Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
Vale of Glamorgan Council

I attended the consultation at CF61 about the RLDP and was advised to write to you with my comments.

I was pleased to see that in the RLDP that the fields adjacent to the LLantwit Major Bypass (site ID 436 Proposal number DN2(6) is designated as a Green wedge That application was made by our Community council and I fully support this proposal. the reasons they gave and I agree with this , are that protection of the open country side, protects against the coalescence of the town and our rural village, and protects the setting of the conservation area.



I see that the Planning policy has ring fenced the location of the proposed Lidl development (ID 379 Proposal number SP12(2) that is currently called in by the Welsh government . You will be aware that the Planning committee voted against the recommendation of the planning officer. when they made there decision, that is now being challenged as procedurally against a lot of Vale and Welsh Government policies. Looking forward to this site being included in the green wedge when this ridicules decision is over turned

I note with interest that several fields to the north east of Llanmaes have been designated as potential solar farm sites. These very fields are partially responsible for the flooding risk in Llanmaes. I suspect that solar farms would not help this problem.

The deferred flood alleviation scheme for Llanmaes affected our land in Siginstone lane. The RLDP mentions this scheme several times but no response has been forth coming. The village floods and for many many years The council and the Welsh government have put in funding in 2023, the Welsh government allocated £3,090,855 and in 24/25 £16,000 to solve this. Nothing has yet happened, indeed in the RLDP it is mentioned extensively that the village floods but we cannot see what specific directions have been made to resolve this problem. I urge the Vale council to liaise with the Welsh government about bringing this forward and mention in the deposit plan.
I appreciate that the costs of the plan increased substantially with the fuel costs of the Ukraine war and probable is increasing again. however parts of the plan , reprofiling the road and channeling flood water away from housing could have made a difference without the extensive earth works in fields referred too above. If my suggestion of extensive tree planting in above fields instead of bunds and channels had been implemented the risks may already be reduced.