| The project is one of the most
ambitious ever undertaken in the UK. Over the next 25 years
it will turn the two-square-mile disused Llandarcy Oil Refinery
site into a ground-breaking sustainable community, providing
at least 2,500 homes and creating an expected 3,200 jobs.
Launching the project, Welsh Assembly Economic Development
Minister Andrew Davies said it would bring major economic
benefits and act as an exemplar for how other developments
could use the Urban Village concept. The concept is championed
by The Prince's Foundation and focuses on community involvement
and creating a high-quality urban environment. The Prince's Foundation unites a number of key initiatives,
established by HRH The Prince of Wales, to 'connect the art
of building with the making of a community'. The Prince's
Foundation, along with the Welsh Development Agency; BP; and
Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council are the key members
of the partnership driving forward the Llandarcy Urban Village
Project with the full backing of the Welsh Assembly Government.
The project, which is expected to attract in excess of half
a billion pounds of private sector investment aims to develop
a community where people, not cars are paramount. It will
be a place where the residents can live, play, learn, shop
and work in a high quality urban environment.
Located next to protected
wetlands and close to the attractions of the Neath Valley,
Swansea Bay and the Gower, Heritage Gate will create a new corridor between
Neath and Swansea; communications links are excellent and
plans are already being developed to run frequent bus services
through the village.
Coming soon... houses to be released in June 2010...
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