SR/159/003

Object

Representation ID: 330

Received: 01/02/2019

Respondent: Mr Calum Higgins

This land is adjacent to land already given planning permission for a significant number of houses. There is no need for any development at this site.
The land requires significant drainage.

Object

Representation ID: 621

Received: 06/02/2019

Respondent: Cllr Tina Higgins

I object for the following reasons:
There is planning permission already granted for approximately 250 houses in Tycroes.
Planning permission has already been granted for over 100 residential properties on the current factory sites on Heol Ddu which would have the same access point which is from a single track lane with passing points.
Drainage and flooding issues.
Residents have raised concerns about another potential large scale development in the area.
Inadequate infrastructure.
Inadequate Health Care provision to cope with increase in population.
Lack of school places to deal with an increase in pupil numbers.

Object

Representation ID: 1128

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Mrs Amy Wright

Land should remain open land for community use

Object

Representation ID: 1395

Received: 08/02/2019

Respondent: Llanedi Community Council

Following recent public consultation, a meeting of Llanedi Community Council on the 6th February 2018 agreed that we wish to object to the inclusion of this site on to the LDP.
Our specific objection to this candidate site also includes concerns over:
* land quality

Object

Representation ID: 1444

Received: 08/02/2019

Respondent: Mrs Helen Funnell

Any development on the site would cause flooding to properties on Penygarn Road as the land is sloping and heavy clay. The public highway alongside the land is a single track road.The local infrastructure would not cope,school is oversubscribed.The site is located next to heavy industry, (carbon factory and concrete works).There is no housing shortage in Tycroes.

Object

Representation ID: 1790

Received: 04/02/2019

Respondent: Mary Davies

The site is considered unsuitable for the following reasons:

1. Land was donated to the Teglan Park community to build a children's' playground a number of years ago, with residents donating funds to go towards the the playground, but nothing has happened so far. Can this land be legally developed.

2. Electricity poles and lines going through the top field would need to be relocated, how and where?

3. Water logged ground .

4. Less than 20' across Heol Ddu from the proposed site are two industrial units which have been there since at least the 1960s. Concern that housing will impact on the businesses and vice versa.

5. There is a large vertical mine shaft in the middle of the field behind the lower cul-de-sac.

A planning application was approved for residential development on the industrial estate, it is believed the permission is still valid, question why this site is not marked as being a potential site for housing.

Concern is raised about the number of potential houses for Tycroes which could total approximately 500 which is a concern for the use of facilities in the area.

There are also the issues of access and drainage/sewerage.

Redevelopment of the Western Carbons/Edenhall estate would male more sense. Neath Port Talbot LDP makes provision for play areas & is part of the remit of the LDPs. Currently the only playground facilities for children is in Heol Brown at the other end of the village, and that is potentially under threat. A park could be part of this estate.

The respondent also asks a number of questions of the LDP preparation process.

Comment

Representation ID: 1962

Received: 08/02/2019

Respondent: Welsh Government

TA required Will require RTL at Heol Ddu prior to coming forward as per SR159/013.

The respondent has compiled some general comments from Welsh Government Network Management Division as highway authority for the trunk road and motorways in Wales and also makes a number of site specific comments. The respondent states that the strategic trunk road network is for the safe and expeditious movement of long distance traffic. In order to maintain free-flow and safety, there is a general presumption against new access onto trunk roads. Further detailed advice is given on how developments should seek to access trunk roads, with reference made to guidance and legislation (including the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) and the Active Travel Act).

In order for the trunk road highway authority to be in a position to make a considered view, the onus is on the forward planning authority to provide highway evidence in both capacity and safety terms. This will scope the consideration of existing network capacity constraints, agreed infrastructure upgrades and outline delivery streams (such as planning obligations).

Advice is provided on the potential accompanying evidence required with an application (eg Transport Statement (TS) or Transport Assessment (TA)) - commensurate with the scale of the proposal. Applications are judged on their individual merits and specific supporting traffic impact detail may be requested in order to consider network impacts. Where designs are not DMRB compliant there is a right to issue a direction to refuse an application.

Where developments require improvements to existing or new connections to the trunk road and these are agreed at planning, the developer will be required to enter into an appropriate legal agreement for their delivery, generally via Section 184 and Section 278 of the Highways Act.