A former holiday village in Vale of Glamorgan which was frequented by miners nearly a hundred years ago looks set to make way for new homes. Vale of Glamorgan Council has ratified plans to build 14 new homes on the site of St Athan Boys Village in West Aberthaw.
Approval of the plans means that many of the old buildings which formed the old holiday village will be demolished. However, the caretaker's bungalow will be retained and the old chapel, opened in 1937, will be converted into a home. Two objections were made to the council over the plans, with one resident calling the proposal to build a house on the former holiday village "unacceptable".
Referencing the road which leads up to the site, another resident said to the council: "This is a single track lane which is regularly in need of repair, I cannot see anyway of widening the lane or indications in the application. Although a lane it is extremely busy and added housing would only make it worse."
