PSD7: Diogelu Mannau Agored

That the area in question be awarded the same status as the adjacent protected open space, and that the policy clarifies this position.

x1/

I think the LDP is unsound and should be changed

I feel this is the case as the two parcels of land situate in Heel Brown between No4
and No6 and alongside No8 form part of the conveyance of 1988 from the coal board, with spcific covenants as to the future use of the land being specified as for
“recreation and amenity”, Any intended use other than the above to be notified to
the coal board, and consent sought, the coal board have not been notified that
these two parcels of land are now proposed to be included inside the LDP
development limit, and need to be removed from being contained within these proposed development limits, to be reinstated as intebded in the original I
conveyance, not for development, or sale,

Attachments 1/ and 2/

I enclose attachments showing the two parcels of land shaded in red

and a copy of coal board map showing All the land in the conveyance of 1988

x 2/

Pocedural requirements have not been met
This comment is because CCC have in their possesion the conveyance document
containing the covenants mentioned in x 1) above, yet have proceeded to propose
changes to the LDP development limits, that would include parcels of land in
contravention to those covenants, without conforming to the required procedure in
infornmlng te coal board as required in the original conveyance.

I attach highlighted sections of the conveyance document to confirm the above and clarify the intended future use of the land conveyed by the coal board for community use

Attachment 3/

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New Policy

I think that the "new policy" needs to establish and clarify the “recreation and
amenity" status of the large parcel of land sited at Heol Brown park between the
two green shaded areas in the current LDP proposal,

It's important to state that in last 2 years via the FOTP (Friends Of Tycroes Parks)
there has been extensive work carried out in both woodland sections of the
parkland, in as much as that a comprehensive footpath development has been
carried out by a contracting company for the benefit of our community use, and all
gravelled paths are wheelchair user friendly, and has had a tremendous benefit as
witnessed by the huge increase in users, this development has inclded installation
of boardwalks and drainage systems

In the open grassed area between the scouts hall and the refurbished childrens play area several large picnic tables have been laid out. and the increased footfall in the
parknand woodlands is quite incredible,

as a result of the above improvements and numbers of community events held on
the site

It is asked that this area be awarded the same status as the current green shaded area that is, “protected from development”

This would also establish the land donated in the 1988 conveyance, being
recognised, and established, on record within the LDP , to be retained in perpetuity
for the community as intended by the coal board conveyance for community
"recreation and Amenity”

l attach a copy of a section of the current LDP plan,and hatched in red the area of
land which needs to be established as “protecred from development” status.

Attachment 4/

x 4/

New paragraph or supporting text,

If appropriate a new paragraph or text might be beneficial in explaining the status
of the parcel of land conveyed in 1988 from the coal board and the exploit content
describing its intended use by the communituy

it would clarify both the coal boards generosity (sold for £1) '

and CCC compliance via the LDP to honour the vendors intentions regarding use

Exclude two identified strips of land from development limits and protect from development under the open space policy.

In the 2018 LDP sites map, the whole of the land conveyed by the coal board was confirmed as being protected from development, and a 700+ residents petition delivered to Mr Ian R Llewelyn at the Carmarthenshire council offices confirmed the community support for this protection.

It is still necessary to include as protected from development the area bordered in red on

Attachment 2

There is an error in the current ldp map development outline ,

the two strips of land identified in

Attachment 3

formed part of the original conveyance of 1988 see

Attachment 4

these two parcels of land need to be placed outside the development limits and
included as being protected from development

Attachment 5

is an extract supplied by the coal board estates dept with a red hatched area clearly
showing the areas bordering Heol Brown, including the two strips of land referred to
above, as being included in the conveyance and hence covered by the relevant
covenant

Attachment 6

This land registry document confirms the registration of these two strips as being
part of the main parkland contained in the conveyance, and need to be registered as
protected from development along with the previously explained section within the
main green park area.

This needs to be confirmed as being the intention to comply with the perpetuity
period stipulated by the coal board to 2068 to safeguard from development this much
used and enjoyed open green space.

Change to the the Plan to include additional land

Llanedi Community Council would like to see the whole of the block of land at Tycroes Park and woodland allocated as Playspace and Amenity greenspace. The Council would also wish that all the remaining plots located adjacent to the park at Heol Brown are removed from development limits.

Include the site as a recreation annotation under Policy PSD7.

We would ask that the proposed amendment in this 2nd Deposit Revised Carms LDP (attachment 1) should not be implemented and the plan should remain as in the original plan shown as AS/159/01 (attachment 2).
We will not restate all the reasons given in the first round of objections as they will no doubt be raised by others, but would know the legal aspect, whereby the land in question, which is shown in the attached conveyance, was given by the NCB for recreation or amenity purposes to the people of Tycroes for the perpetuity period ending 2068 (attachment 3).

Protect the area in question from development under Policy PSD7: Protection of Open Space.

We would ask that the proposed amendment in the 2nd Deposit Revised Carms LDP (attachment 1) should not be implemented and the plan should remain as in the original plan shown as AS/159/01 (attachment 2).
We will not restate all the reasons given in the first round of objections as they will no doubt be raised by others, but would know the legal aspect, whereby the land in question, which is shown in the attached conveyance, was given by the NCB for recreation of amenity purposes to the people of Tycroes for the perpetuity period ending in 2068 (attachment 3).

Annotations to be amended on the Revised LDP to reflect the former NCB land which was given to the Community by the NCB in 1988.

The plan suggested in the 2nd Deposit Revised LDP is unsound and should be
amended as it is inconsistent with previous plans/documents. The land in question
was given to Tycroes (by NCB) in 1988 (see attached Conveyance, docs 6-9) and
the map of the area shows the land that was transferred to the community (Doc 3)
The 2 points of concern are:
1. The land between the park and the football pitch (shown as white on Doc 2) is an
area that was transferred by the NCB and should be changed in the LDP to a green
space/protected.
2. Document 1 shows a developmental area on Heol Brown (in white). If you
compare this to the area shown on Doc 3, you’ll see that 1 part now shows on the
revised LDP plan as being developmental land whereas it should be a green/open
space. There is access to the woodland from this strip and it’s important that it
remains in place (shaded in red on Doc 4).
Document 5 shows the areas of concern - shaded in green. These are the areas that
need to be amended on the Revised LDP.

No change to Plan in respect of this general support, but other representations by the respondent refer to specific sites and have been dealt with separately.

For ease of reference, I have used the reference numbers from the first deposit as well as road names to identify areas that I am commenting on.
I fully support protecting of green space in Tycroes ward. All green spaces within the ward should be protected from development. Access to use these areas for recreational purposes is essential to the community to maintain and improve both physical and mental health well being. Nature is also a vital part of education.
In Tycroes -
Land including the woodland between Heol Brown and Hafod Road, the football field on Heol Brown as well as the land between Number 4 and 6 Heol Brown and to the right of number 8 Heol Brown as you are looking at it from Heol Brown and opposite the entrance to Tirprys (a public footpath runs through it) should be protected from development.
The woodland by Heol Brown park is home to a variety of wildlife e.g. foxes and badgers. Sightings also include a rare butterfly and owls who nest there. Residents state that this land was a gift from the Coal Board to the village of Tycroes to be used for recreational purposes. Residents feel very strongly that this should remain as an area for recreational activities. Access to this area would be from Hafod Road Tycroes which is a narrow lane.
Another consideration is that permission to develop this land would need to be sought from the Coal Board.
Land between Heol Ddu and Teglan Park – Access to this land is off a corner on Heol Ddu and also from Teglan Park. The area is used by children and should also be protected from development. I believe that there is a covenant in place restricting the use of the area to recreational purposes only.

There is a further large area of green open land between Tycroes, Penybank and Pantyffynon. This area has footpaths that are used on a regular basis. Any building on this land would be detrimental to the rural feel of the area currently enjoyed by the residents.
Land known as Cwmfferws Park between Cwmfferws Road and Hendre Road, bordering on to Ammanford Road. This should also be protected from development.

Footpaths within the ward are well used but the council should improve access and make every effort to maintain them. Tycroes has a walking group that meet at least twice a week and use these footpaths.
PrC3/h32
This area of land, currently a greenfield site, is outside the development limits and is not in the current LDP. The land referenced as PrC3/h32 is not one area of land but two separate areas. One half (the land behind Penygarn Road leading to the Rugby Club) already had planning permission for 37 houses which was granted in December 2019. The dwellings have now been built and occupied. This planning permission was approved with the reason given that the need for social housing allowed for an exemption from the County Council’s own policy. This was an exception, not the rule and should not be used to set a precedent to have more development on the other half of the land reference PrC3/h32 behind Tycroes Road (as far as number 69 Tycroes Road and Numbers 5 – 7 in Ffordd Y Deri.
Flooding issues - There is already known flooding issues within the ward. Further development could make matters worse.
Access to the dwellings – Access to the 37 dwellings built on one half of PrC3/h32 is through Ffordd Y Deri off Tycroes Road. Ffordd Y Deri is also a narrow road unsuitable for further traffic. The volume of traffic coming out on to Tycroes Road has increased. It is likely that most households would have two vehicles which will result in a sustained volume of traffic using the road throughout the day.
Ecology and Environment – Bats and Badgers have been sighted here. Bats are a protected species and any disturbance to their natural habitat would be catastrophic for the species. Valuable trees would be at risk should there be any further development.
Education
Tycroes Primary School is full to capacity. Provision of education to extra children is a real concern with some years currently running to full capacity and children already being refused admission.
In conclusion, the amount of houses that have been built is more than sufficient to meet local needs.
Land off Heol Ddu – Previously a factory site and others
This is an area of land situated off an unclassified road known as Heol Ddu. The land is close to Teglan Park a large housing estate leading off from Penygarn Road.
Although the land was used for factories, the land has planning permission for residential properties. Consideration should be given to the type of light industry that would be acceptable there due to the close proximity to Teglan Park.
Access – Heol Ddu is an unclassified road accessed from the A483. The road is not suitable for commercial traffic. The road would need to be improved and SWTRA consulted.
Noise disturbance to nearby dwelling – Close proximity to Teglan Park will in no doubt have an impact on residents quality of life due to noise as well as dust.
Education
Tycroes Primary School is full to capacity. There is room for a small extension, however any further building would impede on the school play areas. Provision of education to extra children is a real concern.
Other general ward observations

Agricultural land - The land in the ward currently used for agriculture should remain as it is. This enhances the rural feel of the ward and provides employment to local residents.

Business and retail parks - The ward is adequately served by a business park to the north of the ward and shops in the centre of Tycroes.

Planning - There is already planning permission for approximately 250 residential dwellings within the ward. This is more than adequate for current and future needs. Any further provision to this number could mean empty properties.
In general residents in the ward feel very strongly that there is that there is no need for further development in the ward. The residents also feel strongly that green field sites should be kept as they are.
Llanedi – The Village Green in front of Y Garreg Llwyd and opposite Tafarn Y Deri.
I request that this area is protected from development. This area is used regularly and has been for many years by children playing and various village groups to hold events such as the one held during the jubilee in 2022.

Allocate and protect the land for recreation purposes under Policy PSD7.

