Comment for planning application 2015/00249/FUL

Land to the East of St. Nicholas

Development of 101 houses and associated open space vehicular and pedestrian access landscaping and infrastructure, including the demolition of Emmaville

7 Ger Y Llan, St Nicholas,CF5 6SY

A development of 101 houses would significantly increase the size of the core village by 70% and 131% on the north side by 31% and be an excessively dense development of 101 houses at 27.7 houses per hectare. The proposed development would have a serious adverse impact for all those properties on the existing residential amenity, particularly with regard to privacy, overlooking, security, noise and disturbance. This represents a massive scale of development which is wholly disproportionate for a small rural settlement. It would not be of an appropriate scale which respects the existing character of the village. Such development would not make a positive contribution to the local environment. There is no overriding need for housing development, particularly affordable housing, in St Nicholas or the East Vale. St Nicholas does not have the capacity to accommodate this proposed development without its having an unacceptable effect on its character.