Testun llawn:
We are instructed by Mrs C. Davies to make a formal representation with regards to the
above land and the Second Deposit Draft of the Carmarthenshire Replacement Local
Development Plan.
Our client made a formal Candidate Site Submission in August 2018, which was referenced
SR/157/012, seeking the allocation of their land for residential development within the
settlement limits of Trimsaran as part of the Replacement Local Development Plan.
The Candidate Site comprises of an undeveloped paddock set off the southern flank of Heol
Morlais, as the B4308 runs through the centre of the village of Trimsaran. The proposals
seek inclusion of the frontage part of the enclosure to provide a small-scale development of
frontage houses to complement established properties off its eastern side flank, and the
access road to the former Miners Arms public house off its western side. It also lies directly
opposite further frontage houses off the northern flank of the 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 roadside frontage part of the land in
question within the draft settlement limits of Trimsaran 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 cannot accommodate 5 or more dwellings, however, it will be included within the development limits.”
Plan A- Location Plan of Candidate Site
Plan B represents an extract of the Second Deposit LDP Proposals Map for Trimsaran, clearly now identifying our client’s field frontage as land within the defined settlement limits:
Plan B – Extract from part of the Proposals Map for Trimsaran
Our client therefore welcome and SUPPORT the decision of the Authority to concur with all the Candidate Site 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 include the land for the purposes of Residential Development as part of the Carmarthenshire Replacement Local Development Plan.