For ease of reference, I have used the reference numbers from the first deposit as well as road names to identify areas that I am commenting on.
I fully support protecting of green space in Tycroes ward. All green spaces within the ward should be protected from development. Access to use these areas for recreational purposes is essential to the community to maintain and improve both physical and mental health well being. Nature is also a vital part of education.
In Tycroes -
Land including the woodland between Heol Brown and Hafod Road, the football field on Heol Brown as well as the land between Number 4 and 6 Heol Brown and to the right of number 8 Heol Brown as you are looking at it from Heol Brown and opposite the entrance to Tirprys (a public footpath runs through it) should be protected from development.
The woodland by Heol Brown park is home to a variety of wildlife e.g. foxes and badgers. Sightings also include a rare butterfly and owls who nest there. Residents state that this land was a gift from the Coal Board to the village of Tycroes to be used for recreational purposes. Residents feel very strongly that this should remain as an area for recreational activities. Access to this area would be from Hafod Road Tycroes which is a narrow lane.
Another consideration is that permission to develop this land would need to be sought from the Coal Board.
Land between Heol Ddu and Teglan Park – Access to this land is off a corner on Heol Ddu and also from Teglan Park. The area is used by children and should also be protected from development. I believe that there is a covenant in place restricting the use of the area to recreational purposes only.

There is a further large area of green open land between Tycroes, Penybank and Pantyffynon. This area has footpaths that are used on a regular basis. Any building on this land would be detrimental to the rural feel of the area currently enjoyed by the residents.
Land known as Cwmfferws Park between Cwmfferws Road and Hendre Road, bordering on to Ammanford Road. This should also be protected from development.

Footpaths within the ward are well used but the council should improve access and make every effort to maintain them. Tycroes has a walking group that meet at least twice a week and use these footpaths.
PrC3/h32
This area of land, currently a greenfield site, is outside the development limits and is not in the current LDP. The land referenced as PrC3/h32 is not one area of land but two separate areas. One half (the land behind Penygarn Road leading to the Rugby Club) already had planning permission for 37 houses which was granted in December 2019. The dwellings have now been built and occupied. This planning permission was approved with the reason given that the need for social housing allowed for an exemption from the County Council’s own policy. This was an exception, not the rule and should not be used to set a precedent to have more development on the other half of the land reference PrC3/h32 behind Tycroes Road (as far as number 69 Tycroes Road and Numbers 5 – 7 in Ffordd Y Deri.
Flooding issues - There is already known flooding issues within the ward. Further development could make matters worse.
Access to the dwellings – Access to the 37 dwellings built on one half of PrC3/h32 is through Ffordd Y Deri off Tycroes Road. Ffordd Y Deri is also a narrow road unsuitable for further traffic. The volume of traffic coming out on to Tycroes Road has increased. It is likely that most households would have two vehicles which will result in a sustained volume of traffic using the road throughout the day.
Ecology and Environment – Bats and Badgers have been sighted here. Bats are a protected species and any disturbance to their natural habitat would be catastrophic for the species. Valuable trees would be at risk should there be any further development.
Education
Tycroes Primary School is full to capacity. Provision of education to extra children is a real concern with some years currently running to full capacity and children already being refused admission.
In conclusion, the amount of houses that have been built is more than sufficient to meet local needs.
Land off Heol Ddu – Previously a factory site and others
This is an area of land situated off an unclassified road known as Heol Ddu. The land is close to Teglan Park a large housing estate leading off from Penygarn Road.
Although the land was used for factories, the land has planning permission for residential properties. Consideration should be given to the type of light industry that would be acceptable there due to the close proximity to Teglan Park.
Access – Heol Ddu is an unclassified road accessed from the A483. The road is not suitable for commercial traffic. The road would need to be improved and SWTRA consulted.
Noise disturbance to nearby dwelling – Close proximity to Teglan Park will in no doubt have an impact on residents quality of life due to noise as well as dust.
Education
Tycroes Primary School is full to capacity. There is room for a small extension, however any further building would impede on the school play areas. Provision of education to extra children is a real concern.
Other general ward observations

Agricultural land - The land in the ward currently used for agriculture should remain as it is. This enhances the rural feel of the ward and provides employment to local residents.

Business and retail parks - The ward is adequately served by a business park to the north of the ward and shops in the centre of Tycroes.

Planning - There is already planning permission for approximately 250 residential dwellings within the ward. This is more than adequate for current and future needs. Any further provision to this number could mean empty properties.
In general residents in the ward feel very strongly that there is that there is no need for further development in the ward. The residents also feel strongly that green field sites should be kept as they are.
Llanedi – The Village Green in front of Y Garreg Llwyd and opposite Tafarn Y Deri.
I request that this area is protected from development. This area is used regularly and has been for many years by children playing and various village groups to hold events such as the one held during the jubilee in 2022.

Ni ddylid adeiladu ar y safle gwerthfawr yma – yn gyfreithiol ac yn foesol.

One should not build on this valuable site – on a legal and moral basis.

See attachment

Reclassify the above site as public or community space under Policy PSD7.

Remove this area from ”housing development” because ofthe difficulty for potential
developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. This is already a
busy road with old, weight restricted bridges at either end.
Change the listed ground to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from "housing
development" (See red circle on map) because of conservation and access restriction
concerns.
This area qualifies for SINC status given that the rhos pasture and hedges are protected
habitats and the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly is protected under UK law, listed under Schedule
5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).
I also object to the remaining development site (See purple box on map below) on
conservation grounds and lack of access. These plans have been pushed for a number of
years already and have always been refused. The circumstances have not changed 700
people objected to a housing development on this site under the aegis of both the RLDP and
the current PAC (521.186). (See online petition)
https://www.change.org/p/no-to-the-housing-deveIopment-on-tirycoed and door to door
petition https://thunderbolt.me.uk/Docs/Tirycoed%20Petition%20Redacted.rar
Furthermore actual size of this site would support a great deal more homes than the 25
currently being proposed in PAC 521.186 . However we also object on the understanding
that the current LDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
There are no large retail outlets, in Glanamman unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist
and GP surgery are oversubscribed, there are no leisure facilities nearby and the local
infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale. The main road
though Glanamman already struggles to cope with too much traffic causing queues through
the village and consequently fumes from a steady flow of traffic passing through where a lot
of houses are situated very close to the main road.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution — Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge
strain on existing ones. We constantly suffer from disrupted water supplies clue to the
ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the
additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an ”appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25
dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least
100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access
road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water
supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
Those already living in Tirycoed Rd have already had to pay for the upgrading of their
electricity supply due to its lack of capacity and overall the local infrastructure is very poor.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
Placemaking should be holistic and inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning
decision. Furthermore any development should; comply with Welsh Government policy on
sustainable places
https://researchsenedd.waleslresearch-articleslmaking-sustainable-places-what-role-can-t
he-planning-system-play/, and take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales)
Act 2015 and be predicated on
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Making the best use of resources;

-Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;

-Creating and sustaining communities; and

-Maximizing environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.

My concern is that this proposed housing development will fail to meet most of those
expectations. There are dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and
endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect community
cohesion into which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
This proposed site is located in an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife
currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is absolutely
against current rural development policy
httpszllresearch.senedd.waleslresearch-articleslthe-rural-development-plan-for-walesl
which is predicated on ”the sustainable management of natural resources and climate
action”
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected
habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. This development will lead to the de-wilding of the
site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and winter
visitors such as snipe and woodcock.
Devils Bit Scabious- Christian Fischer, CC BY—SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat
destruction (Which the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will
be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which are low
in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and
replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration
has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site.
SP16 Climate Change

There has been no carbon audit of potential housing development on this site. It has been
estimated (Drexler et al 2021, NERR094) that the current carbon stocks (rhos pasture,
shrubs and hedges) on the site (ca 2ha) are 220 T C which will be cut by 84.75 T C to 135.25
T C after housing development. The carbon emissions (Berners-Lee 2010) as a result of
development (25 houses plus roads, paths, drives, parking bays) will be approximately 3000
T C02 and there will be a sequestration reduction of 0.125 T C yr (NERR094).

The destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marsh/and on this site would be an
absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will
create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and
properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating
measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation
schemes.

SP19 Waste Management

Safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this
site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of
carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to
the environment.

Could I request that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public spaceland
refer CCC to your obligations under the aegis of the placemaking guide 2020.
(https://dcfw.org/wp-contentlthemedecfw-child/assets/PIacemakingGuideDigitalENG.pdf)
The importance of community space was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling -
Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of
Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the
court ruled in favour of the local community.

Furthermore the importance of having access to community space was a frequent theme
highlighted in a consultation report on connected communities
https://www.govwales/sites/defaultifiles/consuItations/2019-03/summary-of—responses 2.
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This site could provide so much benefit if it were used for well-being, conservation and
recreation (given the increasing number of people suffering with mental illnesses maybe a
well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and
conservation interpretation). This site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for
the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley. Please note CCC’s obligations with
regards to placemaking charter (http://dcfw.org/placemaking/placemaking-charted) to
provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest
sense.
This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:

SP1 Strategic Growth

The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the
community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as
an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.

SP2 Retail and Town Centres

Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits everyone.

SP3 Sustainable Distribution — Settlement Framework

Our suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building
foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite ofthe
current proposals.

SP6 Strategic sites

This project will invest in the local Community and provide much neededfacilities for all,
rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create
local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local
economy.

SP7 Employment and the Economy

This project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all,
rather than benefiting the Developers. This inward development will also create local
sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local
economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact,
something a housing estate will actively discourage.

SP8 Welsh Language and Culture

Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the
Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh
speaking people.

SP9 Infrastructure

This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as
required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.

SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places

Our proposal would fully comply with the placemaking charter
(http://dcfworglplacemakinglplacemaking-charter/) and we would endeavour to provide
spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense.
Furthermore we would endeavour to ensure the site was both sustainably managed
(possibly with help from INCC) and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with
all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development

This site absolutely fulfils the requirements ofthis section ofthe RLDP. It actively improves
and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and
improving local facilities for all.

SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment

Habitat conservation is at the heart of this proposal will include. Improving the landscape
naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging
natural regeneration, meeting this requirement ofthe RLDP.

SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment

The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site will be revisited. Any
required works will be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change

By using sustainable methods this proposal is protecting valuable natural assets. There
would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing
development was allowed.

SP18 Mineral Resources

This proposal would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging
carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit ofthe environment.
SP19 Waste Management

Solar and wind power for this community site could be self sufficient for its energy and thus
reducing reliance in carbon generation.

References

Berners-Lee, M. ’What’s the Carbon Footprint of .....Bui|ding a House’. The Guardian, 2010,
Environment - Green Living Blog.

Drexler, S, A Gensior, and A Don. lCarbon Sequestration in Hedgerow Biomass and Soil in the
Temperate Climate Zone’. Regional Environmental Change 21, no. article number 74 (2021): 157-.
NERR094. ’Carbon Storage and Sequestation by Habitat: A Review of the Evidence (Second Edition)’.
Natural England, 2021.

That the site in question is reclassified as public or community space should their primary preference [referred to in the summary above] not be possible.

