Vale of Glamorgan Council / Cyngor Bro Morgannwg

Gwrthwynebu

1 Ymgynghoriad ar Cynllun Datblygu Lleol Newydd

ID sylw: 6238

Derbyniwyd: 11/03/2026

Respondent ID: 3500

Ymatebydd: Ms Helen Bigley

Cadarn? Nac Ydi

Effeithiau ar y Gymraeg:

None whatsoever

Crynodeb o'r Gynrychiolaeth:

In June 2017, Llangan Action, the Community Council, and a traveller family agreed to vacate the site for community use. However, the RLDP proposal contradicts this agreement. The site is unsuitable due to poor access, drainage issues, lack of public amenities, and its location in a sensitive landscape area. The site does not meet VOG criteria for gypsy and traveller sites, nor social housing standards. The proposed expansion risks community tension and conflicts with landscape protection policies.

Newid wedi’i awgrymu gan ymatebydd:

The agreement reached with the VOG to transfer the site to the Community Council for use as allotments (following the success of a similar project in the neighbouring village of Treoes) would better meet the VOG’s vision to in its RLDP objectives to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change and to enhance and promote community facilities and services in the VOG.

Testun llawn:

In around June 2017, Llangan Action, Llangan Community Council and the traveller family occupying the site reached an agreement with the VOG for vacation of the site and for the site to be transferred to the Community Council for use by the community. The proposal in the RLDP for the site is wholly contrary to what was agreed.
• The site is not suitable for the proposed use and does not meet the VOG’s own criteria for a gypsy and traveller site, including because:
o Access is poor, with the lane being only 2.5m wide, which is less than the recommended access requirements for emergency vehicles of 3.7m. Extending the pitches would also restrict the ability of emergency vehicles to turn around on the site.
o The site is situated in low-lying land and has poor drainage.
o There is no public footpath near the site and no street lighting.
o There is no public transport and the site is not reasonably accessible to day-to-day services, such as medical facilities, shops and community facilities. Cowbridge is around 7.5km from the site.
o The size of the site and number of pitches is not appropriate to its location and accommodation needs.
• Further:
o The site would not meet the standards required for social housing. The same standards apply for housing for the Gypsy and Traveller community.
o The scale of the proposed number of pitches poses a real risk of escalating fear and tension within the local community, which would be contrary to encouraging and developing good relations between Gypsy Travellers and the settled community.
o The site is in a Special Landscape Area and adjacent to the Llangan Conservation Area. The RDLP background paper acknowledges the importance of protecting views and landscape character within these areas. The proposed expansion is contrary to that view.