LLANILLTERN : A NEW VILLAGE ON OUR DOORSTEP By County Cllr Graham Thomas The new Persimmon Homes development on Llantrisant Road is underway and many residents are contacting me wanting to know what is going to happen over the coming years as this grows. Llanilltern village, as it will be known, playing fields, green areas, and DROP-IN SESSIONS is an entirely brand new village on much more. The map shows how all Come and see the plans land which was agreed as part of the this will be laid out on site including Local Development Plan. Many of us the phasing starting at 1 with the Creigiau Church Hall opposed the LDP over many years residential houses off Llantrisant Sun 8th April / Sun 22nd April but unfortunately that battle is lost Road and a signal junction at the Between 10am. and 2pm and building has started. Ultimately bottom of Robin Hill. this new development will consist of During meetings with Persimmon Pentyrch Village Hall 1500 homes, a 2-form per year Directors, they estimate building Sun 8th April / Sun 22nd April primary school, a business district, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Between 2.30pm and 5.30pm 1 The Proposed Road Layout at Robin Hill Creigiau rates of approx. 100-120 houses per through the site to Creigiau is a so great, I would be very year, including 1 or 2 bed SINC (Site of Importance for Nature disappointed if we don’t win some of apartments, and 2,3 and 4 bed Conservation) and will be kept but these applications. Please see houses. Work on phase 1 of these made accessible for walkers, etc. www.persimmonhomes.com/charity. houses will be starting very shortly. Much of the site is ancient woodland I am organising a couple of drop-in The new primary school is required and thus the site will have an sessions in Creigiau Church Hall on to be built by the time of the 500th unusually high ratio of green space Sunday 8th and Sunday 22nd April, house occupation. There is no retained. between 10am and 2pm , whereby secondary school in this Local impact has already been residents can come along and view development (there is at Plasdwr), dramatic with the removal of the the plans in more detail. The but the developers are making a hedges all along the stretch. This Pentyrch Community Council will £1.25million contribution to was because the road is being also be supporting so come along secondary education. substantially widened to allow for and chat to us. Any questions or There will be a park and ride for filter lanes and cycles ways. A concerns that we cannot answer we 1000 cars which will be accessible commitment has been given that the will take up with the developers or from J33 of the M4 (250 places by new hedges will be planted. A 12- Cardiff Council. I have also set up a the 500th house occupation, month programme of works, from regular Liaison Committee involving ultimately 750 places), and also off March 2018, on the existing highway myself, Cllr Gavin Hill-John, Llantrisant Road, via a new spine is required to make the gateway / Pentyrch Community Council, road through the new development entrance works, including making a Cardiff Council and Persimmon. We (250 places). Access to the signal junction at Robin Hill and need to have good lines of motorway will be via a bus gate only, another entrance further along the communications so that we can so NO motorway access from A4119. This will likely mean a single follow progress closely and address Llantrisant Road. The buses will run lane on Llantristant Road for this any issues quickly as they arise. down the A4232 and into Cardiff period while works are conducted. If you are unable to attend either from Culverhouse Cross. Details still Persimmon have also given us drop-in session, or simply want to being worked on but Cardiff aim to notice that a major new gas pipe is ask me a question, please email on make this a very affordable service required which will run to Pentyrch [email protected] or to encourage use. Persimmon are along Heol Pant Y Gored. by phone 07805 850812. required to contribute £2.25m as a Unfortunately this will involve up to bus subsidy to connect the park and 12 months of roadworks along this Ladies Badmington ride to Cardiff city centre. stretch starting in May 2018. We will Ladies Interested in playing The spine road shown on map will work with all parties to keep the Badminton, why not come along to be a widened road with a 2.4m impacts as low as possible. the Pentyrch Village Hall on a verge and so that it can allow for a I would encourage any local Wednesday from 8pm till 9.30pm. future Metro Transport Link. At the organisations or sports groups We play every Wednesday apart moment, there are no further details looking for funding to apply to from first Wednesday in the month of the Metro, only a commitment that Persimmon, as they allocate up to which is WI. room is being left. We don’t know for £2000 per month for community All ages welcome and we can lend example whether this will be a bus groups, and £750 per month for you a racket. or tram, but that is for future sports groups. This is shared across If you are interested you call in one discussions. The old railway line Wales but as the impacts here are Wednesday or contact Ann on 20891567. 2 Councillors PCC Budget & Precept 2018-19 Telecom Mast We are delighted to welcome Dr Each January, Community and There is no news on this. The Peter Jones as a PCC member for Town Councils have to agree a developer is still to come forward to the Creigiau Ward. There was a budget for the coming financial year arrange a meeting for residents. vacancy left from the May election and then set a Precept. The and Peter was co-opted at our Precept is the amount of money the change the planning consent that January 2018 meeting. council requests from its residents has already been granted but what via council tax. It is collected for us we can do is to be aware of PCC Workforce by Cardiff and paid to PCC in April. development issues before they Over the last few years, PCC has happen and to keep residents aware kept its Precept down, being of the changes through our website, sensitive to the economic problems Facebook pages and through the we all face. However, this has Community Link rather caught up with us. We are In the next couple of months you will required by the Welsh Audit Office to receive a survey from the hold financial reserves. These Community Council asking your general reserves should be a household’s opinion of what you minimum of 25% of our gross annual want the Council to provide within expenditure. We now find that our our villages. It is important to general reserve is too low as our complete and return the survey to In case you don’t know them, we’d expenditure has increased. That guide the Council on setting its like to introduce you to Colin Davies increase is partly to pay pension business plan for the coming years. and Gary Welsby. They work for contributions for our four members Councillors have been attending PCC, and so for you!, maintaining of staff. Over the years, no pension training sessions to help them keep our land. PCC owns and manages has been paid but this changed at up to date and widen their some 300 acres so that is quite a lot the end of our last financial year. knowledge of things like planning, to keep in good order. You may see Welsh Government expects all law, finance, employment. They are them out and about in our silver councils like PCC to become your elected representatives but Toyota with the PCC logo on the increasingly professional and has unpaid so all the work they do is in side, cutting grass, picking litter, introduced more things that we have their own time. None of the PCC mending fences, making fallen trees to do to run the council at the new members claims the £150/year safe, repairing benches, and higher standards. This has allowance that is now available to trimming hedges. They often go out increased the workload on the office community councillors. of their way to help residents with staff and the hours of both the Clerk After much discussion and reviewing problems they can fix quickly. Our and Admin Assistant have risen draft budgets in our November and community couldn’t manage without recently. December meetings, PCC set the them. As the services provided by Cardiff following budget and Precept at its continue to be cut, PCC wants to be January 2018 meeting. The budget Grants ready to do what it can to keep up for 2018-19 is £150,783 with a Since the last edition of the and if we can, improve standards in Precept of £143,000. There’s no Community Link, grant applications our communities. question that this is a sizable from within the Community Council We have set up a new Planning increase from last year and before. area were considered at the Committee. With the very long and Below is a table that shows how December 2017 meeting. We detailed applications for the big new your Council Tax will increase and awarded: housing developments along the while the percentage change is big Creigiau Cricket Club: the absolute increase in £/year is £150.00 for coaching equipment A4119 it is important that we have small.