Urban village plans in pipeline for Felindre tinplate site
A NEW “urban village” could be built on land near the former tinplate works at Felindre.
The Welsh Government has said it will carry out a feasibility study on a 250-acre site it owns north of junction 46 of the M4.
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Edwina Hart
The plan is to create a development of social and private housing, schools and “community facilities” on the greenfield site.
The results of the feasibility study will be submitted to Swansea Council as part of the consultation process on the authority’s local development plan, or LDP, which closes in October.
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Welsh Government Business Minister Edwina Hart said: “The feasibility study into proposals for a new sustainable urban village will outline broad land uses for the site.
“The information from the study is needed to help inform any future decision and is a vital piece of work to take these proposals to the next stage.”
There is no indication as yet as to how many houses the scheme would include.
The proposed new village would be next to the site of the former Felindre tinplate works — the 150 acre brownfield site, which is owned by Swansea Council, and has planning permission for offices and light industrial units.
Infrastructure work is due to begin on the site early next year.
A spokesman for Swansea Council confirmed the authority had received an application from Cardiff Bay as part of the LDP process.
He said: “We have received a Candidate Site Application from the Welsh Government and we are aware they are commissioning some research in support of that application. We look forward to on-going discussions with the Welsh Government about it.”
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Comments
by westcoastswan
Tuesday, September 04 2012, 12:37AM
“shouldn't wag sort out and finish sa1 urban village first !!!!!!!!!”
by Dan01
Monday, September 03 2012, 5:22PM
“williamwaun, please stop moaning!”
by williamwaun
Monday, September 03 2012, 4:29PM
“Moan Moan Moan”
by huwwuh
Monday, September 03 2012, 4:14PM
“Why not use it for travellers? Ideal site right next to the M4 and no neighbours to complain.”
by Dan01
Monday, September 03 2012, 3:53PM
“These purpose built villages usually end up as ghetoes rather than communities. e.g. Tircoed Village near nowhere (between Penllergaer & Pontlliw) built in the middle of a forest. Initially there were to be shops and a pub, one of which lasted months and the other never materialised. The new developments in Swansea Vale (hundreds if not thousands of houses) have no community facilities, you can drive around for ages without seeing a soul. What constitutes a town v village? Mumbles, Penclawdd, Gorseinon, Bishopston, Pontlliw, are all villages, yet Pontarddulais Town is smaller then many of those. Morristo(w)n must be a town of sorts, but what about Clydach or Pontardawe?”
by Stork
Monday, September 03 2012, 12:48PM
“This won't be a village, it'll be a small town. The policy nowadays for social housing, is to "cram 'em in", due to the usual high cost of building land. The density of private housing is not much better, and depending on how much of the 250 acres is built upon, we're talking of possibly hundreds of houses.”