WHAT PEOPLE LIVING NEARBY THINK
IF 5,000 homes are developed, that could see at least 10,000 extra residents.
Local community councillor Pam Uppal lives in Llanharan and represents Bryncae where she and her husband run a fish and chip shop and adjoining convenience store with a post office.
They are planning to invest £800,000 to fund a new building for their businesses, in anticipation of new customers from the inflow of residents.
Mrs Uppal said: “From a business view we want this development to happen, as we have been badly affected by the Co-op in Llanharan which opened in 2015.”
However, speaking as a resident, she said she has some concerns, noting the doctor’s surgery in Llanharan operates just two days a week.
“My concern would be that a huge expansion of homes would put an even greater strain on those services, so residents would want to see commitment to a new dedicated surgery before any development started,” she said, adding that it was vital that the regeneration of Llanilid also resulted in the completion of the Llanharan bypass.
RCT cabinet member and councillor for Llanharan Geraint Hopkins said: “If you could get a link from the M4, and then a new link road off the motorway at Miskin to Cardiff Airport, the economic and employment potential for this part of South Wales is hugely exciting for the future, against all the concerns surrounding Brexit.”