Key design features

This development will create jobs, generate council tax revenue, and help make a dent in the housing waiting list in the Vale of Glamorgan. Data from Persimmon’s sites also shows that a significant majority of our customers are local to the areas in which we build, demonstrating that local people are the main beneficiaries of new homes, with new infrastructure and financial contributions helping the wider community. Persimmon has also donated to local organisations and part of its commitment to leaving a positive and lasting legacy in the area.

We’re proud of our record in supporting local first-time buyers, families and young people to buy their own home. Our average selling price is more than 30% below the UK national average, while around 50% of our private sales have been to first-time buyers over the last two years. The proposed scheme’s housing mix will vary in size, style, type and tenure. All homes meet both national accessibility and space standards.

There are nearly 7,000 people on the Vale’s housing waiting list. Our application reserves a significant proportion, 119 properties out of 339, of the development for a local housing association partner, to help alleviate pressure on the Council, give local people the housing they need, and prevent homelessness.

Persimmon is proud that its sales data demonstrates that majority of our homes are bought by people who live near our sites, including those across our South Wales developments.

Our developments help alleviate the housing pressure in the areas in which we build, so serve people in the locality. Those from outside the area who purchase one of our homes have the potential to bring benefits to the area. They may be the dentist, doctor, or teacher the area needs or establish a thriving business, providing valuable goods or services as well as employment opportunities.

The development comes with environmental and ecological enhancements, delivering biodiversity net gain through translocated hedgerows, wildflower planting, bird and bat boxes, and orchard planting.

Trees and hedges will be retained wherever possible and animal roads and boxes are also part of the vision for the site. The sustainable drainage system will have significantly beneficial features that not only supports the development but ameliorates the existing flooding issues on Maes y Gwenyn (Rhoose Point).

The homes themselves will be zero-carbon ready, equipped with electric vehicle charging points, and powered by solar panels and air source heat pumps.

Residents of the development and those nearby will benefit from new active travel links – including a kilometre-long fitness trail loop and green infrastructure walking trail – as well as bus stops and connectivity to the surrounding development.

The properties will be complemented by features that create a sense of place and community such as an enhanced multi use games area, neighbouring area of equipped play, local areas of equipped play, exercise station, and natural play areas.

As part of its commitment to leaving a positive and lasting legacy in the areas in which Persimmon develops, we will reserve a proportion of the development for a local housing association to help address housing need in the area. There are nearly 7,000 people on the Vale’s housing waiting list. This development will help alleviate this issue, lowering costs for local authority and ensuring more people can live in a stable home. The proportion of the development allocated for such use will be 35%, exceeding local planning policy requirements, with a mixture of tenures to be confirmed.

We have engaged with Vale of Glamorgan Council officers and have met with the ward’s three county councillors. In addition to publicising this website, we will also arrange for an in-person engagement event, allowing local people to look at the plans and discuss them with Persimmon and its consultants on the scheme. This provides an opportunity for valuable feedback that can help shape what the development could look like.