Our ref ATISN 14840 1 April 2021 Dear Request for Information – ATISN 14840 I wrote to you on 11 February and 24 March regarding your request for information. Please accept my apologies for the delay in providing you with this response. Your request Copies of all correspondence, emails, notes of telephone calls and attendance notes (“Documents”) in relation to the Builth Wells MX Track, Rhyd Blawd, Disserth, Powys, LD2 3TL site, or the Planning Application (9/0643/FUL) including documents that relate to Kirsty Williams MS and any comments or statements made about the site to residents or any communications about the site with representatives of Powys County Council. Our response I can confirm the Welsh Government holds some information caught by your request. The information we hold and which is being released to you is at Annex 1 to this letter. Some of this information is withheld from disclosure under Section 40, personal information, of the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Our reasoning for applying this exemption is at Annex 2 to this letter. The Welsh Government does not hold any Documents relating to Kirsty Williams MS, or any residents, regarding the planning application for Builth Wells MX Track. Next steps If you are dissatisfied with the Welsh Government’s handling of your request, you can ask for an internal review within 40 working days of the date of this response. Requests for an internal review should be addressed to the Welsh Government’s Freedom of Information Officer at: Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government Parc Cathays / Cathays Park CF10 3NQ Rydym yn croesawu derbyn gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg. Byddwn yn ateb gohebiaeth a dderbynnir yn Gymraeg yn Gymraeg ac ni fydd gohebu yn Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi. We welcome receiving correspondence in Welsh. Any correspondence received in Welsh will be answered in Welsh and corresponding in Welsh will not lead to a delay in responding. Information Rights Unit, Welsh Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff, CF10 3NQ or Email: [email protected]. Please remember to quote the ATISN reference number above. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. However, please note that the Commissioner will not normally investigate a complaint until it has been through our own internal review process. Yours sincerely ANNEX 1 CORRESPONDENCE WITH POWYS COUNTY COUNCIL 1. From: Planning Consultations Powys CC Sent: 26 July 2019 14:48 To: WG Transport Subject: New Planning Application Notification 19/0643/FUL Please see attached a letter regarding consultation on the above application. 2. Pennaeth Eiddo, Cynllunio a Gwarchod y Cyhoedd Head of Property, Planning and Public Protection WG - Highways Directorate North & Mid Wales Trunk Road Network Manager Local Government And Communities, Y Bont, Sarn Mynach, Llandudno Junction, Conwy, LL31 9RZ County Hall, Spa Road East, Llandrindod Wells, LD1 5LG Our Ref: 19/0643/FUL Date: 26 July 2019 Direct Line: XXX Email: [email protected] Dear Sir/Madam, Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012 (as amended) Consultation Application Ref: 19/0643/FUL Grid Ref: E: 305789 N: 255966 Proposal: Formation of motorcycle scramble track; Erection of a building for use as Motor-Cross Experience Centre with associated parking area; Use of land as overspill car parking area; Siting of 6 no. holiday lodges and associated works; Erection of a building for use as a yoga studio; Installation of 3 no. foul water drainage receptacles and soakaways; Alterations to existing roadways and improvements to 2 no. highway entrances Location: Land At Rhydblawd Farm, Disserth, Builth Wells Powys LD2 3TL The above application is now available to view on the Council’s website (http://pa.powys.gov.uk/online-applications/). After accepting the terms and conditions please follow the online instructions to view the case. Notice is hereby given that any observations you may wish to make must be returned to me within 21 days of date of this letter. If this is not done it will be assumed that you do not wish to comment and the application will proceed to determination. Please note that comments must be made in writing and that such comments will be held on a file that will become open to public inspection. Please direct all consultation responses for Powys County Council’s Planning Department to [email protected] rather than to named individuals, including the planning reference, 19/0643/FUL, within the email subject. 3. From: WG Transport Sent: 30 July 2019 08:38 To: WG Transport Subject: FW: New Planning Application Notification 19/0643/FUL Please see attached planning application from Powys CC. Please can you provide operational advice by 14 August 2019 4. From: Planning Consultations Powys CC Sent: 26 July 2019 14:48 To: WG Transport Subject: New Planning Application Notification 19/0643/FUL Please see attached a letter regarding consultation on the above application. 