But councillors supported a recommendation by planning officers to approve the plans at a meeting on Tuesday. Speaking in support, Cllr Roger Harris said: “We have been made aware that there are 700 plus households in Abergavenny that are desperate for affordable housing. “This site is going to be run by a housing association, 100 per cent affordable.” Cllr Mat Feakins said there is “a significant need” in Monmouthshire for affordable housing. “There are not many as sustainable locations as Abergavenny, which this site can provide,” he added. Six two-bedroom houses and six three-bedroom houses are proposed either side of a new entrance to the site.
The directive has been issued to allow consideration of whether the plans should be determined by Welsh ministers, instead of the council, following a request for the plans to be ‘called-in.’ Six two-bedroom houses and six three-bedroom houses are proposed on a grazed field which slopes from Hereford Road to the River Gavenny. The proposal goes against the council’s Local Development Plan (LDP) as the site is located outside of the Abergavenny development boundary.
St Teilo s Church in Llantilio Pertholey. Picture: Google But a planning report recommending approval says the site could be “considered an exception” as it is 100 per cent affordable housing, and just outside the development boundary.