Cwrt-y-Gollen News

Public Meetings

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0000

January 2008 Public Meetings

There will opportunities in January for everyone to see the current proposals for the Cwrt y Gollen development at public displays to be held in Glangrwyney and Crickhowell.

The display in Glangrwyney will be in the village hall on January 14th from 7pm to 9.30pm. Members of the Vale of Grwyney Community Council will be on hand to discuss your reactions to the proposals and to note your comments.

The display will then move to Crickhowell and will be in the CRiC building on Saturday and Sunday 19th and 20th January, during normal CRiC opening times. Saturday 10.00am to 4 pm and Sunday 10.00am to 1pm.

All welcome.

A copy of the Development Brief will be posted on this webiste soon and copies will also be available for inspection in Crickhowell Library and at the display venues.

Vision Document Updated

Tue, 04 Dec 2007 12:04:00 +0000

The Vision Document has now been uploaded in its entirety as one document for ease of use.

It can be found under the Reports section of this website.

The next meeting of the Steering Group takes place this Friday at which Crickhowell Estates' latest version of the Development Principles will be discussed. It is hoped that this will be available for public comment early in the new year.

Update - 18th November 2007

Sun, 18 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The Vision Document is now complete and has been published. There is a version on this site - see Reports - and copies in the library in Crickhowell.

The next stage is the production of the Development Principles. Crickhowell Estates presented their first draft of this document at the last Steering Group meeting held on 13th November.

It is currently being examined by Powys CC, Crickhowell Town and Vale of Grwyney Community Councils and feedback will be provided at the next Steering Group Meeting on the 7th December.

Crickhowell Town and Vale of Grwyney Community Councils are considering the best course of action to obtain public reaction and comment to this document.

Watch this space for more news..................

Second Visioning Workshop

Mon, 01 Oct 2007 10:01:00 +0000

Second Workshop - latest news.

The second workshop was held at Cwrt y Gollen on 21st September. The main purpose was to discuss the Vision Document prepared for Crickhowell Estates by LDA Design. This sets out to describe the 'vision' of what CyG should be in a series of statements. They are, at this stage, often rather bland, but nevertheless there are some important points for residents to note.

Due to technical problems we have been unable to upload the Vision Document onto the website - we hope this will be remedied shortly. In the meantime, copies may be seen at the Public Library in Crickhowell or by emailing David Thomas at david.f.thomas@btinternet.com you can receive a pdf file of it by return email.

For a report of the workshop see Barry Orton's report in the Reports section of this website.

If you have any comments please either email them as above or preferably leave a message on the Message Board - this way more people will see what you have to say.

Aerial views added

Thu, 16 Aug 2007 08:16:00 +0000

Aerial views of the site have been provided by Crickhowell Estates and these are now available to be downloaded on the 'Papers' section of this site.

This view shows the site from the north east. The redline indicates the whole area owned by Crickhowell Estates, but building will only be allowed in the areas shown on the UDP map (see below). The whole area to the 'front' of the site (i.e.along the A40 and back to the line of the current buildings) will remain as open space.

There is also a map of the site extracted from the Unitary Development Plan of the Brecon Beacons National Park. This shows the different areas of the site and what development will be allowed on them.

The green area will remain as green space and building will be allowed on the brown and blue areas.

To see the map and pictures full size click on 'Papers' on the left hand column and you can download the files you want.

First Visioning Workshop held at CyG

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:11:00 +0000

The Visioning Workshop was held at CyG on 9th July.

Attendees from the communities were:- Mike Davies, David Thomas, David Sharman and Graham Makepeace from VoGCC, Belinda Reynolds, Jo Brown and Barry Orton from Glangrwyney, Peter Lusted from Llangenny. Geoff Powell, Crickhowell Town Council, Tony D'Anna from Crick 21, Ray Grenfell, Local Traders Association and Mark Keen from the local police force.

John Morris - our local Powys County Councillor and Rosemary Harris, representing the Board of Powys CC also particpiated.

We were split into groups to consider aspects of the development and its impact on our communities under the following broad headings:-

Environment - how will the development affect the environment and what can be done to protect it?

Transport - what will be the impact on transport in the area, what is needed?

Employment - how can we create employment locally for the additional people on the development?

Community Benefits - what benefits will it bring and what else is needed?

This will all be brought together as a working paper by the developer's designers for discussion by the Steering Group in August. There will be a chance for everyone to comment at a public meeting in early September before another workshop later the same month.

Report on the Public Meeting at Glangrwyney July 2nd

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0000

The Public Meeting on 2nd July at Glangrwyney was well attended with around 100 people there.

David Thomas, Vale of Grwyney Community Councillor, outlined the current situation with the UDP (see webpage "Cwrt y Gollen - 2nd July Public Meeting") and how it affects CyG.

Geoff Powell, Mayor of Crickhowell and County Councillor John Morris also spoke emphasising the need, now, to engage with the developer to try and ensure that the development does not adversely affect the local communities and that we get as much as we can for the local communities in terms of 'Planning Gain'. ('Planning Gain' is effectively the money that the developer has to put aside for local community projects - for example sports facilities, or a youth centre.)

There followed a lively discussion with many people airing their views about the development. Minutes of the meeting are also posted on the Cwrt y Gollen 2nd July webpage.

There was a Visioning Workshop held at Cyg on 9th July and information about that will be posted shortly.

History

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 08:03:00 +0000

The Cwrt y Gollen Development is a proposed devlopment on the former army camp situated between Crickhowell and Glangrwyney. The size of the devlopment has been opposed by the local councils - Crickhowell Town and the Vale of Grwyney - but, at the last public enquiry into the Brecon Beacons Unitary Development Plan, the Inspector upheld the decision to go ahead with the development, although without stating the number of houses.

As a result the two councils have persuaded the Brecon Beacons National Park Authority to set up a consultation process. This consists of a Steering Committee, chaired by BBNPA and comprising representatives of Powys and Monmouthshire County Councils, Crickhowell and Vale of Grwyney Community Councils and the developer. Its remit is to manage the consultation process and to monitor the production of a Site Development Brief by the developer which will in turn be approved by the BBNPA Planning Committee. This will form the basis for the design of the new development. It is planned that the consultation process will continue throughout the detailed design phase as well.