Cross Hands housing plans rejected over mine gas concerns
Mr Sweet acknowledged developer LCCD Property 20 Ltd had recommended monitoring could be required as a planning condition, but said given the nature of the proposed development and the mine gas risk assessment's conclusions, a precautionary approach was necessary.The report said: "It has not been demonstrated that the proposal would avoid harm to the safety of future occupiers, and on the evidence before me I am not persuaded that conditions would provide sufficient certainty, such that granting planning permission would be justified."The Welsh government-appointed inspector considered other matters such as an affordable housing agreement and other planning obligations which the applicant was said to be willing to enter in to with the council, although no mechanism for securing them had been set out.There had been objections from local residents to a proposed access road to the houses from Waterloo Road and over the loss of a small number of on-street parking spaces, but Mr Sweet said the proposal would not result in harm to highway safety.As part of the appeal an agent on behalf of LCCD Property 20 Ltd challenged the council's refusal to grant planning permission in a report, claiming some of its reasoning was "illogical", however the appeal was unsuccessful.
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