Local Development Plan

Here is a statement from R&MCC and its partners in the NW Cardiff Group on the draft Deposit Plan. We have serious concerns about element of the LDP and are preparing a thorough response to the next consultation which is expected to start in early October 2013.

Despite the demographic forecasts being reduced, plans for development in our area are still unchanged. This plan will be placed before the County Council in September for approval.

The LDP for Cardiff West (Radyr, and Pentrebane) can be found on the following website – click the link

http://www.cardiff.gov.uk/content.asp?nav=2870,3139,5845,6558&parent directory_id=2865

Click here to read the draft Deposit Plan.

Click here to read the Edge Analysis showing that the population growth is lower than expected and the revised number of dwellings should be reduced from 45,400 to 41,100 over the period 2006 to 2026. It is proposed that 5000 new dwellings be built on the farm land that links Radyr and Fairwater and across to St Fagans.

Transportation is a key to the success of this plan and to date CCC have not been able to demonstrate any new road system,(especially to avoid bottleneck at Llandaff), rail links or new bus routes. This is their proposals –

Extract from the Cardiff County Council’s Transportation Plan for the future !!!

2.9.2 These conclusions have important implications for the LDP and the transport

measures that will be required to support new development. These include:

·Any significant urban expansion must be supported by measures to facilitate and

encourage a shift from the car to sustainable modes of travel;

Developments envisaged within the LDP Preferred Strategy must be fully integrated

with the transport network and supported by attractive and practical sustainable

travel options which make it easy for car trips to be replaced with public transport,

walking and cycling;

To achieve a mode split of 50:50 in 2026 for all trips on Cardiff’s transport network, it

will be necessary to achieve a significant modal shift in movements (all trip purposes)

generated by the existing settlement/population; and The provision of some additional

road capacity will also be required where the scale of development makes this is unavoidable.

In short CCC solution is to open the disused railway line between Fairwater and Creigiau and open an access at Junction 33 on the M4 from Llantrisant Road or walk or cycle or stay at home.