THE DEVELOPMENT of more housing in Llangefni is set to come before planners.
A full application for the erection of 31 residential dwellings will be considered by Anglesey County Council.
The housing is ‘Phase Six’ of a larger housing scheme to develop land at Ty’n Coed/Parc y Coed.
The full housing allocation was estimated to have a total capacity of 144 dwellings and the latest phase will provide a housing mix of 31 homes.
According to the developers 90% of the homes already built as part of the wider project have been purchased by locals on the housing ladder for the first time.
The latest development site is located on the west side of the roundabout between Ffordd Talwrn and Ffordd Cyngar just north of the town centre of Llangefni.
The submission concerns an 80 hectare area of agricultural land and has been made by Parkfield Homes Ltd.
Concerns have been raised about the impact on red squirrels, birds and wildlife, loss of mature trees and hedge rows, as well as construction noise and local residents’ disruption.
In correspondence, presented in the plans, on person had stated that they “appreciated” that new housing stock was needed for the area’s “ever increasing population,” but added that they could “recall the commencement of the Parc y Coed development in 2018”.
“We endured many agonising years of disruption from construction and site machinery creating a daily cloud of fine brown dust,” they wrote.
Another response came from “keen bird watchers” claiming they had “spent many years” encouraging a wide range of birds, including nut hatches, great spotted woodpeckers as well as red squirrels to come and feed in their garden.
They had called for more “clarity” over the loss of trees and hedgerows, but had agreed that one of the trees with ash dieback would “benefit” from being removed.
They had also “wanted assurances” that the tree would be replaced, to provide “privacy” and “enough coverage for nesting birds”.
Regarding trees and hedges, flora and fauna, the applicants arboreal report included details of proposed tree and hedge management, including periodical inspections, cutting back ash dieback, removal of damaged and dying trees, hedge trimming with hedge gaps being re-planted, and temporary protective fencing around placed retained trees.
The applicants had also concluded, in the plans, that after a consultation with the public, local members and specialist bodies, there was “only minimal local objection to the proposed development with no objections raised from any of the specialist consultees”.
The plans said: “Estate agents told us that there was strong interest in future phases of the Parc y Coed development for two, and three-bedroom dwellings, however the strongest demand was for four-bedroom homes.”
They added that “90% of sales on the development so far had been purchased by local first time buyers”.