Amend plan to include site

Please refer to documents enclosed: location plan, supporting text, integrated SA and initial sketch scheme for a proposed candidate site.

Location plan:

Land between Ysgol y Castell and Fairacre, Priory Street, Kidwelly
The proposal is to include the piece of land which sits between Ysgol y Castell and
Fairacre off Priory Street in the proposed LDP for residential use. The site is currently being
used as a site compound for the construction of the new primary school.
The central location of the proposed site
within Kidwelly provides access to a
number of local services and facilities.
Within the immediate vicinity this
includes the adjacent new primary school,
Ysgol y Castell, a Catholic Church and a
Co-Operative food store. The site has
good accessibility to public transport links,
such as bus stops along Priory St with the
nearest directly outside the site. This
provides transport between Llanelli and
Carmarthen via Trimsaran and Ferryside.
A railway station is also located 0.7 miles
west of the site.
As seen in the location plan, the site is surrounded mainly by residential land use. Some
local facilities are available within a short distance of the site, including shops, post office
and sports clubs. Priory Street runs parallel to the north-west end of the site and is a 30mph
traffic calmed road which reduces to 20mph past the school and the site.
The land in question is between
Fairacre and Ysgol Y Castell.
Current LDP has the land as
located outside settlement
limits but designated
recreation/open space. In this
instance the current policy REC1
is currently relevant.
Behind the school in a current
plan is an allocation for
residential use, reference
T3/3/h3.
Excerpt from current LDP
Excerpt from current LDP – enlarged
In the 2nd Deposit Revised Stage LDP shows what we now know as the school site allocated
as ‘outdoor sports’. The site between Fairacre and the school is shown as outside
settlement limits and with no designation. It is no longer required for open space/
recreation.
Excerpt from 2nd Deposit Revised Stage LDP
In the current LDP, behind the school is an allocation for residential use, reference T3/3/h3.
This in no longer included in the 2nd Deposit Revised Stage LDP
The site assessment table supporting the proposed LDP says of the site that
‘The site has been allocated in a number of previous development plans without indication of
delivery. Potential concerns over the scale of the site within the settlement. Site to be deallocated.’
In the 2nd Deposit Revised Stage LDP, the constraints map shows the site is designated as a
part slate and part sand and gravel safeguarding area. We would argue that this is not an
appropriate site to remove slate, sand or gravel from. The nuisance, noise and dust factor of
excavating stone alongside a school and residential properties being a major concern.
Amongst the 2nd Deposit revised LDP documents, the evidence base, there is a paper which
refers to development limits
Infill and extensions to settlements
8.4 Make provision for appropriate infill within, logical extensions to, or rounding off of
defined settlements
We propose that this site be included as a rounding off/ infill of the settlement limits of
Kidwelly. The rear boundary would line up with the rear boundary of the school and a little
way beyond the rear boundary of the residential property Fairacre.
Initial thoughts are that the site could accommodate something like 6 or 7 dwellings. A
sketch plan is included which shows 6 dwellings. A seventh may be possible towards the
front of the site but there may be amenity issues due to the angle at which Fairacre sits and
this will need to be assessed in more detail. The location of the access along the frontage
would need also to be agreed with Highways. The site entrance would be within the 20mph
zone.