Remove this area from ”housing development” because ofthe difficulty for potential
developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. This is already a
busy road with old, weight restricted bridges at either end.
Change the listed ground to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from "housing
development" (See red circle on map) because of conservation and access restriction
concerns.
This area qualifies for SINC status given that the rhos pasture and hedges are protected
habitats and the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly is protected under UK law, listed under Schedule
5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).
I also object to the remaining development site (See purple box on map below) on
conservation grounds and lack of access. These plans have been pushed for a number of
years already and have always been refused. The circumstances have not changed 700
people objected to a housing development on this site under the aegis of both the RLDP and
the current PAC (521.186). (See online petition)
https://www.change.org/p/no-to-the-housing-deveIopment-on-tirycoed and door to door
petition https://thunderbolt.me.uk/Docs/Tirycoed%20Petition%20Redacted.rar
Furthermore actual size of this site would support a great deal more homes than the 25
currently being proposed in PAC 521.186 . However we also object on the understanding
that the current LDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
There are no large retail outlets, in Glanamman unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist
and GP surgery are oversubscribed, there are no leisure facilities nearby and the local
infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale. The main road
though Glanamman already struggles to cope with too much traffic causing queues through
the village and consequently fumes from a steady flow of traffic passing through where a lot
of houses are situated very close to the main road.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution — Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge
strain on existing ones. We constantly suffer from disrupted water supplies clue to the
ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the
additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an ”appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25
dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least
100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access
road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water
supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
Those already living in Tirycoed Rd have already had to pay for the upgrading of their
electricity supply due to its lack of capacity and overall the local infrastructure is very poor.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
Placemaking should be holistic and inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning
decision. Furthermore any development should; comply with Welsh Government policy on
sustainable places
https://researchsenedd.waleslresearch-articleslmaking-sustainable-places-what-role-can-t
he-planning-system-play/, and take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales)
Act 2015 and be predicated on
-
Making the best use of resources;

-Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;

-Creating and sustaining communities; and

-Maximizing environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.

My concern is that this proposed housing development will fail to meet most of those
expectations. There are dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and
endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect community
cohesion into which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
This proposed site is located in an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife
currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is absolutely
against current rural development policy
httpszllresearch.senedd.waleslresearch-articleslthe-rural-development-plan-for-walesl
which is predicated on ”the sustainable management of natural resources and climate
action”
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected
habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. This development will lead to the de-wilding of the
site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and winter
visitors such as snipe and woodcock.
Devils Bit Scabious- Christian Fischer, CC BY—SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat
destruction (Which the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will
be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which are low
in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and
replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration
has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site.
SP16 Climate Change

There has been no carbon audit of potential housing development on this site. It has been
estimated (Drexler et al 2021, NERR094) that the current carbon stocks (rhos pasture,
shrubs and hedges) on the site (ca 2ha) are 220 T C which will be cut by 84.75 T C to 135.25
T C after housing development. The carbon emissions (Berners-Lee 2010) as a result of
development (25 houses plus roads, paths, drives, parking bays) will be approximately 3000
T C02 and there will be a sequestration reduction of 0.125 T C yr (NERR094).

The destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marsh/and on this site would be an
absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will
create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and
properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating
measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation
schemes.

SP19 Waste Management

Safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this
site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of
carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to
the environment.

Could I request that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public spaceland
refer CCC to your obligations under the aegis of the placemaking guide 2020.
(https://dcfw.org/wp-contentlthemedecfw-child/assets/PIacemakingGuideDigitalENG.pdf)
The importance of community space was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling -
Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of
Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the
court ruled in favour of the local community.

Furthermore the importance of having access to community space was a frequent theme
highlighted in a consultation report on connected communities
https://www.govwales/sites/defaultifiles/consuItations/2019-03/summary-of—responses 2.
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This site could provide so much benefit if it were used for well-being, conservation and
recreation (given the increasing number of people suffering with mental illnesses maybe a
well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and
conservation interpretation). This site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for
the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley. Please note CCC’s obligations with
regards to placemaking charter (http://dcfw.org/placemaking/placemaking-charted) to
provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest
sense.
This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:

SP1 Strategic Growth

The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the
community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as
an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.

SP2 Retail and Town Centres

Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits everyone.

SP3 Sustainable Distribution — Settlement Framework

Our suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building
foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite ofthe
current proposals.

SP6 Strategic sites

This project will invest in the local Community and provide much neededfacilities for all,
rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create
local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local
economy.

SP7 Employment and the Economy

This project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all,
rather than benefiting the Developers. This inward development will also create local
sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local
economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact,
something a housing estate will actively discourage.

SP8 Welsh Language and Culture

Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the
Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh
speaking people.

SP9 Infrastructure

This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as
required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.

SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places

Our proposal would fully comply with the placemaking charter
(http://dcfworglplacemakinglplacemaking-charter/) and we would endeavour to provide
spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense.
Furthermore we would endeavour to ensure the site was both sustainably managed
(possibly with help from INCC) and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with
all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development

This site absolutely fulfils the requirements ofthis section ofthe RLDP. It actively improves
and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and
improving local facilities for all.

SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment

Habitat conservation is at the heart of this proposal will include. Improving the landscape
naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging
natural regeneration, meeting this requirement ofthe RLDP.

SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment

The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site will be revisited. Any
required works will be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change

By using sustainable methods this proposal is protecting valuable natural assets. There
would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing
development was allowed.

SP18 Mineral Resources

This proposal would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging
carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit ofthe environment.
SP19 Waste Management

Solar and wind power for this community site could be self sufficient for its energy and thus
reducing reliance in carbon generation.

References

Berners-Lee, M. ’What’s the Carbon Footprint of .....Bui|ding a House’. The Guardian, 2010,
Environment - Green Living Blog.

Drexler, S, A Gensior, and A Don. lCarbon Sequestration in Hedgerow Biomass and Soil in the
Temperate Climate Zone’. Regional Environmental Change 21, no. article number 74 (2021): 157-.
NERR094. ’Carbon Storage and Sequestation by Habitat: A Review of the Evidence (Second Edition)’.
Natural England, 2021.

Reclassify the above site as public or community space under Policy PSD7.

To assist your interpretation of my very strong objections to certain elements of the RLDP, I have provided the following notes. I should however like to firstly reiterate the point that has been made to your team, many times now. This proposed site has received approximately 700 written objections from our local Community, to any Planning Application, for housing, being considered. In addition, The importance of community space was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court ruled in favour of the local community. This ruling has a direct bearing on your current proposals. I therefore urge you to listen to reasoned argument as to why your plans are currently not “Sound” and need amending before being approved. This is in order for them to have “ a direct and meaningful effect on the people and communities of Carmarthenshire and visitors alike” as you have suggested they should, in your introduction to the RLDP.

I support the removal of the ground to the west of the OHS from "housing development" (See below - red circle) on mainly conservation and access restriction grounds. I would also draw to your attention to the fact, that the actual size of this site would support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being suggested. However I also do this on the understanding that the current LDP cannot be met on the following grounds:

SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store and a small Cooperative shop. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist (Not available in the Glanamman area) and GP surgery facilities are oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby. The local infrastructure is therefore not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. We constantly suffer from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and over capacity water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
Having recently been required to pay for the upgrading of my electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are particularly poor and an increase in community size is only going to exacerbate this problem.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
Placemaking should rightly be at the heart of any planning decision and this development clearly fails to meet any of those expectations. It will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, this will seriously degrade it ! It is located at the very edge of an area of outstanding natural beauty, where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is absolutely against current Government policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
This plan will destroy the beautiful landscape and habitat that is supposed to be protected. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which the current developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked. The very idea that a housing development can be successfully accommodated here is ridiculous in the extreme.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site.
SP16 Climate Change
The destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had absolutely no mitigating ideas for renewable energy or energy conservation schemes, which will of course be repeated in the next attempt to bypass the planning regulations.
SP19 Waste Management
Safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment.





I object to housing development on the remaining site (See map - purple box)- on conservation grounds and lack of access. I once again remind CCC that approximately 700 people objected to housing development on this site under the aegis of the RLDP and previous Planning Applications. The current LDP cannot be met on the following grounds:

SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store and a small Cooperative shop. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist and GP surgery are oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby and the local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. We constantly suffer from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and over capacity water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
Having recently been required to pay for the upgrading of my electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are poor and an increase in community size is only going to exacerbate this particular problem.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
Placemaking should rightly be at the heart of any planning decision and this development clearly fails to meet any of those expectations. It will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, this will destroy it ! It is located on the very edge of an area of outstanding natural beauty, where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is absolutely against current Government policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
This plan will destroy the beautiful landscape and habitat that is supposed to be protected. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked. The very idea that a housing development can be successfully accommodated here is ridiculous in the extreme.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site.
SP16 Climate Change
The destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had absolutely no mitigating ideas for renewable energy or energy conservation schemes, which will of course be repeated in the next attempt to bypass the planning regulations.
SP19 Waste Management
Safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment.




I suggest that you reclassify the site as community or public space and refer you to your obligations under the aegis of the placemaking guide 2020. Please see https://dcfw.org/wpcontent/themes/dcfwchild/assets/PlacemakingGuideDigitalENG.pdf .
This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:

SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of either a conservation area or a Health facility, rather than housing, would be far more beneficial than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits everyone, rather than lining the pockets of rich developers, whose only interest is the destruction of habitat to increase their wealth.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
Our plan not only uses the existing building as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.
SP6 Strategic sites
This project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
This project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
This site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. The site can be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring. Allowing a poor executed housing estate would most definitely not.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what our proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture for example, are one of the many ways our proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site will be revisited, with a suggestion to either repurpose or retain the existing structure. Any required works will be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, our plans fully meet these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. Our plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
Our plans would actively promote improvements to the environment reducing Climate change agitators and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
We will be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.


I propose that the site be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation). I remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley. I further remind you of your obligations under the placemaking charter to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:

SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of either a conservation area or a Health facility, rather than housing, would be far more beneficial than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits everyone, rather than lining the pockets of rich developers, whose only interest is the destruction of habitat to increase their wealth.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
Our plan not only uses the existing building as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.
SP6 Strategic sites
This project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
This project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
This site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. The site can be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring. Allowing a poor executed housing estate would most definitely not.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what our proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture for example, are one of the many ways our proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site will be revisited, with a suggestion to either repurpose or retain the existing structure. Any required works will be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, our plans fully meet these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. Our plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
Our plans would actively promote improvements to the environment reducing Climate change agitators and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
We will be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.

That the site in question is reclassified as public or community space should their primary preference [referred to in the summary above] not be possible.

To assist your interpretation of my very strong objections to certain elements of the RLDP, I have provided the following notes. I should however like to firstly reiterate the point that has been made to your team, many times now. This proposed site has received approximately 700 written objections from our local Community, to any Planning Application, for housing, being considered. In addition, The importance of community space was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court ruled in favour of the local community. This ruling has a direct bearing on your current proposals. I therefore urge you to listen to reasoned argument as to why your plans are currently not “Sound” and need amending before being approved. This is in order for them to have “ a direct and meaningful effect on the people and communities of Carmarthenshire and visitors alike” as you have suggested they should, in your introduction to the RLDP.

