P-04-343 Prevent the destruction of amenities on common land – Anglesey – Petitioner to the Clerking Team. 04.02.16

Dear Kathryn

Thank you very much for getting in touch regarding the petition.

I attended the petitions committee on the 11th November 2013, where I was asked to contribute verbally along with my wife and Councillor Lewis Davies. I felt that there was a very positive response and because of that I assumed that further action would be taken by the Assembly to strengthen the laws surrounding the use of common land.

Unfortunately I heard no more about it.

Recently the same developer that had caused the initial problems on the common, submitted building plans for an area of land which he owns and which abutted the common. These plans required access across the common with the surfacing of a new access road. These plans have subsequently been refused on highways matters by Anglesey County Council.

The developer still drives vehicles across the common, and it is my understanding that it is illegal to do so. The original tracks which the developer created (which had not existed before) have not been reinstated to the original common and now create problems of water run off for a dwelling nearby.

Therefore, I consider that the issue of this and all common land in Wales is still very much under threat and I would like the Assembly’s Petition Committee to consider that the petition be kept open and that the Assembly should consider ways of making sure that common land in Wales is better protected under the law.

Regards

Tom Pollock