Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
Vale of Glamorgan Council

Rhoose, Readers Way housing development LDP

I object to the above mentioned development for the following reasons:
The population of Rhoose already exceeds the capacity of essential services such as primary schools with NO current Comprehensive school. Other local settlements within the Vale of Glamorgan have smaller populations and a Comprehensive school (e.g. Cowbridge). Appointments for doctors & dentists have become more difficult year on year and frequently unobtainable.
The roundabout joining Fontgary Rd. To Porthkerry Rd. at the Hollies is an accident waiting to happen with frequent damage seen to the railings on the corner of Rhoose Rd. that protect pedestrians. Additional heavy traffic will only exacerbate this situation. The local road infrastructure struggles at best with the current volume of vehicles with queues forming on Port Rd. every day of the week regardless of the time of day. Adding more people to the immediate area of Rhoose will cause even more chaos. If Rhoose is seen as a “Satellite” of the capital... There is NO other practical way to Cardiff/Barry than through Weycock Cross.
The existing Hollies estate has seen numerous incidents of flooding due to run off from the airfield. Additional drainage work has rectified some issues. However, the top end of Readers Way down stream of where the proposed new development is located, frequently floods. This will be made significantly worst with more run-off from a new housing estate up the road.
Surely there are brown field sites such as, what was RAF St. Athan/Picketston & the eye-saw that is, Llandow industrial estate, more suited to housing developments than destroying arable land sucessfully used for decades.
Further more, I think it would be a travesty to allow this development in Rhoose for the above reasons and I would feel both ignored/let down by my local council if it proceeds.