Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
Vale of Glamorgan Council

I strongly disagree with the development planning reference HG1 KS2. This is due to the sheer lack of thought of impact both on the community of Dinas Powys and the surrounding wider areas. The proposed site would lead onto a main road that is already congested to the point of being ridiculous for both residents of Dinas Powys and those from Barry/Penarth who need to use the route to commute. Cardiff Road is consistently gridlocked to the point where proposing more houses and so traffic and cars is ludicrous. Where is the upgrade of infrastructure to support these additoinal cars and vehicles? I have lived in Dinas my whole life and there has never been an upgrade aside from the bus lane which does nothing to cut congestion on the road. The roads are not maintained as they are as they are covered in potholes causing damage to cars and you are sugessting a plan that would lead to more wear and tear. Public transport can also not cope with the demand already placed on it. I commute to Cardiff and, even with the addition of some new trains, they cannot meet the requirements of the number of people at peak times - many journeys lead to passengers being unable to get on the train at all and having to wait for a later one. Parking is already an issue for many with people parking on both sides of the road and causing congestion and people have already taken to parking on the pavement, particularly at teh bottom of St Davids Avenue on Cardiff Road which is causing obstructions for anyone with mobility issues or a pushchair.

The schools are already oversubscribed to the point where class numbers are unmanageable, I know this first hand from speaking to many teachers in teh infants school in particular. They are under resourced and do not have the manpower to provide one on one care that many pupils now require. This is also the case with the Doctors Surgey which is pot luck if you can get an appointment through relentless ringing at a certain time - how can this then justify putting more families in ach catchment area?

On flooding - as we have already observed with new develiopments in the village there has been an increase in run off which the brook and stream cannot cope with leading to significant flooding. The relatively new houses by Hebron Hall are already flooding in areas and we have seen numerous houses damaged by flood on Cardiff Road- how can any enviromental assesment worth anything suggest that building on a natural area that soaks up water will not increase flooding and approve this is simply unbelievable.