Plans for new drive-through at restaurant

PLANS to add a new drive-through to the KFC at Treforest Industrial Estate are due to be considered.

The application, which will go before the council’s planning committee on Thursday, April 25, is for land that is part of the car park of the fast-food restaurant at Heoly-Pwll.

The application is an outline one, with all matters other than access being reserved for future consideration.

A site layout plan has been submitted which suggests the unit would be accessed off Heol-y-Pwll via the access to the existing KFC unit. The unit would have a floor area of up to 160 sq m.

No details of opening hours or staffing numbers have been provided at this stage.

The planning report said the surrounding area is characterised by a number of commercial and educational units, with a cinema, bowling alley and various food establishments on the opposite side of Heol-y-Pwll to the north and Coleg Cymoedd Nantgarw being located to the south-east.

Rhyd-yr-Helyg, a residential cul-de-sac, is about 100m away.

One letter of objection was received, which said the plans reduce the number of parking spaces. They said if the car park on the KFC site becomes full, the adjacent Makro site will then be use as an overflow which would not be permitted. They also claimed the development will result in additional littering.

In recommending approval, officers said: “The proposed development would provide an additional food and drink drivethru establishment (use Class A3) within a part of Treforest Industrial Estate which is already characterised by a series of leisure and food and drink uses.

“The development would be positioned within the curtilage of the existing KFC premises where its wider visual impact would be minimal and could be accessed without causing harm to highway safety. The development would have a limited impact upon the amenity and privacy of the nearest residents.”