Green light due for Swansea affordable homes

Plans for a development of more than 30 affordable homes in a Swansea village have been recommended to be approved.Housing association Pobl Group is behind plans for land east of Clordir Road in Pontlliw.The application site comprises of around four acres of agricultural grassland field.Full planning permission is sought for the construction of 31 residents units.Lined up is two two-bed houses, three two-bedded bungalows, nine one-bedroom apartments, nine three-bedded houses and eight four-bedroom houses. Also included would be associated infrastructure works.The properties are proposed to be 100 per cent affordable housing (social rented tenure) and will be managed by Pobl Housing Association.The site is currently designated as countryside within the Swansea Local Development Plan (LDP). The application has been submitted based on an affordable housing exception site.Swansea Council’s planning committee will consider the application tomorrow (4 June).A report for the committee added: “The proposal would be compliant with national and local planning policy and would make a valuable contribution to the delivery of affordable housing, as well as providing infrastructure work to transportation and highways, education and training and public open space and green infrastructure to mitigate the impact of the development.”Approval has been recommended, subject to conditions and the applicant entering a section 106 planning obligation.