Testun llawn:
We are instructed by Mrs J. Brown and Mr G. Howells to make a formal representation with
regards to the above land and the Second Deposit Draft of the Carmarthenshire
Replacement Local Development Plan.
Our clients made a formal Candidate Site Submission in August 2018, which was referenced
SR/149/12, seeking the allocation of their land for residential development within the
settlement limits of Laugharne as part of the Replacement Local Development Plan.
The Candidate Site comprised of an undeveloped enclosure, with its southern and western
boundaries adjoining existing residential development. Whilst its remaining boundaries were
defined by established tree and hedgerow lined perimeters to the east and south. The site
lies at a backland setting off the rear of established dwellinghouses off the eastern flank of
Clifton Street in the centre of Laugharne. Access to the site is gained via a gap within the
residential street frontage, running to the rear open enclosure.
The land therefore clearly represented a logical extension opportunity to the existing
settlement and its extents are illustrated by the red line below at Plan A.
Following due consideration, the Council included the land in question as a Residential
Allocation in its First Deposit Draft of the Local Development Plan, published in January
2020. However, for reasons outlined by the Council in their current submissions, a revised
Second Deposit Local Development Plan has now been prepared and published in January
2023. It is subject to public consultation.
As part of the current consultation process into the Second Deposit Local Development Plan,
the Council have again published a “Site Assessment Table” (January 2023), which provides details of the Council’s analysis of each received Candidate Site submission. We note that our clients’ land was considered as part of this process and as a result the Authority concluded as follows: “The site is allocated with reference SeC20/h3.”
As a result of the above, Plan B represents an extract of the Deposit LDP Proposals Map for Laugharne, clearly now identifying our clients land as a Residential Allocation (shaded brown) within the defined settlement limits:
Our clients therefore welcome and SUPPORT the decision of the Authority to concur with the representations previously made in relation to our clients’ land.
We can also confirm that the land continues to not face any ecological, flood risk related, highway, infrastructure or land ownership constraints that would restrict its ability to be delivered during the Plan period.
We therefore fully support the decision of the Authority to allocate the land for the purposes of Residential Development as part of the Carmarthenshire Replacement Local Development Plan.
