Testun llawn:
I write as a resident of Parc Pencrug to indicate my concerns regarding the proposed housing development at the bottom of the estate.
There have been several different versions of what is actually being planned. Initially, there were going to be over 200 houses there, with the main access and egress point being on Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo. However, I understand that the land that would allow them access to Rhosmaen Street has now been taken out of the plans, so all access and egress would be through the existing Park Pencrug and Lon Rhys housing estates, coming out on Carmarthen Road. This would be totally unsuitable for the construction traffic and daily deliveries that a working construction site requires, and once completed, the extra traffic caused by the number of houses, including commercial vehicles such as supermarket deliveries and couriers would mean it would become a busy route, and not at all suitable for the existing housing.
Current plans are apparently for 27 houses, although Pobl wants to push through plans for 86 houses. This is all very disjointed, and I fear that planning could be given in a piecemeal fashion, which would affect the aesthetics of the estate, as well as rendering any chance of access on to Rhosmaen street, impossible.
Some of the housing is for "affordable" housing. Who will these be made available to? Will people from outside Llandeilo be offered them? Usually families and elderly people are offered these type of houses, but they are quite a long walk into town, to the shops, schools, surgery etc., all having to go through the main estate, and if driving into town, there is precious little parking. The hill in Park Pencrug gets very icy and is very dangerous for cars and pedestrians alike in winter.
I understand that Phosphates are a problem with the land. How and when will this be resolved?
Are the schools, doctor's surgery, and local infrastructure such as the sewage system, suitable to take all this extra housing?
The design of the estate takes no account of local context, and I would ask that it be referred to the Design Council for Wales.
