SR/159/016

Support

Representation ID: 340

Received: 01/02/2019

Respondent: Mr Calum Higgins

I support this as it is a recreational area used by residents. The land was gifted to the community and has a covenant on it for recreational use only.

Support

Representation ID: 619

Received: 04/02/2019

Respondent: Cllr Tina Higgins

I support because:
The area is a valuable green space used for recreation purposes by children from Teglan Park and the wider Tycroes area.
Covenant held by Land Registry states that this area is to only be used for recreational use only.
Overground electric pylons on site would make development difficult.
Many residents have expressed their support for this area to be protected from development.

Support

Representation ID: 1140

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Mrs Amy Wright

Land should remain open land for community use

Support

Representation ID: 1216

Received: 07/02/2019

Respondent: Miss Moira Evans

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE PROPOSED PLAN OF PROTECTION FROM DEVELOPMENT. FAR TOO MUCH LAND IN THIS AREA HAS ALREADY BEEN TAKEN UP FOR BUILDING, WITH THE SUBSEQUENT LOSS OF GREEN SPACES, ANCIENT WOODLAND, THE VARIETY OF PLANT LIFE AND THE WILDLIFE DEPENDENT UPON THIS ENVIRONMENT. ONCE LOST, THIS ECOSYSTEM CAN NEVER BE REGAINED, A SITUATION DETRIMENTAL TO THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF NOT ONLY PLANTS AND ANIMALS BUT OF THE PEOPLE ALREADY RESIDENT IN THIS AREA AND THEIR ENJOYMENT OF THEIR COMMUNITY.

Support

Representation ID: 1406

Received: 08/02/2019

Respondent: Llanedi Community Council

Following a public consultation exercise, a meeting of Llanedi Community Council on the 6th February 2018 agreed that we wish to support the call for the protection of this site. We feel it is appropriate to protect this land from development. It was gifted to the village as a play area and we would like to see that usage continued.

Object

Representation ID: 1793

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: 1961

Received: 08/02/2019

Respondent: Welsh Government

Transport Assessment (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.

Comment

Representation ID: 1966

Received: 08/02/2019

Respondent: Welsh Government

Site can only come forward with delivery of Ammanford distribution road. Fully evidenced prior to inclusion. This is the same for all adjoining potential site allocations. Significant cumulative impacts that are required to be modelled/mitigated prior to LDP2 inclusion.

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.

Support

Representation ID: 2894

Received: 06/02/2019

Respondent: MR MICHAEL NICHOLAS

As a resident of Teglan Park, I have known this site for the past 42 years. It was always been a field where no use can be made of it. The reason high voltage wires & pylons cross it and as such the Council will not permit a play area to be built on this waste land.

I would like the County Council and the Welsh Government Inspector to re-consider the use of this waste land. I would request that the land be included within the current Local Development Plan for residential purposes.