I support the removal of the ground to the west of the OHS from "housing development" (See below - red circle) on mainly conservation and access restriction grounds. I would also draw to your attention to the fact, that the actual size of this site would support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being suggested. However I also do this on the understanding that the current LDP cannot be met on the following grounds:

SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store and a small Cooperative shop. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist (Not available in the Glanamman area) and GP surgery facilities are oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby. The local infrastructure is therefore not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. We constantly suffer from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and over capacity water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
Having recently been required to pay for the upgrading of my electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are particularly poor and an increase in community size is only going to exacerbate this problem.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
Placemaking should rightly be at the heart of any planning decision and this development clearly fails to meet any of those expectations. It will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, this will seriously degrade it ! It is located at the very edge of an area of outstanding natural beauty, where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is absolutely against current Government policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
This plan will destroy the beautiful landscape and habitat that is supposed to be protected. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which the current developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked. The very idea that a housing development can be successfully accommodated here is ridiculous in the extreme.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site.
SP16 Climate Change
The destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had absolutely no mitigating ideas for renewable energy or energy conservation schemes, which will of course be repeated in the next attempt to bypass the planning regulations.
SP19 Waste Management
Safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment.





I object to housing development on the remaining site (See map - purple box)- on conservation grounds and lack of access. I once again remind CCC that approximately 700 people objected to housing development on this site under the aegis of the RLDP and previous Planning Applications. The current LDP cannot be met on the following grounds:

SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store and a small Cooperative shop. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist and GP surgery are oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby and the local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. We constantly suffer from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and over capacity water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
Having recently been required to pay for the upgrading of my electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are poor and an increase in community size is only going to exacerbate this particular problem.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
Placemaking should rightly be at the heart of any planning decision and this development clearly fails to meet any of those expectations. It will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, this will destroy it ! It is located on the very edge of an area of outstanding natural beauty, where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is absolutely against current Government policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
This plan will destroy the beautiful landscape and habitat that is supposed to be protected. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked. The very idea that a housing development can be successfully accommodated here is ridiculous in the extreme.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site.
SP16 Climate Change
The destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had absolutely no mitigating ideas for renewable energy or energy conservation schemes, which will of course be repeated in the next attempt to bypass the planning regulations.
SP19 Waste Management
Safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment.




I suggest that you reclassify the site as community or public space and refer you to your obligations under the aegis of the placemaking guide 2020. Please see https://dcfw.org/wpcontent/themes/dcfwchild/assets/PlacemakingGuideDigitalENG.pdf .
This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:

SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of either a conservation area or a Health facility, rather than housing, would be far more beneficial than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits everyone, rather than lining the pockets of rich developers, whose only interest is the destruction of habitat to increase their wealth.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
Our plan not only uses the existing building as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.
SP6 Strategic sites
This project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
This project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
This site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. The site can be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring. Allowing a poor executed housing estate would most definitely not.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what our proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture for example, are one of the many ways our proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site will be revisited, with a suggestion to either repurpose or retain the existing structure. Any required works will be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, our plans fully meet these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. Our plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
Our plans would actively promote improvements to the environment reducing Climate change agitators and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
We will be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.


I propose that the site be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation). I remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley. I further remind you of your obligations under the placemaking charter to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:

SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of either a conservation area or a Health facility, rather than housing, would be far more beneficial than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits everyone, rather than lining the pockets of rich developers, whose only interest is the destruction of habitat to increase their wealth.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
Our plan not only uses the existing building as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.
SP6 Strategic sites
This project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
This project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
This site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. The site can be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring. Allowing a poor executed housing estate would most definitely not.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what our proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture for example, are one of the many ways our proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site will be revisited, with a suggestion to either repurpose or retain the existing structure. Any required works will be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, our plans fully meet these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. Our plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
Our plans would actively promote improvements to the environment reducing Climate change agitators and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
We will be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.

That the above site be reclassified as public or community space under Policy PSD7.

Thank you for the opportunity for us to reply to your plans. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), we should like to make the following observations about your proposals.
We, like the TRCG, support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on the map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
We understand, from the TRCG, that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges are protected habitats. We also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly is protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).

We also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you are no doubt aware, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for the majority of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. We have been informed that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
We object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. We have been told, by the TRCG, that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. We clarify our objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. All local dentists are oversubscribed or in the case of Margaret Street Ammanford are closed. The GP surgeries are also oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby and the local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.

SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood from the TRCG that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, we are only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are poor and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
We believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, we understand from the TRCG that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which we believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, we understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
We understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, we understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
We understand that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
We have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
We have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. We would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
We understand that the importance of community space was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court ruled in favour of the local community.
We would suggest that the plan by the TRCG for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be better. We would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community, not just the Developers.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
We understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.

SP6 Strategic sites
This project, we have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
We understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
We believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what we understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways, we have been told, that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.

SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site should be revisited. Any required works could be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, the proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The building of a well-being centre (with carbon negative and eco-friendly building materials) would have minimal impact on carbon stocks and carbon emissions.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. We understand that the plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
These proposals would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
We believe these proposals would be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.

That the site in question is reclassified as public or community space should their primary preference [referred to in the summary above] not be possible.

Thank you for the opportunity for us to reply to your plans. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), we should like to make the following observations about your proposals.
We, like the TRCG, support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on the map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
We understand, from the TRCG, that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges are protected habitats. We also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly is protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).

We also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you are no doubt aware, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for the majority of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. We have been informed that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
We object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. We have been told, by the TRCG, that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. We clarify our objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. All local dentists are oversubscribed or in the case of Margaret Street Ammanford are closed. The GP surgeries are also oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby and the local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.

SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood from the TRCG that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, we are only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are poor and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
We believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, we understand from the TRCG that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which we believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, we understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
We understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, we understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
We understand that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
We have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
We have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. We would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
We understand that the importance of community space was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court ruled in favour of the local community.
We would suggest that the plan by the TRCG for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be better. We would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community, not just the Developers.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
We understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.

SP6 Strategic sites
This project, we have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
We understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
We believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what we understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways, we have been told, that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.

SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site should be revisited. Any required works could be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, the proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The building of a well-being centre (with carbon negative and eco-friendly building materials) would have minimal impact on carbon stocks and carbon emissions.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. We understand that the plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
These proposals would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
We believe these proposals would be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.

That the above site be reclassified as public or community space under Policy PSD7.

Thank you for the opportunity to reply to your proposed revision of the Local Development Plan. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), I should like to make the following observations about your proposals and why I believe they should be amended.
I support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
I understand, from the TRCG, that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges found within them, are protected habitats. I also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, which is found on this site, is also protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).

I also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you are aware, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. I have been informed by the TRCG, that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
2. I object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. I have been told that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. I clarify my objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist (Which is not in Glanamman) and GP surgery are oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby. The local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are not to a very high standard and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, I understand, from the TRCG, that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which I believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will always fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, I understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
I understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, I understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
I understand from the TRCG, that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
I have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
I have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. I would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
I understand that you have already been informed of the importance of community space, which was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court, quite rightly, ruled in favour of the local community.
I would suggest that the plan, by the TRCG, for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be much better. I would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
I understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.

SP6 Strategic sites
This project, I have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
I understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what I understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways I have been told that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site should be revisited. Any required works could be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, the proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The building of a well-being centre (with carbon negative and eco-friendly building materials) would have minimal impact on carbon stocks and carbon emissions.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. I understand that the plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
These proposals would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
I believe these proposals would be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.


I therefore hope you will now give due consideration to both my and the Communities wishes to ammend your current proposals and allow the correct usage of this land.

That the site in question is reclassified as public or community space should their primary preference [referred to in the summary above] not be possible.

Thank you for the opportunity to reply to your proposed revision of the Local Development Plan. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), I should like to make the following observations about your proposals and why I believe they should be amended.
I support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
I understand, from the TRCG, that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges found within them, are protected habitats. I also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, which is found on this site, is also protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).

I also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you are aware, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. I have been informed by the TRCG, that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
2. I object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. I have been told that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. I clarify my objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist (Which is not in Glanamman) and GP surgery are oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby. The local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are not to a very high standard and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, I understand, from the TRCG, that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which I believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will always fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, I understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
I understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, I understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
I understand from the TRCG, that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
I have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
I have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. I would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
I understand that you have already been informed of the importance of community space, which was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court, quite rightly, ruled in favour of the local community.
I would suggest that the plan, by the TRCG, for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be much better. I would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
I understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.

SP6 Strategic sites
This project, I have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
I understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what I understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways I have been told that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site should be revisited. Any required works could be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, the proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The building of a well-being centre (with carbon negative and eco-friendly building materials) would have minimal impact on carbon stocks and carbon emissions.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. I understand that the plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
These proposals would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
I believe these proposals would be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.


I therefore hope you will now give due consideration to both my and the Communities wishes to ammend your current proposals and allow the correct usage of this land.

That the above site be reclassified as public or community space under Policy PSD7.

We support the Council’s decision to remove this site from housing allocation, and
to remove the land to the west of this site from development limits. We would also
suggest that this site should not be considered as suitable for any potential future
housing development. We believe this to be necessary for compliance with the
strategic policies we have mentioned.
We would also suggest that the land to the East of this site (at 51.809167 ,
-3.923369) should also be removed from development limits, as it is currently a
valuable wildlife habitat, and should be conserved as such.
We would suggest that the site be allocated under SP2, SG1: Regeneration and
Mixed-Use Sites, as public amenity space, for any future redevelopment, and we
feel that such a reclassification would be to the benefit of the local community, and
would assist the Council in meeting its obligations regarding nature conservation,
sustainable development, and placemaking.
As members of the Tirycoed Campaign Group, we would refer you to the
submission made by Dr. John Studley, on behalf of the group, for full and detailed
reasoning, reference to supporting information, and suggestions for potential
future use of this site.

That the site in question is reclassified as public or community space should their primary preference [referred to in the summary above] not be possible.

We support the Council’s decision to remove this site from housing allocation, and
to remove the land to the west of this site from development limits. We would also
suggest that this site should not be considered as suitable for any potential future
housing development. We believe this to be necessary for compliance with the
strategic policies we have mentioned.
We would also suggest that the land to the East of this site (at 51.809167 ,
-3.923369) should also be removed from development limits, as it is currently a
valuable wildlife habitat, and should be conserved as such.
We would suggest that the site be allocated under SP2, SG1: Regeneration and
Mixed-Use Sites, as public amenity space, for any future redevelopment, and we
feel that such a reclassification would be to the benefit of the local community, and
would assist the Council in meeting its obligations regarding nature conservation,
sustainable development, and placemaking.
As members of the Tirycoed Campaign Group, we would refer you to the
submission made by Dr. John Studley, on behalf of the group, for full and detailed
reasoning, reference to supporting information, and suggestions for potential
future use of this site.

That the above site be reclassified as public or community space under Policy PSD7.