5. Pennaeth Eiddo, Cynllunio a Gwarchod y Cyhoedd Head of Property, Planning and Public Protection WG - Highways Directorate North & Mid Wales Trunk Road Network Manager Local Government And Communities Y Bont, Sarn Mynach, Llandudno Junction, Conwy, LL31 9RZ County Hall, Spa Road East, Llandrindod Wells, LD1 5LG Our Ref: 19/0643/FUL Date: 26 July 2019 Direct Line: XXX Email: [email protected] Dear Sir/Madam, Town and Country Planning Act 1990 Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012 (as amended) Consultation Application Ref: 19/0643/FUL Grid Ref: E: 305789 N: 255966 Proposal: Formation of motorcycle scramble track; Erection of a building for use as Motor-Cross Experience Centre with associated parking area; Use of land as overspill car parking area; Siting of 6 no. holiday lodges and associated works; Erection of a building for use as a yoga studio; Installation of 3 no. foul water drainage receptacles and soakaways; Alterations to existing roadways and improvements to 2 no. highway entrances Location: Land At Rhydblawd Farm, Disserth, Builth Wells Powys LD2 3TL The above application is now available to view on the Council’s website (http://pa.powys.gov.uk/online-applications/). After accepting the terms and conditions please follow the online instructions to view the case. Notice is hereby given that any observations you may wish to make must be returned to me within 21 days of date of this letter. If this is not done it will be assumed that you do not wish to comment and the application will proceed to determination. Please note that comments must be made in writing and that such comments will be held on a file that will become open to public inspection. Please direct all consultation responses for Powys County Council’s Planning Department to [email protected] rather than to named individuals, including the planning reference, 19/0643/FUL, within the email subject. 6. Development Control, Powys County Council, The Gwalia, Ithon Road, Llandrindod Wells, LD1 6AA Eich cyf / Your ref 19/0643/FUL Ein cyf / Our ref 19/NM-2319 30 October 2019 Dear Sir/Madam, TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING (DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT PROCEDURE) (WALES) ORDER 2012: Land At Rhydblawd Farm, Disserth, Builth Wells Powys LD2 3TL Formation of motorcycle scramble track; Erection of a building for use as Motor-Cross Experience Centre with associated parking area; Use of land as overspill car parking area; Siting of 6 no. holiday lodges and associated works; Erection of a building I refer to your consultation of 26ᵗʰ July 2019 regarding the above application, and advise that the Welsh Government as highway authority for the A483 trunk road directs that planning permission is not granted at this time as the applicant has provided insufficient information to determine the application. The applicant must provide the following information to support this application or resubmit the application with the following details; 1) The proposed operational activity would create a concentration of turning movements from the A483 where queuing would occur increasing the risk of collisions at the junction. 2) The visibility provided at the existing junction does not meet the design standard required in the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges GG123. If you have any further queries, please forward to the following Welsh Government Mailbox [email protected] 7. From: Planning Consultations Powys CC Sent: 03 February 2020 10:44 To: WG Transport Subject: Hysbysiad Gwybodaeth Diwygiedig 19/0643/FUL / Amended Information Notification 19/0643/FUL Gweler llythyr yn amgaeedig o ran ail-ymgynghori ar y cais uchod. Please find attached a letter regarding re-consultation on the above application. 8. Name - Pennaeth Eiddo, Cynllunio a Gwarchod y Cyhoedd Head of Property, Planning and Public Protection WG - Highways Directorate North & Mid Wales Trunk Road Network Manager Local Government And Communities Y Bont Sarn Mynach Llandudno Junction Conwy, LL31 9RZ Neuadd y Sir/County Hall Spa Road East Llandrindod Wells, LD1 5LG Ein Cyf/Our Ref: 19/0643/FUL 3 February 2020 Line: XXX E-bost/Email: [email protected] Annwyl Syr/Madam, YMGYNGHORIAD AR GYNIGION DIWYGIEDIG Cyfeirnod: 19/0643/FUL Cyfeirnod Grid: E: 305789 N: 255966 Cynnig: Formation of motorcycle scramble track; Erection of a building for use as Motor-Cross Experience Centre with associated parking area; Use of land as overspill car parking area; Siting of 6 no. holiday lodges and associated works; Erection of a building for use as a yoga studio; Installation of 3 no. foul water drainage receptacles and soakaways; Alterations to existing roadways and improvements to 2 no. highway entrances Cyfeiriad y Safle: Land At Rhydblawd Farm, Disserth, Builth Wells, Powys LD2 3TL Rydym yn eich cynghori fod y manylion diwygiedig wedi cael eu cyflwyno ac y gellir eu gweld yn awr ar wefan y Cyngor (http://pa.powys.gov.uk/online- applications/).