Testun llawn:
This representation comprises both an objection and a supporting submission. The proposer's land ownership at Llangadog comprises a number of fields immediately adjacent to the settlement’s centre. A frontage portion at Heol Pendref has been identified as being suitable for residential development and has been included within development limits, the remainder of the land holding has however been excluded. The part-inclusion of this frontage portion is clearly supported, but an objection is hereby made to the exclusion of the remainder. The justification for including only part of the proposer's land will apply to the whole area.
The following objection is made to the exclusion of the majority part of this site from the development limits for Llangadog, an identified Tier 2 Service Centre. It must be emphasised that the proposed scheme includes a number of community benefits and does not seek residential development on the entire landholding. The proposer is keen to offer land for uses that will provide both short and long term benefit to village residents, both in a practical sense and from a more holistic well-being perspective.
A key element of the scheme is to offer land for a much needed car park which is indicated on the accompanying layout drawing as being located immediately adjacent to the village centre. Parking provision is scarce in Llangadog and such a community facility in this village centre location would be welcomed and would help alleviate current on-road congestion. A convenient village centre access is proposed from the A4069 road.
Also, of benefit to the community is a proposed communal garden adjacent to the car park, which would provide an open green public area in the village centre.
Also proposed is an area to be set aside for community allotments which again will benefit the residents of Llangadog and aid in promoting both physical and mental well-being and also benefit the local environment through biodiversity enhancement.
The residential element of the scheme would comprise a high quality phased development and would draw on local Welsh vernacular architectural design elements, making every effort to be sustainable, both through the employment of local contractors, the use of local suppliers, and in the long term, through the provision of residential units within convenient walking distance of village services and facilities.
The proposer’s land is in a vastly more sustainable location than the residential allocations included in the plan for Llangadog, particularly SeC17/h2, which is on the perimeter of the settlement and thereby will contribute towards additional private car usage and exacerbated congestion within the village. The other two sites (SeC17/h1 and SeC17/h3) have been partly constructed and again, are more distant from the village centre.
The inclusion of the proposer’s land would not lead to additional environmental pressure, but instead will foster sustainable growth and allow for a wider choice of housing type within this Tier 2 Service Centre. Its development would be in keeping and in character with the settlement and will ensure a deliverable source of future housing for this sustainable community.
In addition, residential development at this location:-
· would not be detrimental to the amenity of adjacent properties;
· would satisfy recognised housing and sustainability objectives;
· would not have a detrimental impact on the landscape or nature conservation interests.
Furthermore, the site is not impeded by any access, ground condition, flood risk, hydrological, ecological, archaeological or land ownership related constraints and its delivery is assured.
A full description of the site's development potential and merits has previously been provided in the candidate site submission, to which reference should be made.
It is considered that this site is both more sustainable and deliverable than other sites that have been allocated within Llangadog.
The inclusion of this land within revised development limits would be fully supported.