1. We (the Tirycoed Campaign Group) support the removal of the ground to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from "housing development" (See red circle on map) on conservation and access restriction grounds.
In terms of conservation the area qualifies for SINC status given that the rhos pasture and hedges which are protected habitats1. The habitats are currently supporting or capable of supporting the following species; bats2, dormice3, hedgehogs4, badgers5, otters6, newts7, lizards8, herons9, eels10 (in Nant Llwyd), water voles11, Marsh Fritillary Butterflies12, Scabious spp (Succisa pratensis in particular)13, Purple Moor Grass (Molinia caerulea)14, Brambles (Rubrus fruticosus) and Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum).
1 https://naturalresources.wales/guidance-and-advice/environmental-topics/wildlife-and-biodiversity/protected-areas-of-land-and-seas/types-of-protected-areas-of-land-and-sea/?lang=en
2 All bat species (and their breeding sites) are protected under schedule 5 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 and since 2007 the
effective protection for bats now comes from Schedule 2 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats &c) Regulations 1994, and in the EU under
Article 12 of the Habitats Directive, which means that capture, killing, deliberate disturbance and destruction of their breeding sites and
resting places is prohibited.
3 Dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) are protected under the aegis of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 – schedule 5, a conservation
priority species in the UK (Environment Wales 2016 Act) and a European Protected Species (Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC – schedule 2).
Schedule 2 states it is an offence to destroy their habitat (breeding site or resting place).
4 Hedgehogs (Erinaceinae europaeus) are listed on Schedule 6 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Wild Mammal Protection
Act 1996.
5 Badgers and their setts are legally protected from intentional cruelty and from the results of lawful human activities (The Protection of
Badgers Act 1992)
6 Otters (Lutra lutra) are strictly protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC – Annex 4)
and a priority species for maintaining biodiversity (Environment (Wales) Act 2016).
7 All newt species are protected under the aegis of the Wildlife and Conservation Act 1981 and the Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
is a priority species (Environment (Wales) Act 2016) and a EU protected species (Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC- Annex 4)
8 The common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara) is protected under the aegis of the Wildlife and Conservation Act 1981 and a priority species
(Environment (Wales) Act 2016) and the UK post 2010 Biodiversity Framework.
9 The heron is a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, with fines or prison sentences available for anyone killing
or attempting to kill one
10 Eels are protected as an endangered species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES)
11The water vole is fully protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and is a priority conservation species.
12Marsh Fritillary Butterflies are protected under schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and Wildlife (NI) order 1985, a
priority species (Environment (Wales) Act 2016), and an EU protected species (Habitats Directive 92/43/EED – Annex 2).
13 Important food for Marsh Fritillary Butterfly caterpillars

Marsh Fritillary Butterfly - Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
More on the importance of conservation in this area can be found at https://thunderbolt.me.uk/Docs/DrStudley-Objection-Rev3.pdf which were submitted under the aegis of PA E/38266, but applies equally to the RLDP

We also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. It was removed because CCC considered the area was undeliverable and was aware of the extent of opposition against its inclusion (Neil Bateman pers. comm 27/2/23). Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day (See photo gallery) and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. In both petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of up to 50 new cars in not tenable.
2. We object to possible housing development on the remaining development site (See purple box on map below) on conservation grounds and lack of access. The management of Amman Valley Hospital have stated to us that they would not support any housing development on the old maternity hospital site.
We would remind CCC that nearly 700 people objected to housing development on this site under the aegis of both the RLDP and the current PAC (S21.186). (See online petition https://www.change.org/p/no-to-the-housing-development-on-tirycoed and door to door petition https://thunderbolt.me.uk/Docs/Tirycoed%20Petition%20Redacted.rar )

We would also draw your attention to the fact, that the actual size of this site would support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed in PAC S21.186. However we also object on the understanding that the current LDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Both the Brecon Beacons and Glanamman have an ageing demographic. Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. There is no Dentist, the GP surgery is oversubscribed, there are no leisure facilities nearby and the local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and a housing development would put huge strain on existing ones. We constantly suffer from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There has never been an “appropriate number” of houses suggested for this site. Although 25 dwelling houses are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which have never been addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
Given that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, we are only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is but especially water, electricity capacity and drainage.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
Sustainable Placemaking should be holistic and inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. It is important to recognise that sustainable placemaking is contingent upon local “sense of place” (comprised of place attachment, place identity, and place meaning), intrinsic value of place, and well-being (aka satisfaction, happiness). Most communities are resilient in the face of small changes that take place gradually. Sense of place, intrinsic value of place and well-being are distinctive in rural communities and may take several generations to develop. Rapid population growth or an influx of new people who are not wanted and who do not share the same sense of place or intrinsic value undermines social cohesion, place identity and place-making. There was some evidence that placemaking was undermined as a result of the introduction of flats on Tirycoed Road and this would be exacerbated should housing development go ahead.

Integrating wellbeing with sense of place helps make more explicit a range of social issues important for human welfare. Furthermore it draws out the importance of the phenomenological meanings that people attach to places through place attachment, place
dependence, place identity, and place satisfaction. There are other often less tangible matters that arise as a consequence of changes in population size and structure that can impact wellbeing. This is a reflection of people's capacity to adapt to change, especially if change occurs at a rapid pace. For example, rapid increases in the size of a community can engender a sense of pessimism about the future and so affect people's sense of wellbeing. Similarly, changes in the composition of the population, in terms of demographics can lead to anxiety or tension impacting on the cohesion of society.

Very little has been done in Tirycoed under the aegis of PAs PACs or LDPs to assess the impact of housing development in terms of local identity sense of place, social cohesion, wellbeing or the undermining of the Welsh language
Furthermore any development should; comply with Welsh Government policy on sustainable places https://research.senedd.wales/research-articles/making-sustainable-places-what-role-can-the-planning-system-play/, and take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and be predicated on
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Seemingly housing development will fail to meet most of those expectations. There are dangers that development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect community cohesion in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, housing development would destroy it! The site is located close an area of outstanding natural beauty and the Amman Valleys unique cloud forest where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land appears to be contrary to current rural development policy https://research.senedd.wales/research-articles/the-rural-development-plan-for-wales/ which is predicated on “the sustainable management of natural resources and climate action”
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of bats, dormice, hedgehogs, badgers, otters, newts, lizards, herons, eels (in Nant Llwyd), water voles, Marsh Fritillary Butterflies, Scabious spp (Succisa pratensis in particular), Purple Moor Grass (Molinia caerulea) and winter visitors such as snipe and woodcock

Devils Bit Scabious- Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which are low in Wales) from travelling.

Example of habitat destruction on the site
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The old maternity hospital is unique and is considered the “heart” of the community. It still has an iconic status on the basis that the first NHS baby was born there on 5/7/1948. Given that many local people were born there and they retain a very strong sense of emotional attachment it would be sacrilege to demolish it. Furthermore the carbon cost of demolishing it (13 T C) and replacing it (242 T C) would be 255 TC which is more than double the carbon cost of refurbishing or retrofitting it which would be 120 T C (Hurst 2021: O’Hegerty 2021)
255 T C is the equivalent of the sequestration of 4,216 tree seedlings over 10 years (Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator | US EPA)
If it were replaced by 20 houses the carbon cost would be about 2,410 T C or the equivalent of the sequestration of 40,000 trees over 10 year (Berners-Lee 2010)
It would be better to refurbish and retrofit the existing building in terms of its carbon saving and its historic and psychological (place attachment) value.
Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site.
SP16 Climate Change
The destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment and for the loss of carbon stocks. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
There has been no carbon audit of potential housing development on this site. It has been estimated (Drexler et al 2021, NERR094) that the current carbon stocks (rhos pasture, shrubs and hedges) on the whole site (ca 2ha) are 220 T C which will be cut by 84.75 T C to 135.25 T C after housing development. The carbon emissions (Berners-Lee 2010) as a result of development (25 houses plus roads, paths, drives, parking bays) will be approximately 3000 T CO2 and there will be a sequestration reduction of 0.125 T C yr (NERR094)
SP19 Waste Management
Safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released (3000 T CO2) during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment.
3.We suggest to CCC that the development site it taken into public ownership or classified as community or public space1 and refer CCC to your obligations under the aegis of the placemaking guide 2020. (https://dcfw.org/wp-content/themes/dcfw-child/assets/PlacemakingGuideDigitalENG.pdf)
The importance of community space was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court ruled in favour of the local community.
Furthermore the importance of having access to community space was a frequent theme highlighted in a consultation report on connected communities, and is especially important for Tirycoed’s aging population https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/consultations/2019-03/summary-of-responses_2.pdf
4.We propose that the site be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and for interpretative trails (perhaps inter-connecting with Glyndrainog and Ty Llwyd farms). I would also remind CCC that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground (on Glyndrainog Farm) for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations under the placemaking charter (http://dcfw.org/placemaking/placemaking-charter/) to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense.
This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial for Tirycoed’s aging demographic than housing for outsiders. Furthermore the site and its interpretive trails would be within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead health and conservation facility on this site benefits everyone.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
Our suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base but it will be refurbished, retrofitted and managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.
Retrofitting is the act of fitting new systems designed for high energy efficiency and low energy consumption to buildings previously built without them. This can range from small activities such as fitting energy-efficient light bulbs to installing state of the art heating systems. The reasons for doing this are simple. A more efficient building will be cheaper to run, have a lower impact on the environment and the higher energy rating that comes with this can increase the value of the property. There is a broad spectrum of commonly used methods of sustainably retrofitting properties. These include solar panels, smart meters and sustainable water and heating systems. It should be noted that the maintenance of these systems is just as important a consideration as their energy efficiency. https://www.elmhurstenergy.co.uk/blog/2022/06/29/what-is-retrofit-in-construction/#:~:text=Retrofitting%20is%20the%20act%20of,of%20the%20art%20heating%20systems.
SP6 Strategic sites
This project will invest in the local Community and provide much needed facilities for all, but especially our ageing population1. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
1 In Carmarthenshire between 2011 and 2021 there was an increase of 18.9% in people aged 65 years and over, a decrease of 2.5% in people aged 15 to 64 years, and a decrease of 0.8% in children aged under 15 years https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censuspopulationchange/W06000010/
SP7 Employment and the Economy
This project will invest in the local Community and provide much needed facilities for all, but especially Tirycoeds aging population. Currently there are no leisure facilities. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate appears to discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The plan to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This centre could be both refurbished, retrofitted and managed to meet the felt needs of our local demographic and include features such as water harvesting, solar panels and ev points.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is very close to an area of outstanding natural beauty and cloud oak forests which are full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
Our proposal would fully comply with the placemaking charter (http://dcfw.org/placemaking/placemaking-charter/) and we would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore we would endeavour to ensure the site was both sustainably managed (possibly with help from INCC) and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
More on the importance of placemaking in this area can be found at https://thunderbolt.me.uk/Docs/DrStudley-Objection-Rev3.pdf (part b) which were submitted under the aegis of PA E/38266, but applies equally to the RLDP
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what our proposal will include, unlike the questionable development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Efforts will be made to improving the landscape and biodiversity naturally, by using cattle to lightly graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration. These are just some of the many ways our proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing iconic building on this site is not tenable on the basis of history, heritage, place attachment and carbon cost.
Any required works (such as refurbishment and retrofitting) would be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, our proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The refurbishment and retrofitting of the old hospital building as a well-being centre will have a carbon cost of ca 120 T C and will have minimal impact on carbon stocks, carbon emissions and carbon sequestration rates. Carbon stocks on the remaining area (ca 0.7663 ha) will be approximately 85 T C with an annual sequestration rate of 0.38 T C (NERR094)
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. The site is close to the Amman valley cycleway and if the Swansea 9 Lines project comes to fruition train visitors would be a possibility. Our plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
Our proposal would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
We will be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.

References
Berners-Lee, M. ‘What’s the Carbon Footprint of .....Building a House’. The Guardian, 2010, Environment - Green Living Blog.
Drexler, S, A Gensior, and A Don. ‘Carbon Sequestration in Hedgerow Biomass and Soil in the Temperate Climate Zone’. Regional Environmental Change 21, no. article number 74 (2021): 157-.
Hurst, W. (2021) Derby Assembly Rooms’ carbon cost of demolishing laid bare, Architects Journal, 22 June 2021
NERR094. ‘Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Habitat: A Review of the Evidence (Second Edition)’. Natural England, 2021.
O’Hegarty, R. (2021) The embodied carbon of buildings, Share Your Green Design

That the site in question is reclassified as public or community space should their primary preference [referred to in the summary above] not be possible.

