Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
Vale of Glamorgan Council

I object to planning permission for 250+ houses being built on cardiff road at the cardiff end of dinas powys for a number of reasons.
1) The road is currently unable to accommodate the current traffic levels once you add left turns towards cardiff and right turns into the estate from cardiff direction will cause longer tailbacks in both in and out of dinas powys. This is also very close to a merge area on the road into dinas powys so this will cause more traffic chaos in that area. This is also at a junction where people jump the red light from Redlands road. This will cars coming from the estate will have to go across a bus lane. If there is plan for the pen-y-turnpyke to be used as a exit and entrance this will cause more havoc on a road that is already to fast and to narrow this will cause deaths on that road.
2) The schools in the local area are already over capcity and the education is already struggling. This is not helped by the low level of recruitment of teachers across the country.
3)The areas gp facilities are stretched to the limit as it is hard to get appointments as is. This has caused health deteration of people in the local area. I have had to attempt for numerous days in being unable to get appoiments. This will cascade into hospitals as well.
4) the transport in the area is not fit for purpose and is struggling already. Train stations are a distance away so this will cause more traffic for people to park in the car parks so means more traffic on road as well to go to the parking for the train stations. The buses are being cut and the buses are not getting any bigger same as the trains so more people will want to use them and becames more differcult to use them.
5) while the building of these houses this will cause disturbance to the wildlife in the area and could cause in balance in nature.
6) recently Dinas Powys has been plauged by water issues recently burst water mains depriving local area without water. This has also happened to the electricity. It is concerning of the state of the gas supply. The water treatment plant stinks with current supply of waste water and will get worse.
7)fields should be protected as more houses will result in flooding as the ground absorbs the water and helps protect the road that recently has been flooding from poor maintenance of the drains by the council.
Please take this into consideration and reject the planning for the houses.