Include site within development limits

This representation is to propose a new site for residential development.

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 an existing access 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.

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 existing mature hedges containing
the site on three sides so as not to be an intrusion into open countryside. It is
currently an amenity area used with our bungalow home nearby. It is ideally
suited to two individual building plots to enable the construction of
houses/bungalows. 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.