1. We (the Tirycoed Campaign Group) support the removal of the ground to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from "housing development" (See red circle on map) on conservation and access restriction grounds.
In terms of conservation the area qualifies for SINC status given that the rhos pasture and hedges which are protected habitats1. The habitats are currently supporting or capable of supporting the following species; bats2, dormice3, hedgehogs4, badgers5, otters6, newts7, lizards8, herons9, eels10 (in Nant Llwyd), water voles11, Marsh Fritillary Butterflies12, Scabious spp (Succisa pratensis in particular)13, Purple Moor Grass (Molinia caerulea)14, Brambles (Rubrus fruticosus) and Bracken (Pteridium aquilinum).
1 https://naturalresources.wales/guidance-and-advice/environmental-topics/wildlife-and-biodiversity/protected-areas-of-land-and-seas/types-of-protected-areas-of-land-and-sea/?lang=en
2 All bat species (and their breeding sites) are protected under schedule 5 of the Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 and since 2007 the
effective protection for bats now comes from Schedule 2 of the Conservation (Natural Habitats &c) Regulations 1994, and in the EU under
Article 12 of the Habitats Directive, which means that capture, killing, deliberate disturbance and destruction of their breeding sites and
resting places is prohibited.
3 Dormice (Muscardinus avellanarius) are protected under the aegis of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 – schedule 5, a conservation
priority species in the UK (Environment Wales 2016 Act) and a European Protected Species (Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC – schedule 2).
Schedule 2 states it is an offence to destroy their habitat (breeding site or resting place).
4 Hedgehogs (Erinaceinae europaeus) are listed on Schedule 6 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the Wild Mammal Protection
Act 1996.
5 Badgers and their setts are legally protected from intentional cruelty and from the results of lawful human activities (The Protection of
Badgers Act 1992)
6 Otters (Lutra lutra) are strictly protected by the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and the EU Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC – Annex 4)
and a priority species for maintaining biodiversity (Environment (Wales) Act 2016).
7 All newt species are protected under the aegis of the Wildlife and Conservation Act 1981 and the Great Crested Newt (Triturus cristatus)
is a priority species (Environment (Wales) Act 2016) and a EU protected species (Habitats Directive 92/43/EEC- Annex 4)
8 The common Lizard (Zootoca vivipara) is protected under the aegis of the Wildlife and Conservation Act 1981 and a priority species
(Environment (Wales) Act 2016) and the UK post 2010 Biodiversity Framework.
9 The heron is a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, with fines or prison sentences available for anyone killing
or attempting to kill one
10 Eels are protected as an endangered species by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES)
11The water vole is fully protected under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and is a priority conservation species.
12Marsh Fritillary Butterflies are protected under schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 and Wildlife (NI) order 1985, a
priority species (Environment (Wales) Act 2016), and an EU protected species (Habitats Directive 92/43/EED – Annex 2).
13 Important food for Marsh Fritillary Butterfly caterpillars

Marsh Fritillary Butterfly - Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
More on the importance of conservation in this area can be found at https://thunderbolt.me.uk/Docs/DrStudley-Objection-Rev3.pdf which were submitted under the aegis of PA E/38266, but applies equally to the RLDP

We also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. It was removed because CCC considered the area was undeliverable and was aware of the extent of opposition against its inclusion (Neil Bateman pers. comm 27/2/23). Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day (See photo gallery) and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. In both petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of up to 50 new cars in not tenable.
2. We object to possible housing development on the remaining development site (See purple box on map below) on conservation grounds and lack of access. The management of Amman Valley Hospital have stated to us that they would not support any housing development on the old maternity hospital site.
We would remind CCC that nearly 700 people objected to housing development on this site under the aegis of both the RLDP and the current PAC (S21.186). (See online petition https://www.change.org/p/no-to-the-housing-development-on-tirycoed and door to door petition https://thunderbolt.me.uk/Docs/Tirycoed%20Petition%20Redacted.rar )

We would also draw your attention to the fact, that the actual size of this site would support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed in PAC S21.186. However we also object on the understanding that the current LDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Both the Brecon Beacons and Glanamman have an ageing demographic. Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. There is no Dentist, the GP surgery is oversubscribed, there are no leisure facilities nearby and the local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and a housing development would put huge strain on existing ones. We constantly suffer from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There has never been an “appropriate number” of houses suggested for this site. Although 25 dwelling houses are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which have never been addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
Given that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, we are only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is but especially water, electricity capacity and drainage.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
Sustainable Placemaking should be holistic and inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. It is important to recognise that sustainable placemaking is contingent upon local “sense of place” (comprised of place attachment, place identity, and place meaning), intrinsic value of place, and well-being (aka satisfaction, happiness). Most communities are resilient in the face of small changes that take place gradually. Sense of place, intrinsic value of place and well-being are distinctive in rural communities and may take several generations to develop. Rapid population growth or an influx of new people who are not wanted and who do not share the same sense of place or intrinsic value undermines social cohesion, place identity and place-making. There was some evidence that placemaking was undermined as a result of the introduction of flats on Tirycoed Road and this would be exacerbated should housing development go ahead.

Integrating wellbeing with sense of place helps make more explicit a range of social issues important for human welfare. Furthermore it draws out the importance of the phenomenological meanings that people attach to places through place attachment, place
dependence, place identity, and place satisfaction. There are other often less tangible matters that arise as a consequence of changes in population size and structure that can impact wellbeing. This is a reflection of people's capacity to adapt to change, especially if change occurs at a rapid pace. For example, rapid increases in the size of a community can engender a sense of pessimism about the future and so affect people's sense of wellbeing. Similarly, changes in the composition of the population, in terms of demographics can lead to anxiety or tension impacting on the cohesion of society.

Very little has been done in Tirycoed under the aegis of PAs PACs or LDPs to assess the impact of housing development in terms of local identity sense of place, social cohesion, wellbeing or the undermining of the Welsh language
Furthermore any development should; comply with Welsh Government policy on sustainable places https://research.senedd.wales/research-articles/making-sustainable-places-what-role-can-the-planning-system-play/, and take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and be predicated on
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Seemingly housing development will fail to meet most of those expectations. There are dangers that development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect community cohesion in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, housing development would destroy it! The site is located close an area of outstanding natural beauty and the Amman Valleys unique cloud forest where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land appears to be contrary to current rural development policy https://research.senedd.wales/research-articles/the-rural-development-plan-for-wales/ which is predicated on “the sustainable management of natural resources and climate action”
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of bats, dormice, hedgehogs, badgers, otters, newts, lizards, herons, eels (in Nant Llwyd), water voles, Marsh Fritillary Butterflies, Scabious spp (Succisa pratensis in particular), Purple Moor Grass (Molinia caerulea) and winter visitors such as snipe and woodcock

Devils Bit Scabious- Christian Fischer, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which are low in Wales) from travelling.

Example of habitat destruction on the site
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The old maternity hospital is unique and is considered the “heart” of the community. It still has an iconic status on the basis that the first NHS baby was born there on 5/7/1948. Given that many local people were born there and they retain a very strong sense of emotional attachment it would be sacrilege to demolish it. Furthermore the carbon cost of demolishing it (13 T C) and replacing it (242 T C) would be 255 TC which is more than double the carbon cost of refurbishing or retrofitting it which would be 120 T C (Hurst 2021: O’Hegerty 2021)
255 T C is the equivalent of the sequestration of 4,216 tree seedlings over 10 years (Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator | US EPA)
If it were replaced by 20 houses the carbon cost would be about 2,410 T C or the equivalent of the sequestration of 40,000 trees over 10 year (Berners-Lee 2010)
It would be better to refurbish and retrofit the existing building in terms of its carbon saving and its historic and psychological (place attachment) value.
Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site.
SP16 Climate Change
The destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment and for the loss of carbon stocks. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
There has been no carbon audit of potential housing development on this site. It has been estimated (Drexler et al 2021, NERR094) that the current carbon stocks (rhos pasture, shrubs and hedges) on the whole site (ca 2ha) are 220 T C which will be cut by 84.75 T C to 135.25 T C after housing development. The carbon emissions (Berners-Lee 2010) as a result of development (25 houses plus roads, paths, drives, parking bays) will be approximately 3000 T CO2 and there will be a sequestration reduction of 0.125 T C yr (NERR094)
SP19 Waste Management
Safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released (3000 T CO2) during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment.
3.We suggest to CCC that the development site it taken into public ownership or classified as community or public space1 and refer CCC to your obligations under the aegis of the placemaking guide 2020. (https://dcfw.org/wp-content/themes/dcfw-child/assets/PlacemakingGuideDigitalENG.pdf)
The importance of community space was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court ruled in favour of the local community.
Furthermore the importance of having access to community space was a frequent theme highlighted in a consultation report on connected communities, and is especially important for Tirycoed’s aging population https://www.gov.wales/sites/default/files/consultations/2019-03/summary-of-responses_2.pdf
4.We propose that the site be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and for interpretative trails (perhaps inter-connecting with Glyndrainog and Ty Llwyd farms). I would also remind CCC that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground (on Glyndrainog Farm) for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations under the placemaking charter (http://dcfw.org/placemaking/placemaking-charter/) to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense.
This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial for Tirycoed’s aging demographic than housing for outsiders. Furthermore the site and its interpretive trails would be within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead health and conservation facility on this site benefits everyone.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
Our suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base but it will be refurbished, retrofitted and managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.
Retrofitting is the act of fitting new systems designed for high energy efficiency and low energy consumption to buildings previously built without them. This can range from small activities such as fitting energy-efficient light bulbs to installing state of the art heating systems. The reasons for doing this are simple. A more efficient building will be cheaper to run, have a lower impact on the environment and the higher energy rating that comes with this can increase the value of the property. There is a broad spectrum of commonly used methods of sustainably retrofitting properties. These include solar panels, smart meters and sustainable water and heating systems. It should be noted that the maintenance of these systems is just as important a consideration as their energy efficiency. https://www.elmhurstenergy.co.uk/blog/2022/06/29/what-is-retrofit-in-construction/#:~:text=Retrofitting%20is%20the%20act%20of,of%20the%20art%20heating%20systems.
SP6 Strategic sites
This project will invest in the local Community and provide much needed facilities for all, but especially our ageing population1. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
1 In Carmarthenshire between 2011 and 2021 there was an increase of 18.9% in people aged 65 years and over, a decrease of 2.5% in people aged 15 to 64 years, and a decrease of 0.8% in children aged under 15 years https://www.ons.gov.uk/visualisations/censuspopulationchange/W06000010/
SP7 Employment and the Economy
This project will invest in the local Community and provide much needed facilities for all, but especially Tirycoeds aging population. Currently there are no leisure facilities. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate appears to discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The plan to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This centre could be both refurbished, retrofitted and managed to meet the felt needs of our local demographic and include features such as water harvesting, solar panels and ev points.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is very close to an area of outstanding natural beauty and cloud oak forests which are full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
Our proposal would fully comply with the placemaking charter (http://dcfw.org/placemaking/placemaking-charter/) and we would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore we would endeavour to ensure the site was both sustainably managed (possibly with help from INCC) and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
More on the importance of placemaking in this area can be found at https://thunderbolt.me.uk/Docs/DrStudley-Objection-Rev3.pdf (part b) which were submitted under the aegis of PA E/38266, but applies equally to the RLDP
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what our proposal will include, unlike the questionable development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Efforts will be made to improving the landscape and biodiversity naturally, by using cattle to lightly graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration. These are just some of the many ways our proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing iconic building on this site is not tenable on the basis of history, heritage, place attachment and carbon cost.
Any required works (such as refurbishment and retrofitting) would be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, our proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The refurbishment and retrofitting of the old hospital building as a well-being centre will have a carbon cost of ca 120 T C and will have minimal impact on carbon stocks, carbon emissions and carbon sequestration rates. Carbon stocks on the remaining area (ca 0.7663 ha) will be approximately 85 T C with an annual sequestration rate of 0.38 T C (NERR094)
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. The site is close to the Amman valley cycleway and if the Swansea 9 Lines project comes to fruition train visitors would be a possibility. Our plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
Our proposal would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
We will be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.

