Cyngor Bro Morgannwg
Vale of Glamorgan Council

My disagreement/objections to HG1 KS2 are as follows:-
a.) Invasion into the green belt which could eventually result in the merger of Dinas Powys/Eastbrook and Llandough, i.e. loss of the village identity;
b.) Additional use of the pedestrian traffic lights for Eastbrook Railway Station would result in increased traffic delays and pollution;
c.) 250 new homes will mean a substantial increase of traffic movements from and to the site with access controlled by traffic lights. Many occupiers are likely to own a second car. In addition, proposed sites at KS1, KS3, KS4 and KS5 provide for 2028 new homes and it is reasonable to assume a proportion of cars leaving those sites will use Cardiff Road to travel to work or for recreational purposes - creating further grid locking and pollution. There is effectively no provision to improve traffic flow through Dinas Powys which has increasingly become congested. Dinas Powys By-Pass should be provided prior to consideration of more housing in the area;
d.) Flood risk from Cadoxton River and East Brook has not been adequately addressed. Natural Resources Wales have in the recent past undertaken a review of the flood risk; however, they have not put forward comprehensive proposals to solve the problem, but devised plans to "manage" incidents as and when they arise. Surface water running off a developed site would end up in East Brook and therefrom into Cadoxton River increasing the flood risk. Appropriate action would be essential to address this matter. Consideration of foul waste arrangements is also essential - Does the existing system have capacity for the proposed additional housing?; and
e.) Doctors and dentists services are already stretched. What about availability of places in the schools?