Councillors narrowly voted against plans to build a business park on land in the Vale of Glamorgan which has been farmed on by the same family for generations. The Vale of Glamorgan Council's planning committee opposed an application for the business park, which had been proposed for land at Model Farm in Rhoose, on Wednesday March 1 by nine votes to eight.
In a meeting on Wednesday, one planning committee member said there are "so many reasons" why the development should not go ahead, citing the destruction of green space, harm to tourism in the area, and the loss of a family home. Another said the development would create "a massive expensive derelict smudge on the beautiful Vale landscape".
The Jenkins family has worked on Model Farm since 1935. Even if the planning committee had approved the application, it would not have been given the go ahead for the development immediately. The council's decision is subject to a holding direction from the Welsh Government.
