I support the allocation of this area of land to a green wedge in order to protect the rural settlement of Llanmaes from development and coalescence with the town of Llantwit Major. Clarifying the status of this land will prevent future costly battles over development of all or part of it for retail or housing and ensure Welsh planning policy with regards open countryside, protection of conservation areas, avoiding the merger of town and village and respecting the strategic growth area are upheld.

It is imperative that a green wedge is created between the Llanmaes and Llantwit Major to prevent physical coalescence of the village and the town. It is vitally important to protect the conservation area from unwanted and damaging development in the very heart of the Vale of Glamorgan

Llantwit Major Town Council considers that the five areas identified for the development of Llantwit Major and its immediate localities are appropriate for the future development of the town. The allocation of an area between the Northern Access road and the Eglwys Brewis Road as a major land bank enables future housing developments but we question whether the infrastructure will be appropriate. The land at the former Eagleswell School site should be reserved for health and social care facilities. We note the land between Llantwit Major and Llanmaes should serve as a green wedge and the provision of retail floorspace, both of which are appropriate. We also note that Site ID 424 sits partially within the Llantwit Major boundary and is appropriate for employment

This Green Wedge is critical in supporting the Welsh Government planning policies around NOT coalescing Towns and Villages. This green wedge is essential in providing that separate from Llantwit Major Town and Llanmaes Village. I fully support this green wedge proposal.

I live in Llanmaes and three things affect us directly from the RLDP and I'd like to comment on all three, if I may.

The first is the proposed Green Wedge between Llantwit Major and Llamaes. I very much support this proposal and the Llanmaes Community Council and the vast majority, if not all of our village does too. It fits very well with the National Plans for keeping the integrity of our precious Welsh villages. It would keep Lllanmaes safe from development, as per the adopted Management plan.

The second is the proposed retail development at Bridge House Farm It is the set of the proposed Lidl development which has been Called in by the Government. This is totally out of keeping with national plans.

The third is the need for flood alleviation in Llanmaes, Again, this would be much needed.

I support this proposal DNP2[6] for the following reasons:
Protection from intrusions into the countryside
Protects against the visual and physical coalescence between a village and a town.
Protects the setting of the Llanmaes Conservation Area as per the Management Plan.

This land gives a green space between Llantwit Major and Llanmaes. If this green wedge is not kept, Llanmaes Village will become part of Llantwit Major town.

Support this proposal to keep Llanmaes a conservation area, which is separate from Llantwit Major

Site ID 436 Proposal Number DNP2(6).
I support the proposal that the land between the village of Llanmaes and the Llantwit Major bypass be designated as a Green Wedge and protected from development. This will avoid degradation of the countryside and help to preserve the village character of Llanmaes and its Conservation Area.

Site ID379 Proposal Number SP12(2)
I strongly oppose the proposal for a Lidl store on this site. The proposal is incongruous with the Green Wedge, would cause significant traffic congestion in the area. It would intrude on the countryside and also be detrimental to the Llanmaes Conservation Area.

The allocation of this area as a green wedge will ensure that the village of Llanmaes remains separate from Llantwit Major supporting the principle of non-coalescence.

Importance of protecting our countryside and separation of towns and villages
Protects further development on green rural land

I strongly SUPPORT the proposal of this green wedge as this will protect against the visual and physical coalescence of the Town of Llantwit Major crossing the B4265 bypass road and creeping towards the Conservation Area of Llanmaes Village.

1) Protection from intrusions into the countryside.
2) Protects against the visual and physical coalescence of Llantwit Major and Llanmaes.
30 Protects the setting of the Llanmaes Conservation Area as per the adopted Management Plan.

Re: Green Wedges:
I SUPPORT the proposal that the land between Llanmaes village and Llantwit Major be designated as a Green Wedge and protected from development for the following reasons:
1) It will provide protection from intrusions into the countryside.
2) It will protect against the visual and physical coalescence of Llantwit Major and Llanmaes.
3) It will protect the setting of the Llanmaes Conservation Area as per the adopted Management Plan.

I am writing to State that I whole-heartedly support the above referenced proposal for the Green Wedge.

This wedge effectively separates Llantwit Major and Llanmaes in accordance with existing Planning Rules, preventing coalescence of Town and Village, protecting the existing Llanmaes Conservation Area and preventing an already busy junction from becoming a dangerous one.

Totally in support of green wedges in particular the proposed new area at Llantwit Major/Llanmaes LM1 much of this site is a low valley sloping down to Llanmaes brook which is a rich and diverse wildlife corridor proven during many surveys to contain Otters amongst many others. Any development in this area would cause a coalescence of the settlements.

