Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
Vale of Glamorgan Council

The RLDP views KS1 land as “unnecessary” because the "wedge" is still 2.28–2.5 km wide. This contradicts the 2015 Planning Inspector who found KS1 forms an integral part of the pastoral landscape and plays a key role in maintaining openness. Openness, not distance, is the core attribute of a Green Wedge. Distance is not the measure of coalescence. The RLDP misinterprets national policy by reducing it to kilometres. For RLDP the edge is “poor quality”, so is acceptable to build on. A poor edge however strengthens, not weakens, the case for retaining openness and enforcing settlement containment. Further it is illogical to argue that the because the Green Wedge has already been weakened, it should be weakened further. The Inspector previously confirmed the land contributes to both openness and the perception of separation.