Deposit Draft Local Development Plan - Rhondda Cynon Taf

affording extensive views to the south. The lower parts are marshygrasslands and woodlands. Pylon-mounted power lines cross the sitenortheast to southwest. Two public rights of way run south from Tontegacross the site. The lower parts of the site are affected by a combinationof SINC, flood risk zone B and flood risk zone C2 and therefore will beprotected in any development and provision made for their management.Access will be from the Church Village bypass. Although the whole 32.36-hectare site is allocated for residential development, 17.84 hectares isconsidered undevelopable, leaving a net area for development of 14.52hectaresB) Employment AllocationsNorthern Strategy Area Employment Allocations.1. Ferndale & Highfields Industrial Estate, MaerdyThe allocation comprises of a series of adjoining areas totalling 8.38hectares of cleared, brownfield land located within the existing industrialarea between Ferndale and Maerdy. There are no known constraints onthis flat site, which may be accessed from both the Ferndale andHighfields Industrial Estates.2. North of Fifth Avenue, Hirwaun Industrial Estate, HirwaunThe site is an area of prepared level land on the edge of the IndustrialEstate in Hirwaun, which already benefits from an access point to theestate distributor road and subsequent access to the A465 Heads of theValley Road. This 4.17 hectare site consists of over half of the overall areaof level land, with the remainder being within the Brecon BeaconsNational Park authority area. The land is situated below a raised reservoirto the north and the majority of the site is located within the identifiedflood risk zone B and would require a flood consequences assessment.The site is also located close to the Blaen Cynon SAC which would need tobe considered as part of a development scheme.3. Land at Former Mayhew Chicken Factory, TrecynonThe linear site is situated on the valley floor between the Aberdare bypassand River Cynon at Trecynon. The site benefits from an existing accessonto the bypass, approximately 3.5 kilometres from the A465 Heads ofthe Valleys road. The majority of the 2.88 hectare brownfield site still hasthe level concrete hard standing from the previous industrial use. Thenorthern quarter of the site is flat grassland which is covered by a SINCdesignation, which would require a management plan as part of adevelopment proposal. The site is also wholly within a C2 flood risk zoneand would require a flood consequences assessment.128Preserving Our Heritage, Building Our Future