Councillors and residents in Caerau have voiced their concerns about a proposal to restore the former Ely Brickworks by infilling disused soil. Neal Soil Suppliers Ltd have launched a pre-planning application consultation on plans to restore a section of the former Ely Brickworks site adjacent to the A4232, which is accessed from Cwrt-Yr-Ala Road.
A planning statement on behalf of Neal Soil Suppliers Limited, for the restoration of the former Ely Brickworks, states the proposal seeks to "remediate an area of the ground otherwise leftunrestored and unused" following the closure of the Ely Brickworks in the 1960s. It proposes to restore part of the site by "infilling disused former mineral workings to reprofile the hillside before landscaping the site".
Within the proposal, it states that residential street Cwrt-Yr-Ala Road would be used by the company's HGVs to transport materials to and from the site. This has caused objection from those who live on the street, including Dianne Coombes who has lived at her address for 64 years. Dianne said: "we don't want them coming up and down this road because it is not big enough and it will not be safe for the children who play along the street."