I am also in support of B1 Boverton being classed a green wedge.

l strongly support this allocation within the RLDP Deposit Plan. This designation protects this area of open countryside against intrusions from the urban form. It also protects against the visual and physical coalescence of the Town of Llantwit Major and the Village of Llanmaes and protects the setting of the Llanmaes Conservation Area consistent with its adopted Management Plan. Development pressure on this strip of green space is significant as evidenced by the various housing, mixed and retail proposals made to date as part of the RLDP process. Having studied the background papers on the allocation of Green Wedges throughout the Vale of Glamorgan I note that this area scores the highest of all the Green Wedges across the county, including the five existing ones, as recorded in RLDP Background Paper 27 and tested against the Welsh Government’s five purposes for designation of a Green Wedge. I am most grateful to the RLDP team for their positive evaluation of this site for this classification. I also note the adjustments made to the area covered by the Green Wedge between that originally proposed by and that in the Deposit Plan and with the exception of the tentative retail designation of the Bridge House Farm parcel have no objections to these.

The granting of a green wedge in this open countryside between Llanmaes and Llantwit Major will help prevent ongoing development proposals which, if granted, would contradict Welsh planning policy and result in not only the loss of open countryside but the joining of town and village (which will fall under two separate boundaries with regards local council), impact the conservation area result in ongoing pressure for furtehr retail development along this strip of land. The criteria appear well met in order to support this proposal.

I SUPPORT THIS PROPOSAL IN THE HOPE THE LAND WILL BE PROTECTED FROM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT. IT WILL OFFER PROTECTION FROM INTRUSIONS INTO THE COUNTRYSIDE, IT WILL ALSO PROTECT AGAINST THE VISUAL AND PHYSICAL COALESCENCE OF A TOWN AND VILLAGE, IT WILL PROTECT THE SETTING OF THE LLANMAES CONSERVATION AREA AS PER THE ADOPTED MANAGEMENT PLAN

I am writing in response to the Replacement Local Development Plan (RLDP) consultation regarding proposals affecting Llanmaes.

Green Wedge – Land between Llantwit Major and Llanmaes Site ID 436 – Proposal Number DNP2(6)

I would like to express my support for the proposal to designate the land between the Village of Llanmaes and the Llantwit Major Bypass as a Green Wedge. Maintaining this land as protected open space is important in order to:

- Prevent the visual and physical coalescence of Llantwit Major and Llanmaes
- Protect the rural setting and landscape character of the area
- Preserve the setting of the Llanmaes Conservation Area
- Safeguard countryside from incremental development pressures

Designating this land as a Green Wedge is a sensible and necessary planning measure to ensure the long-term separation and identity of the two settlements and to maintain the character of the surrounding countryside.

Retail Development – Bridge House Farm
Site ID 379 – Proposal Number SP12(2)

I would like to register my objection to the proposed retail development at Bridge House Farm.

The proposed store would represent a significant and inappropriate intrusion into the countryside and would undermine the purpose of the proposed Green Wedge. In particular:

- The development would contribute to the visual and physical coalescence of Llantwit Major and Llanmaes.
- It would introduce a large-scale retail building and associated infrastructure into a sensitive rural setting.
- The proposal would be incongruous with the landscape character of the area and detrimental to the setting of the Llanmaes Conservation Area.
- The site lies outside the defined Strategic Growth Area, making it an unsuitable location for this type of development.

For these reasons I strongly urge the Council to reject the allocation of this site for retail development.

Thank you for considering these comments as part of the consultation process.

Keep designation.

I support the designation of the Green Wedge between Llanmaes and Llantwit Major (Site ID 436 – Proposal DNP2(6)). Protecting this land is important to prevent the visual and physical coalescence of the two settlements, maintain the rural character of the area, and preserve the setting of the Llanmaes Conservation Area.

I object to the proposed retail development at Bridge House Farm (Site ID 379 – Proposal SP12(2)). The scale and nature of the development would represent a significant intrusion into the countryside, contribute to the merging of Llantwit Major and Llanmaes, and be harmful to the landscape and the setting of the Llanmaes Conservation Area. The site is also outside the RLDP’s defined Strategic Growth Area.

For these reasons I urge the Council to support the Green Wedge designation and reject the retail allocation at Bridge House Farm.

A green wedge between Llantwit Major and Llanmaes is of the utmost importance.it would prevent unsuitable development, like the disputed Lidl supermarket proposal, if it was strictly adhered to by councillors as well as officers, who have done their best to protect Llanmaes from opportunistic decisions by ill informed elected members.

Please see my earlier comment. Green wedge between Llantwit Major and Llanmaes absolutely essential as is education for elected members to prevent them riding roughshod over council policies in a shift attempt to curry favour with certain Llantwit Najor residents.

I fully support the proposal of the green wedge North of the B4265 as this will protect against the visual and physical coalescence of the Town of Llantwit Major merging over the bypass road and creeping towards the protected Conservation Area of Llanmaes Village.

