Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
Vale of Glamorgan Council

I would like to submit comments with regard to the consultation process on the Deposit (Draft) Plan for the RLDP.

Conservation/ Green Wedge. Site ID 436 Proposal Number DNP2(6)

All of the land between the village of Llanmaes and the Llantwit Major by-pass should be dedicated to a Green Wedge and thus exempted from any development. It is important to resist a coalescence between town and village. Any single development would undermine the principle of countryside protection and provide a precedent for further intrusions. The Llanmaes Conservation area should be protected. I understand that, at present, the site of the proposed retail development is unprotected, pending the outcome of the Inquiry. Granting permission for the store to be developed would undermine, render pointless the idea of coalescence-avoidance and countryside protection.

Retail - Land at Bridge House Farm Site ID 379 Proposal Number SP12(2)

The proposed Lidll development should be rejected for the following reasons:

It would introduce a coalescence of town and Village, an action that goes against present policy. The coalescing effect would be accentuated by the increased traffic, the increase in visitors and the negative effects such as littering that would accompany greater human presence.

It would be situated outside the RDLP's defined Strategic Growth Area.

It would mark a major intrusion into the countryside, visually and in terms of human movement.

It may be the case that, especially with prospect of 500 houses to be built near St Athan, that an additional supermarket might be necessary to meet the needs of the growing population. It doesn't make more sense to site the development in Green Wedge land, on a difficult corner, resulting in an inevitable increase in traffic, a loss of countryside and adding a visual plight to the local perspective.