References
Berners-Lee, M. ‘What’s the Carbon Footprint of .....Building a House’. The Guardian, 2010, Environment - Green Living Blog.
Drexler, S, A Gensior, and A Don. ‘Carbon Sequestration in Hedgerow Biomass and Soil in the Temperate Climate Zone’. Regional Environmental Change 21, no. article number 74 (2021): 157-.
Hurst, W. (2021) Derby Assembly Rooms’ carbon cost of demolishing laid bare, Architects Journal, 22 June 2021
NERR094. ‘Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Habitat: A Review of the Evidence (Second Edition)’. Natural England, 2021.
O’Hegarty, R. (2021) The embodied carbon of buildings, Share Your Green Design

That the above site be reclassified as public or community space under Policy PSD7.

As the County Councillor of Glanamman and Cwmamman Town Councillor for Tirycoed Ward, I am writing to support the consultation response form entered by Dr John Studley - Secretary of the Tirycoed Campaign Group on behalf of the campaign group regarding LDP proposals map reference - SeC10/h4 Coordinates [51.809101,-3.925159] [51.808981,-3.923050]

The extensive and thorough work Dr Studley (with help from Mr. Mark Vickers) has done completing LDP response form, leaves nothing for me to add except that I fully support all points raised within said form and sincerely hope that all matters within the form are seriously considered.

That the site in question is reclassified as public or community space should their primary preference [referred to in the summary above] not be possible.

As the County Councillor of Glanamman and Cwmamman Town Councillor for Tirycoed Ward, I am writing to support the consultation response form entered by Dr John Studley - Secretary of the Tirycoed Campaign Group on behalf of the campaign group regarding LDP proposals map reference - SeC10/h4 Coordinates [51.809101,-3.925159] [51.808981,-3.923050]

The extensive and thorough work Dr Studley (with help from Mr. Mark Vickers) has done completing LDP response form, leaves nothing for me to add except that I fully support all points raised within said form and sincerely hope that all matters within the form are seriously considered.

That the above site be reclassified as public or community space under Policy PSD7.

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That the above site be reclassified as public or community space under Policy PSD7.

Thank you for the opportunity to reply to your proposed revision of the Local Development Plan. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), I should like to make the following observations about your proposals and why I believe they should be ammended.
I support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
I understand, from the TRCG, that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges found within them, are protected habitats. I also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, which is found on this site, is also protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).

I also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you are aware, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. I have been informed by the TRCG, that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
2. I object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. I have been told that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. I clarify my objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist (Which is not in Glanamman) and GP surgery are oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby. The local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are not to a very high standard and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, I understand, from the TRCG, that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which I believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will always fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, I understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
I understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, I understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
I understand from the TRCG, that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
I have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
I have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. I would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
I understand that you have already been informed of the importance of community space, which was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court, quite rightly, ruled in favour of the local community.
I would suggest that the plan, by the TRCG, for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be much better. I would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
I understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.

SP6 Strategic sites
This project, I have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
I understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what I understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways I have been told that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site should be revisited. Any required works could be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, the proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The building of a well-being centre (with carbon negative and eco-friendly building materials) would have minimal impact on carbon stocks and carbon emissions.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. I understand that the plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
These proposals would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
I believe these proposals would be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.


I therefore hope you will now give due consideration to both my and the Communities wishes to ammend your current proposals and allow the correct usage of this land.

That the site in question is reclassified as public or community space should their primary preference [referred to in the summary above] not be possible.

Thank you for the opportunity to reply to your proposed revision of the Local Development Plan. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), I should like to make the following observations about your proposals and why I believe they should be ammended.
I support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
I understand, from the TRCG, that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges found within them, are protected habitats. I also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, which is found on this site, is also protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).

I also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you are aware, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. I have been informed by the TRCG, that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
2. I object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. I have been told that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. I clarify my objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist (Which is not in Glanamman) and GP surgery are oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby. The local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are not to a very high standard and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, I understand, from the TRCG, that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which I believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will always fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, I understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
I understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, I understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
I understand from the TRCG, that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
I have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
I have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. I would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
I understand that you have already been informed of the importance of community space, which was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court, quite rightly, ruled in favour of the local community.
I would suggest that the plan, by the TRCG, for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be much better. I would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
I understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.

SP6 Strategic sites
This project, I have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
I understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what I understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways I have been told that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site should be revisited. Any required works could be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, the proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The building of a well-being centre (with carbon negative and eco-friendly building materials) would have minimal impact on carbon stocks and carbon emissions.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. I understand that the plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
These proposals would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
I believe these proposals would be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.


I therefore hope you will now give due consideration to both my and the Communities wishes to ammend your current proposals and allow the correct usage of this land.

That the above site be reclassified as public or community space under Policy PSD7

Thank you for the opportunity to reply to your plans. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), I should like to make the following observations about your proposals. I support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
I understand from the TRCG that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges are protected habitats. I also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly is protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).

I also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you know, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. I have been informed that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
2. I object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. I have been told that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. I clarify my objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist and GP surgery are oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby and the local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework

There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are particularly poor and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, I understand from the TRCG that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which I believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, I understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
I understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, I understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.

SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
I understand that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
I have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
I have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. I would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
I understand that the importance of community space was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court ruled in favour of the local community.
I would suggest that the plan by the TRCG for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be better. I would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
I understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.

SP6 Strategic sites

This project, I have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
I understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what I understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways I have been told that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.

SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment


Thank you for the opportunity to reply to your plans. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), I should like to make the following observations about your proposals. I support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
I understand from the TRCG that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges are protected habitats. I also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly is protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).

I also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you know, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. I have been informed that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
2. I object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. I have been told that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. I clarify my objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist and GP surgery are oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby and the local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are particularly poor and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, I understand from the TRCG that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which I believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, I understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
I understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, I understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
I understand that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
I have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
I have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. I would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
I understand that the importance of community space was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court ruled in favour of the local community.
I would suggest that the plan by the TRCG for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be better. I would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
I understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.

SP6 Strategic sites
This project, I have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
I understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what I understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways I have been told that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site should be revisited. Any required works could be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, the proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The building of a well-being centre (with carbon negative and eco-friendly building materials) would have minimal impact on carbon stocks and carbon emissions.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. I understand that the plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
These proposals would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
I believe these proposals would be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.

That the site in question is reclassified as public or community space should their primary preference [referred to in the summary above] not be possible.

Thank you for the opportunity to reply to your plans. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), I should like to make the following observations about your proposals. I support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
I understand from the TRCG that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges are protected habitats. I also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly is protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).

I also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you know, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. I have been informed that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
2. I object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. I have been told that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. I clarify my objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist and GP surgery are oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby and the local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework

There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are particularly poor and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, I understand from the TRCG that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which I believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, I understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
I understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, I understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.

SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
I understand that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
I have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
I have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. I would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
I understand that the importance of community space was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court ruled in favour of the local community.
I would suggest that the plan by the TRCG for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be better. I would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
I understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.

SP6 Strategic sites

This project, I have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
I understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what I understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways I have been told that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.

SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment


Thank you for the opportunity to reply to your plans. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), I should like to make the following observations about your proposals. I support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
I understand from the TRCG that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges are protected habitats. I also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly is protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).

I also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you know, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. I have been informed that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
2. I object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. I have been told that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. I clarify my objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist and GP surgery are oversubscribed and there are no leisure facilities nearby and the local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are particularly poor and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, I understand from the TRCG that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which I believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, I understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
I understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, I understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
I understand that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
I have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
I have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. I would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
I understand that the importance of community space was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court ruled in favour of the local community.
I would suggest that the plan by the TRCG for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be better. I would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
I understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.

SP6 Strategic sites
This project, I have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
I understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what I understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways I have been told that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site should be revisited. Any required works could be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, the proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The building of a well-being centre (with carbon negative and eco-friendly building materials) would have minimal impact on carbon stocks and carbon emissions.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. I understand that the plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
These proposals would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
I believe these proposals would be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.

That the above site be reclassified as public or community space under Policy PSD7.

Thank you for the opportunity to reply to your proposed revision of the Local Development Plan. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), I should like to make the following observations about your proposals and why I believe they should be amended.
I support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
I understand, from the TRCG, that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges found within them, are protected habitats. I also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, which is found on this site, is also protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).
I also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you are aware, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. I have been informed by the TRCG, that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
2. I object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. I have been told that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. I clarify my objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist (Which is not in Glanamman) and GP surgery are oversubscribed, I myself have waitited over 9 days for a telephone appointment and this is not an uncoomon occurance, I do ot feel there is capacity for anymore reisdents in this area. Plus there are no leisure facilities nearby. The local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are not to a very high standard and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, I understand, from the TRCG, that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which I believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will always fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, I understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
I understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, I understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
I understand from the TRCG, that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
I have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. There have been a number of times when we have had considerable amounts of water flowing down Tirycoed Road, removing the Rhos pasture and adding more roads and houses will make this worse. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
I have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. I would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
I understand that you have already been informed of the importance of community space, which was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court, quite rightly, ruled in favour of the local community.
I would suggest that the plan, by the TRCG, for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be much better. I would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
I understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.
SP6 Strategic sites
This project, I have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
I understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what I understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways I have been told that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site should be revisited. Any required works could be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, the proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The building of a well-being centre (with carbon negative and eco-friendly building materials) would have minimal impact on carbon stocks and carbon emissions.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility


Thank you for the opportunity to reply to your proposed revision of the Local Development Plan. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), I should like to make the following observations about your proposals and why I believe they should be amended.
I support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
I understand, from the TRCG, that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges found within them, are protected habitats. I also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, which is found on this site, is also protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).

