Category: Community Council News

WENVOE LITTER PICK

If anyone doubted whether it was worth doing a litter-pick around Wenvoe our first organised litter-pick will have proved them wrong with 10 bags filled in just an hour. Not only does it improve the appearance of an area but it can improve safety. We found broken glass on the pavement outside the school, on Grange Park and in the tunnel and both people and animals can be at risk. Our thanks to Keep Wales Tidy for help in getting this programme off the ground but particularly to those who turned out on a miserable drizzly day to do the collecting. Look out for notices in Whats On and on the noticeboards for our next session.

 

 

 

 

June Planning Applications

 

Planning

• Port Road, west side near the Barry Dock link road. Woodland maintenance work. No objection

• 9, Tarrws Close, Construction of a first floor extension over the existing kitchen. No objections were raised.

• Brooklands Retail Park. To reduce the growth of four 4 poplar trees and remove one popular tree fronting Brooklands Terrace. No objection.

• Mary Immaculate High School, Caerau Lane. The erection of two temporary classrooms on existing car park. Extension to existing car park to accommodate 42 extra parking spaces subject to legal restrictions to prevent any future planning approval for residential use. No objections

 

 

June Planning Updates

Planning updates

The following applications have been approved

• Typica Farm, Station Road East. Works to trees on grounds of highway safety.

• Land at Burdons Farm. Proposed installation of a 27m lattice mast, supporting 3 No. antenna 2 No. 600mm dishes together with associated cabinets and ancillary development.

• Unit 2a. Brooklands Terrace Retail Park. Non material amendment – Proposed alterations to units 2A/2B, including new service pod, and alterations to roof, elevations, car parking and external areas in order to accommodate requirements of new user -Aldi store food retailer at Units 2A/2B

• Land at the Rectory, Port Road., Discharge of Condition 17 – Watercourse Protection MS. Development of 12 dwellings and associated infrastructure. Redrow Homes Limited.

• Land south of Wenvoe and East of Port Road. Discharge of Condition 3 – New access, parking area and internal pathways to serve proposed allotments.

 

Progress continues on the proposed Community Centre extension to incorporate the library. Final drawing required incorporating suggested amendments awaited.

It is expected that the Old Port Road beyond the Walston Castle should receive its’ first annual cut soon.

There is increased concern now the new controlled junction at Port Road/Brooklands Terrace is operating, about the amount of traffic passing through the village at peak times to avoid the delays on Port Road. Traffic surveys and review of the sequence times of the lights will be reviewed. Making the village an access only area is almost impossible to enforce. Any no entry, one-way systems etc may deter through traffic but would equally apply to village residents.

A survey of stiles which would need replacing with kissing gates to allow easy access to the Wenvoe Orchards was submitted to the council. This will be presented to the Vale.

The footpath between Twyn-yr-Odyn and The Downs is becoming impossible to use due to overgrowth and will be reported to the Vale.

May Planning Applications

Planning

• 11, Vishwell Road. Proposed works including ground floor extension to form new living room, garage extension with new roof, first floor conservatory and loft extension with side dormer for staircase and rear dormer. The council were concerned for the privacy of neighbours with a conservatory on the roof of the extension and a balcony on the 2nd floor, hence did not support the application.

• Land South of Wenvoe and East of Port Road, Wenvoe. New access, parking area and internal pathways to serve proposed allotments. The applicant seeks to extend the present planning approval by a further two years. Supported.

• Woodview, Garn Farm, Wenvoe. The bungalow was built with an agricultural occupancy condition. The present owner, not meeting the conditions are seeking to vary the order. With no valid reason to alter the situation the council did not to support the application.

• Brooklands Retail Park, Culverhouse Cross. Proposed new Starbucks drive-through unit located adjacent to the road nearest Culverhouse Cross. The development would involve the loss of one third of the parking spaces. With the new Aldi store to open soon and the possibility of the two empty stores being occupied the council considered there would be insufficient parking remaining and would not support the application.

• Dyffryn Springs, St Lythans Road, Dyffryn. Construction of a building to serve as a wedding venue. The application seeks to replace the present marquee with a building based on wooden barn design. The council supported the application subject to legal restrictions to prevent any future planning approval for residential use

May Planning Updates

Planning updates

The following applications have been approved.

• 5, Grange Avenue, Wenvoe. Demolition of existing flat roof extension and the proposed rear extension

• Little Hamston, Dyffryn. Extension to the rear of the house which falls under permitted development

• Land West of Port Road, – Redrow development. Wenvoe. Discharge of Conditions 10 – Reserved Matters and Non-material Amendment-Seeking an extension of time to Condition 2 for a one year period.

 

The annual accounts were presented and approved.

No police representative attended the latest Council meeting. A report listed eight local incidents during the last 30 days.

 

NEWYDD HOUSING ASSOCIATION PRESS RELEASE

£2.1million rural housing in Wenvoe gets approval

A development of fifteen affordable homes, with spectacular views of Cardiff, has received planning permission.

Newydd Housing Association has received approval to build 6 one bedroom apartments and 9 two bedroom houses to meet affordable housing need in the small hamlet of Twyn-yr-Odyn, which lies south west of Culverhouse Cross close to Wenvoe and St Lythans.

Located on the brownfield site of a former bus depot and vehicle repairs centre, stunning views of Castell Coch, the Caerphilly mountain range and key Cardiff landmarks will be seen from the proposed rear gardens.

The look of the £2.1million housing development will be equally as striking. The design team have ensured that the scheme will be in-keeping with the history and character of its rural surroundings by proposing to use reconstituted stone and colourful render to give the development a village feel.

Using grant from the Welsh Government supported by the Vale of Glamorgan Council to keep rents affordable, together with private finance, Newydd hopes that construction will begin before the end of 2017, with the aim of offering these brand new homes for affordable rent early 2019.

As part of the planning consent Newydd will also be undertaking a series of traffic calming measures along St Lythans Road following comments received during public consultation with the local community.

Cllr Colin Thomas, Chair of Wenvoe Community Council said, “We welcome the provision of extra affordable housing in the eastern part of the rural Vale and particularly on this brownfield site.”

These homes will be available for affordable rent and are being developed to address local housing need, priority will be given to applicants with a connection to the local community. Residents with an interest in renting one of these properties should register with Homes4U, the affordable housing register for the county.

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