Testun llawn:
We are instructed by Mr. P. Evans 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/021/048, seeking the allocation of their land for residential development within the
settlement limits of Abergwili as part of the Replacement Local Development Plan.
The Candidate Site comprises a generally level grazing field fronting the northern flank of
Castell Pigyn Road in Abergwili. The land benefits from an agricultural access achieved via
an adjoining grazing field to its east, which leads onto Wellfield Road. The land shares a
common western hedgerow and tree-lined boundary with residential properties which front
“Yr Onnen” and “Lon Clychaurgog,” being two cul-de-sacs of modern detached housing part
of residential estate formed in the 1990s. The proposals seek inclusion of the well-defined
enclosure to provide a moderately-sized development of detached and semi-detached
houses. Such a development will complement established properties which lie directly to
western side as referred to above, and which also run parallel to the carriageway of Castell
Pigyn Road.
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 western field 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: “Site to be allocated with reference PrC1/h12.”
Plan A- Location Plan of Candidate Site
As a result of the above, Plan B represents an extract of the Deposit LDP Proposals Map for Abergwili, clearly now identifying part of our client’s land as a Residential Allocation (shaded brown) within the defined settlement limits:
Plan B – Extract from part of the Proposals Map for Abergwili
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.
