REFERENCE: P/18/1006/FUL APPLICANT: Persimmon Homes West Wales Dragon House, Parc y Ddraig, Penllergaer Business Park, Swansea SA4 9HJ LOCATION: Former Ysgol Bryn Castell site, Llangewydd Road, Bridgend CF31 4JP PROPOSAL: Residential development of 127 dwellings and associated infrastructure RECEIVED: 19 December 2018 SITE INSPECTED: 25 January 2019 & 05 July 2019 APPLICATION/SITE DESCRIPTION The application seeks full planning permission for the erection of 127 dwellings on the former ‘Ysgol Bryn Castell’ school site, Cefn Glas, Bridgend. The proposed development area comprises an irregular shaped parcel of land that covers an area of approximately 3.7 hectares. The site is specifically allocated for residential development under the provisions of policy COM2 (7) of the Bridgend Local Development Plan, adopted 2013. In terms of site context the application site comprises the grounds of the former ‘Ysgol Bryn Castell’ school site that has previously been demolished at the site under application ref.no. P/15/457/DPN. Whilst the site previously comprised a mixture of educational buildings ranging between 1 and 4 storeys in height, the ground is now predominantly a mixture of hard standing and grassed areas with a number of individual trees and groups of trees scattered over the site. A number of rubble mounds are also present on the site following the demolition of the school buildings. There are a number of trees on the boundaries of the site which are covered by a Tree Preservation Order (TPO). A peripheral, linear tree belt is located along the southern and southwestern boundaries of the site adjacent to Llangewydd Road. These are protected by BCBC Tree Preservation Order No.3 (1954). The boundaries of the site are also largely defined by perimeter fencing. 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