development
limit boundary. The addition of a small area to the rear would not be any
intrusion into the countryside, and would then be ideally suited to a single
individual building plot to enable the construction of a house/bungalow. There is
ample demand for such plots, but a shortage of them, and this site would be
ideal and in keeping with the HOM 3 policy of homes in rural villages.
We do hope you will consider this site as a suitable candidate for a new site
allocation.