A feasibility study is to be carried out into proposals for a new sustainable urban village on a 100 hectare greenfield site owned by the Welsh Government at Felindre, Swansea.

The proposed new village could provide a mix of affordable and private sector housing - with associated community facilities including schools and playing fields and also provide employment opportunities.

Business Minister Edwina Hart has approved funding for the study which will be formally submitted as part of the consultation process on the City and County of Swansea’s Local Development Plan (LDP).


She said: "The LDP identified Felindre as a potential strategic future growth area for employment and residential mixed uses. The feasibility study into proposals for a new sustainable urban village will outline broad land uses for the site. The information from the study is needed to help inform any future decision and is a vital piece of work to take these proposals to the next stage."

The proposed new village would complement plans for the adjoining 60 hectare brownfield site at Felindre – the former British Steel/Corus tinplate works which closed in 1989. Now owned by Swansea Council, it has undergone extensive remediation works to create a strategic employment site.

The first phase of infrastructure works to serve the 12 hectare office and light industrial sites – funded jointly by the Welsh Government and Swansea Council with European funding assistance - is due to start early 2013.

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