When I first saw the five new buildings in Nant Y Gamar Road I thought how attractive they looked, but it wasn't long before I could see a problem with them.
The developer has built one house too many on that stretch of road and by doing so has committed breaches of planning laws that the CCBC has failed to pick up on. For instance the houses are too close to each other and are less than the required one metre from the boundary. The shared drive for the five houses is more than 25 metres in length so it should have a turning circle there to allow vehicles to drive in and then drive out of the tandem driveway.
Yesterday I noticed something else and took a photo of the Show House and on the right of the house is a drive leading to a garage. There is an adjoining drive belonging to the house on the right which has no garage.
Both adjoining drives are not separated by a fence or wall and there is no drainage channel between the drives so there could be a problem with ponding.
However that is not the main problem that will arise because that will happen when it come to parking.
Both driveways are the minimum 10 feet wide and this gives a total of 20 feet between the houses to accommodate two vehicles parked side by side.
This provides enough space for two cars to pass but not quite enough room for parking side by side and opening doors.
A house should be built for the harmony that the owners can enjoy but I can see problems ahead.
