A key development site on the outskirts of Caerphilly town has been put up for sale.
The 5.15 acre parcel of land, just off the Penrhos roundabout, is mostly greenfield and falls outside Caerphilly County Borough, instead falling under the planning authority of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.
The land, subject to planning, is being marketing for a mixed-use scheme of new homes and restaurants.
The freehold interest in the land is being marketed by the Cardiff office of global property advisory firm Cushman and Wakefield.
According to the sales brochure, the site’s “potential for residential development is expected to improve in light of the consistently declining housing land supply in both Rhomdda Cynon Taf and Caerphilly County Borough, the boundary of which borders the site.
Yet another possible development which will add more traffic to the already overburdened infrastructure – welsh Government just haven’t got a clue
In my years since passing my test many many years ago I have seen a steady increase in vehicles on our roads, slowly roads have been adapted to cope with these cars. Today housing estates are being built with out a thought to the number of cars per household, all developers see is pound signs and so does welsh government when they get paid off by such companies. Its true welsh government, welsh labour government does not have a clue
There are planning regulations in place that state how many car parking spaces any new build house must have, ie a three bedroom house must have space for three cars, however housing developers know how to get around these parking rules.
Garages to small to open the car door whilst it’s inside is a good one.
Im sure they are making parking space smaller as well, cars are getting bigger while spaces are getting smaller.
Oddly enough if a new build house has a garage this does not count as an allocated car parking space, only available car parking spaces on a driveway are counted.
I didn’t know that.
pete you can get a few cars in my Garage
There used to be planning rules that stated one and a half parking spaces per dwelling. I am fairly certain that these rules have been quietly dropped. Also compare road width on new estates with those built in the 1940’s, much narrower, which adds to the localised pollution problem both from vehicles and household heating.
I built a house in 2015, to comply with planning regulation there had to be space the park three cars on the driveway as it is a three bed house, the rules still apply but large house building developers know how to get around the rules and exploit the loop holes, it’s all to do with points and points are added if the development is within a certain distance of things like a bus stop, a doctors, a cycle path, a school, the more points you can achieve the less car parking spaces you are required to provide, and perversely a garage does not count as a car parking space which is why a lot of garages attached to a new build aren’t big enough for a car because to a developer a garage is just a waste of space but it is an attractive feature to a would be buyer.
That is interesting information, thanks for supplying it. I was aware that big business house builders were getting around the old rules and assumed planning departments were not enforcing them.
What you write makes sense, the usual 21st century box ticking exercise to subvert what are sensible rules.
was not the A470 built 50 yrs ago out of date.
Actually no, the present course of the road was on the 18th century canal and the southern section was still in use for barge traffic fifty years before the road was built so the route was not available. My mother often travelled to school in the 1930’s on a narrow boat.
The A470 Pontypridd to Cardiff started back in the late 1969 so the A470 was not built for the volume of traffic that travel that road my question was it’s got to be 50yrs old it’s really out of date.
Congestion we live with it or build bigger better roads.
Or stop building housing estates all over our farmland, which is a lot more sensible.
That’s upto whatever council allows the building of new homes like I said before we have a shortage of properties in the UK and a shortage of social housing.
It’s down to the farmers or land owners who sell of green outside space to property developers.
And our Welsh government given approval.
But we do need new homes.
car regulations its 4 or 5 to a house now.
Paul why don’t you ask Edward at one time he had 4 cars at his house hold
good new we need them homes for every person.
Its good now, not new. You really are living im a dream world.
Thanks ed picking me up on a mistake look at yourself living I’m or is it (in? ?)
its good news.
Well why not? What’s another couple score of new houses to worry about? Throw in a shopping centre and high rise or two if you like.
Don’t worry about schools or traffic or anything like that, I’m sure us council tax payers will be happy to front up the cash. We could pick it off the money tree we keep in the Castle.
we need housing.
You need a big white house with a matching jackets.
He’s clearly a NIMBY – if he lived in the Caerphilly are he wouldn’t be so eager to accept these proposed developments.
NIMBY LOL Not In My Back Yard …. where i live has nothing to do with you… but i do live in Caerphilly have done all my life.
but i don’t want to stop anyone coming to live in Caerphilly like your mate Pete.
Forgot Caerphilly belongs to you John Coffi
You clearly dont understand the reasoning behind the comments – its not about stopping people coming to caerphilly – its about putting an already unsustainable infrastructure under more pressure with more houses and vehicles.
Yes we need more houses bit we also need the infrastructure to suppport that.
Oh – and empty vessels do make the most noise ……
Then CBC Need to sort it out. (that is the infrastructure )
Yes i do understand but you or me can stop this we need homes and they are coming homes today have 2-3-or 4 cars to a house can we stop that NO.
Pete has never said he wants to stop people coming to Caerphilly, you are making false allegations.
Back tracking again the words used that new British migrants at the borders that why we have a shortage of homes.
Where in this post does he mention british migrants?? Either its not there or these old eyes need testing again. I see the council has finished for today havd they?
Pete
Well I may have one now. You never know.
But let me tell you all are welcome.
No matter where they are from.
Iv got your number.