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He was my  uncle, married to Aunt Gwendolen, my dad's (Gwilym Jenkins)sister. I saw his Lonsdale paperweight belt. When my sister and I went to Wales to see Aunt Gwendolen the Belt had pride of place on her mantlepiece. We sadly never met Billy but I attach a  photo of him at my Granca's (Daniel Jenkins) third Wedding! (so I've been told) in my family album. Billy is 3rd from the left on the back row and my aunt is 4th from the left
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Irene

CONSULTATION
Transportation Section - no objection subject to conditions.
Land Reclamation and Engineering - no objection subject to conditions.
Public Health and Protection - comments on demolition, hours of construction operations, noise, dust and waste.
Education and Children Services - as this development is relatively small and there is some spare capacity in the nearest school (Trefyrhyg Primary) to the development, no adverse comment offered.
Environment Agency Wales - no objection.
Dwr Cymru/Welsh Water - no reply so assumed no objection.
Economic Development and Regeneration - no objection.
Parks and Countryside - requests a baseline ecological survey and, if necessary, mitigation proposals to inform the planning process.
Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust - the site has an archaeological restraint, and a desk-based archaeological assessment of the site, with appropriate mitigation measures is required in accordance with advice given in Welsh Office Circular 60/96, Section 12.

POLICY CONTEXT
Rhondda Cynon Taf (Taff Ely) Local Plan:
The Proposals Map identifies the site as lying within the settlement limits of Tonyrefail and allocated for residential development (policy ref: h1.48).
Policy en12 states that before an application for development likely to affect a site suspected but unknown nature conservation value is determined, a detailed evaluation of that value is required.
Policy en55 requires an evaluation to be undertaken where an application for development is likely to affect known or suspected sites of archaeological interest prior to determination.
Mid Glamorgan (Rhondda Cynon Taf) Replacement Structure Plan:
Policy H3 permits residential development of land within settlement limits defined in local plans subject to criteria being met.
Planning Policy Wales (March 2002):
Paragraphs 9.3.3 and 9.3.4 state that development should not be allowed to damage an area’s character and amenity.
Paragraph 2.7.1 expresses a preference for development of previously used land over Greenfield sites as a means of promoting sustainability objectives.
Paragraph 6.5.2 states that if important remains are thought to exist at a development site, the planning authority should request the developer to arrange for an archaeological field evaluation to be carried out before any decision on the planning application is taken. The results of any assessment and/or field evaluation should be provided as part of a planning application. If this information is not provided, authorities should consider whether it is appropriate to direct the applicant to supply further information, or whether to refuse permission for inadequately documented proposals.

PLANNING CONSIDERATIONS
A chief consideration is that the application site is allocated for residential development in the Taff Ely Local Plan in order to assist in meeting the projected housing needs of the County Borough. Moreover, the site benefited from outline planning permission for residential development until as recently as May 2005. On this basis there is a clear presumption in favour of the application proposal unless material considerations indicate to the contrary.

Although not identified as an issue at the time of the last application, on this occasion the Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust has advised that the application site has an archaeological restraint that requires further investigation and reporting upon, again with mitigation proposals if appropriate, prior to the determination of the application. Local Plan policy en55 requires an evaluation to be undertaken where a planning application for development is likely to affect known or suspected sites of archaeological interest prior to determination of the application. In accordance with this policy additional information has been requested from the applicant but none has been forthcoming to date.

In conclusion, therefore, it is considered there is insufficient information to allow the archaeological interests of the site to be properly evaluated as part of the consideration of the application as required by Local Plan policy en55. In the absence of this information it is recommended the application be refused for the reason specified below.

RECOMMENDATION:
Refuse
1.
The proposal conflicts with Rhondda Cynon Taf (Taff Ely) Local Plan policy en55 as insufficient information has been submitted in respect of an archaeological restraint on the site to enable the consequences of the development to be properly considered.