I strongly support this designation as it will
a) protect the visual and physical separation of urban town and rural village,
b) avoid further loss of rural open landscape and agricultural amenity as it is currently under pressure from proposals to build a retail site on the land,
c) protect the biodiversity of the area within and beyond this parcel of land.
This wedge identification scores a maximum for green wedge criteria as outlined by the Welsh Government. I support all appropriate aspects of the boundaries assigned by the RLDP except for the tentative retail site.

Conservation/Green Wedge Site ID 436. Proposal Number DNP2(6)
I fully support the adoption of this site as a green wedge between Llantwit and Llanmaes, in order to protect this area of rural land against urban encroachment and to prevent coalescence between the town of Llantwit ad the village of Llanmaes.
Retail - Land at Bridge House Farm Site ID 379, Proposal Number SP12 (2)
I completely disagree that this land should be used for retail purposes, because such a retail development would result in the very coalescence the community council seeks to prevent and would be out of keeping within the proposed green wedge.

As a resident of the village of Llanmaes for the last 37 years, I would like to make the following comments:
Flood Alleviation
There is a desperate need for not just a flood alleviation plan, but action to protect the residents of Llanmaes from the continuing effects of flooding in the area. More properties have been affected this year. Recently our own 400-year-old property, which has never been previously affected was subjected to a backlog of sewage from the main sewer in the road on which we live. Fortunately, a manhole on our drive gave way under the pressure, releasing water and sewage down the road. Otherwise, like other properties in the village we would be at risk of the property itself flooding with sewage.
I would call upon both the Vale of Glamorgan Council and the Welsh Government to come up with a coherent, joined up plan and solution to this long running problem and implement it with urgency.
No building should be allowed in the village until a solution has been completed, there is too much risk to existing properties.
Retail - Land at Bridge Farm House site ID 379 Proposal Number SP12(2)
This proposed development, currently subject to a 'Call In' by the Welsh government is at clashing odds with the village and rural community setting of Llanmaes. The large store and supporting structures and developments would be significant intrusions into the countryside and would result in the physical and visual coalescence of a small rural village with the town of Llantwit Major. It represents a significant intrusion into the countryside, is at odds with the proposal of a green wedge to protect the rural setting of the village and would be clearly detrimental to the Llanmaes Conservation Area. It is outside the RLDP's Strategic Growth Area.
Green Wedge/Conservation. Land Between Llantwit Major and Llanmaes Site D436 Proposal Number DNP2(6)
I would strongly support the proposal for a 'green wedge' for the land between the village of Llanmaes and the Llantwit major bypass, but this should also include the land currently under proposal for the above retail development site. This would protect this land from further hostile development proposals, protect the intrusion into the countryside and the setting of the Llanmaes Conservation Area and protect the village against physical and visual coalescence with a town, protecting its rural and village character. It would protect the setting of the Llanmaes Conservation Area as per the adopted Management Plan.
I would be grateful if these comments could be duly noted and considered.

I understand that the Draft Plan for the RLDP is now open for consultation. I would be grateful if my comments below would be included please.

Site ID 436 — Proposal Number DNP2(6)
Conservation / Green Wedge
I support the proposal for a green wedge conservation area protecting it from development.

Site ID 379 — Proposal Number SP12(2)
Retail — land at Bridge House Farm
My main concern is for the survival of the town of Llantwit Major and its small owner-managed shops, Post Office, chemists, charity shops, hairdressers, etc. And to some extent existing supermarkets. I am also concerned about maintaining green spaces and conservation areas as per the adopted Management Plan.
Building an ‘out of town’ supermarket will significantly and detrimentally affect footfall to the town centre — people who use the current town centre retail and hospitality opportunities simply will not visit as they will be parked away from them and will not return. The town will slowly die. Shops and other premises will be boarded up. Livelihoods will be lost.
Time-and-again we have seen many towns across Wales and the rest of the UK suffer. Simple desk-based research will reveal many.
Taking one town as an example — Chepstow. Tesco built a supermarket about 150 metres from Chepstow high street across a main road — not dissimilar to the situation in Llantwit Major / Llanmaes. Few now visit Chepstow high street so the town itself is dying. Shops and other premises have closed, remaining empty for years — and at a time when retail outlets are increasingly under pressure from on-line shopping.
The council and planners must do everything it can to ensure that Llantwit Major remains a vibrant and varying environment for generations to come — providing employment and facilities for all to enjoy.
Building out-of-town will destroy the community of Llantwit Major for ever.
Housing — land to the south of Millands Farm etc.

HG1(5), HG2(21) and HG2(3)
I am silent on this proposal

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, which I live in.

It is important to support villages and towns with the correct level of development. Green Wedges will help protect their identities and give protection to where development should not occur.