I also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you are aware, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. I have been informed by the TRCG, that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
2. I object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. I have been told that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. I clarify my objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist (Which is not in Glanamman) and GP surgery are oversubscribed, I myself have waitited over 9 days for a telephone appointment and this is not an uncoomon occurance, I do ot feel there is capacity for anymore reisdents in this area. Plus there are no leisure facilities nearby. The local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are not to a very high standard and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, I understand, from the TRCG, that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which I believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will always fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, I understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
I understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, I understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
I understand from the TRCG, that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
I have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. There have been a number of times when we have had considerable amounts of water flowing down Tirycoed Road, removing the Rhos pasture and adding more roads and houses will make this worse. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
I have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. I would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
I understand that you have already been informed of the importance of community space, which was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court, quite rightly, ruled in favour of the local community.
I would suggest that the plan, by the TRCG, for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be much better. I would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
I understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.
SP6 Strategic sites
This project, I have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
I understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what I understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways I have been told that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site should be revisited. Any required works could be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, the proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The building of a well-being centre (with carbon negative and eco-friendly building materials) would have minimal impact on carbon stocks and carbon emissions.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. I understand that the plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
These proposals would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
I believe these proposals would be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.

I therefore hope you will now give due consideration to both my and the Communities wishes to ammend your current proposals and allow the correct usage of this land.

That the site in question is reclassified as public or community space should their primary preference [referred to in the summary above] not be possible.

Thank you for the opportunity to reply to your proposed revision of the Local Development Plan. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), I should like to make the following observations about your proposals and why I believe they should be amended.
I support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
I understand, from the TRCG, that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges found within them, are protected habitats. I also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, which is found on this site, is also protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).
I also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you are aware, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. I have been informed by the TRCG, that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
2. I object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. I have been told that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. I clarify my objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist (Which is not in Glanamman) and GP surgery are oversubscribed, I myself have waitited over 9 days for a telephone appointment and this is not an uncoomon occurance, I do ot feel there is capacity for anymore reisdents in this area. Plus there are no leisure facilities nearby. The local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are not to a very high standard and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, I understand, from the TRCG, that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which I believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will always fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, I understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
I understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, I understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
I understand from the TRCG, that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
I have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. There have been a number of times when we have had considerable amounts of water flowing down Tirycoed Road, removing the Rhos pasture and adding more roads and houses will make this worse. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
I have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. I would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
I understand that you have already been informed of the importance of community space, which was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court, quite rightly, ruled in favour of the local community.
I would suggest that the plan, by the TRCG, for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be much better. I would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
I understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.
SP6 Strategic sites
This project, I have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
I understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what I understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways I have been told that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site should be revisited. Any required works could be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, the proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The building of a well-being centre (with carbon negative and eco-friendly building materials) would have minimal impact on carbon stocks and carbon emissions.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility


Thank you for the opportunity to reply to your proposed revision of the Local Development Plan. With the support of the Tirycoed Road Campaign Group (TRCG), I should like to make the following observations about your proposals and why I believe they should be amended.
I support the removal of the area to the west of the old Maternity Hospital from being classed as "housing development" (Please see the red circle on map below). This objection is on conservation and access restriction grounds.
I understand, from the TRCG, that the area qualifies for SINC status, given that the Rhos pasture and hedges found within them, are protected habitats. I also understand that the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, which is found on this site, is also protected under UK law, listed under Schedule 5 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act, and the EU Habitats and Species Directive (Annex II).

I also support the removal of this area from “housing development” because it would make it difficult for potential developers to build roads from Tirycoed Road to the old maternity hospital. As you are aware, Tirycoed Road is already a single track road for much of the day and is potentially very hazardous for pedestrians and equestrians. I have been informed by the TRCG, that in both recent petitions (Daffyd Wyn and TCG) local residents cited traffic issues as a main reason for objecting to PAs PACs and LDPs. The prospect of at least 50 new cars on this road is simply not realistic.
2. I object to housing development on the remaining development site (Please see the purple box on the map below) on conservation grounds and lack of safe access. I have been told that nearly 700 people objected to the housing development on this site, during a door to door petition, caried out by the TRCG.

It is also a fact that the actual size of this site would easily support a great deal more homes than the 25 currently being proposed by the Developers. I clarify my objections on the understanding that the current RLDP cannot be met on the following grounds:
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Glanamman only has one small convenience store. There are no large retail outlets, unless you travel to Ammanford. The Dentist (Which is not in Glanamman) and GP surgery are oversubscribed, I myself have waitited over 9 days for a telephone appointment and this is not an uncoomon occurance, I do ot feel there is capacity for anymore reisdents in this area. Plus there are no leisure facilities nearby. The local infrastructure is not able to cope with an influx of housing on this scale.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
There are very few services available in this location and this development would put huge strain on existing ones. Glanamman constantly suffers from disrupted water supplies due to the ageing and an inadequate water supply system, which would be overwhelmed by the additional capacity needed.
SP4 A Sustainable Approach to Providing New Homes
There is not an “appropriate number” of homes being suggested for this site. Although 25 dwellings are currently being requested, it is very clear that the site has capacity for at least 100. That would be a massive burden on the local infrastructure and facilities. The access road is not suitable for such volumes of traffic and there are already huge issues with water supply and drainage which cannot be addressed.
SP9 Infrastructure
It is understood that some Tirycoed residents have had to pay for the upgrading of their electricity supply, due to its lack of capacity, I am only too aware how poor the local infrastructure is. Broadband services are not to a very high standard and an increase in community size is only going to make this problem worse.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that Placemaking should be inclusive and rightly be at the heart of any planning decision. Furthermore, I understand, from the TRCG, that any development should take account of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 which I believe is based on:
• Making the best use of resources;
• Facilitating accessible and healthy environments;
• Creating and sustaining communities; and
• Maximising environmental protection and limiting environmental impact.
Apparently, this housing development will always fail to meet most of those expectations. There are also dangers that this development will destroy established habitat and endangered species, it will cause light pollution and it will adversely affect the community cohesion, in which it is being placed.
SP13 Rural Development
Instead of increasing the enjoyment of the countryside, a housing development would seriously decrease it! The site is located on the borders of an area of outstanding natural beauty where wildlife currently thrives. Allowing such a large development on such precious land is, I understand, absolutely against current rural development policy.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
I understand that any housing development will destroy our unique and bio diverse landscape and our protected habitats and lead to loss of biodiversity. There are very real dangers that any development will lead to the de-wilding of the site and the subsequent loss of the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly, Devils Bit Scabious and other winter visitors. Previous planning applications have absolutely failed to address the issue of habitat destruction (Which, I understand, the developers have been actively engaged in). Endangered species will be displaced and lost and riparian corridors will be blocked preventing otters (which I understand have low numbers in Wales) from travelling.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
I understand from the TRCG, that the appropriate use of this redundant building is certainly not to allow its demolition and replacement with a totally unsuitable housing development. Absolutely no consideration has been given to the wishes of the local community nor the protection of this historic site, in the current Developers plans.
SP16 Climate Change
I have been told that the destruction of Rhos pasture, trees and grassy marshland on this site would be an absolute disaster for the local environment. Paving over huge areas for roads and paths will create hard standing that will cause rain water to surge onto surrounding roads and properties, causing flooding. There have been a number of times when we have had considerable amounts of water flowing down Tirycoed Road, removing the Rhos pasture and adding more roads and houses will make this worse. Previous planning applications have had few mitigating measures for renewable energy, carbon negative building materials or energy conservation schemes.
SP19 Waste Management
I have been informed that safeguarding resources would not be achievable if planning permission were granted for this site. The loss of trees and pasture would contribute to Climate Change while the amount of carbon that would be released during the construction phase alone would be damaging to the environment. I would therefore suggest that CCC reclassify the development site as community or public space.
I understand that you have already been informed of the importance of community space, which was highlighted In a recent supreme court ruling - Hilary Term (2023) UKSC 8 on appeal from (2020) EWCA civ 1751- (R (on the application of Day) (Appellant) v Shropshire Council (Respondent) (landmarkchambers.co.uk)) where the court, quite rightly, ruled in favour of the local community.
I would suggest that the plan, by the TRCG, for the site to be used for well-being, conservation and recreation (with a well-being centre, a conservation area with pond, and board-walks for recreation and conservation interpretation), would be much better. I would also remind you that the site is adjacent to the most important breeding ground for the Marsh Fritillary Butterfly in the Amman Valley and to your obligations to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. This would meet the current requirements on the following grounds:
SP1 Strategic Growth
The installation of Health and conservation facilities would be far more beneficial to the community than housing. This site is within easy reach of local Schools, so could be used as an outdoor education centre for children and adults alike.
SP2 Retail and Town Centres
Having a Community lead facility on this site benefits the whole Community.
SP3 Sustainable Distribution – Settlement Framework
I understand that the suggested project (The Tirycoed Well-being Centre) not only uses the existing building foundation as its base, but will also be managed sustainably, the exact opposite of the current proposals.
SP6 Strategic sites
This project, I have been told, will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting already very rich people. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy.
SP7 Employment and the Economy
I understand that his project will invest in the local Community and provide much need facilities for all, rather than benefiting Developers. This inward development will also create local sustainable jobs, benefit local business and bring a much needed boost to the local economy. It will also serve as a Community hub, allowing people to meet and interact, something a housing estate will actively discourage.
SP8 Welsh Language and Culture
The proposal to build houses on this site will simply allow wealthier people from outside the local area to have better homes. Our plan will bring the local community together and enhance its integration, keeping the Welsh language alive, rather than causing its demise due to the influx of non-Welsh speaking people.
SP9 Infrastructure
This site could be both built and managed to meet the needs of our local Community as required by the conditions of this section of the RLDP.
SP11 The Visitor Economy
With careful planning, the site could also be made to meet the requirements of local tourism and education. It is in an area of outstanding natural beauty and is full of rare and exotic wildlife.
SP12 Placemaking and Sustainable Places
I believe that the proposed Community development would endeavour to provide spaces to promote prosperity, health, happiness, and well-being in the widest sense. Furthermore the site would be both sustainably managed and built to enhance and improve the local biodiversity, with all the benefits this would bring.
SP13 Rural Development
Again, this site absolutely fulfils the requirements of this section of the RLDP. It actively improves and enhances the available facilities accessible to the local Community, while adding and improving local facilities for all.
SP14 Maintaining and Enhancing the Natural Environment
Habitat conservation is at the heart of what I understand this proposal will include, unlike the ugly development currently proposed, which has habitat destruction at its heart. Improving the landscape naturally, by using cattle to graze the Rhos pasture, establishing ponds and encouraging natural regeneration, are just some of the many ways I have been told that this proposal would fully meet this requirement of the RLDP.
SP15 Protection and Enhancement of the Built and Historic Environment
The current proposal to simply destroy the existing building on this site should be revisited. Any required works could be carried out sympathetically and in an environmentally sensitive way.
SP16 Climate Change
Again, the proposal fully meets these requirements by using sustainable methods and by protecting valuable natural assets. There would be no need to destroy vast areas of natural land, as would be the case if a housing development was allowed. The building of a well-being centre (with carbon negative and eco-friendly building materials) would have minimal impact on carbon stocks and carbon emissions.
SP17 Transport and Accessibility
This site already has transport links that can be used to reach it from all over Carmarthenshire. I understand that the plans would include access to Electric vehicle charging points, to encourage sustainable travel to the site.
SP18 Mineral Resources
These proposals would actively promote improvements to the environment encouraging carbon sequestration and improving the local landscape to the benefit of the environment.
SP19 Waste Management
I believe these proposals would be investing in solar and wind power installations to make the site self-sufficient for its energy and thus reducing reliance in carbon generation.

I therefore hope you will now give due consideration to both my and the Communities wishes to ammend your current proposals and allow the correct usage of this land.