Whitchurch, Tongwynlais and Llandaff North PACT report

Double-PACT report this month as Tuesday was the Whitchurch and Tongwynlais meeting and Wednesday afternoon was the Llandaff North meeting which I decided to attend after a few people have asked me to include news items for our neighbours down the hill.

The Whitchurch and Tongwynlais meeting was at the International hotel in Ton and with 11 members of the public attending, that’s about average for the meetings in this venue. On the panel were Chairman Peter Ryan, Councillors Linda Morgan and Brian Griffiths, PC Stuart Cozens and Neighbourwatch guru Bill Farnham.

An update was given by the police about the “ongoing” issues at the Three Elms Pub and the anti-social behaviour coming from it. I’m pleased to report that since the pub has introduced an over 21′s rule on the weekends they have had no reported incidents and this is echoed at Warren Evans Court also. The residents at Warren Evans are looking at setting up a neighbourhood watch for their area, along with the residents of Mervyn Road which is due to be launched soon.

Car Parking in Whitchurch was discussed with the new carpark 3 hour limits having a great effect with both car parks now having spaces available throughout the day and traders have said there is an increase of customers. Traffic Enforcement Officers have been spotted out and about and during the period of July 5th and 20th, 44 tickets were issued in Whitchurch and Tongwynlais (see attached echo article). It was asked about the traffic enforcement officers attending PACT meetings and apparently they will not attend but are however planning their own public meetings (surely combining them would save money?!)

The Old Dairy Site on the Philog is to go to a public enquiry. Anyone interested in this on-going saga is encouraged to attend the meeting on November 4th at 10am in Room B at City Hall. I understand from Cllr Morgan that the council intend to issue a compulsary purchase order on the site.

On Wednesday afternoon I attended the Llandaff North PACT meeting at Lydstep fields or “PACT in the park” as we like to call it. A different approach to what I am used to but I really like the idea of taking a PACT meeting to the streets. PCSO Jessica Southam along with her new partner in crime, a new PCSO for the area and Councillor Jacqui Hooper. Unfortunately there isn’t much to report here. The meeting did attract a few residents that were passing by but other than large dogs roaming free in the parks and people parking on pavements, there were no issues raised.

It was mentioned that PACT meetings in Llandaff North need to be moved to out of office hours as many people are in work and not able to attend.
Click here to see the echo article about the Parking enforcement figures (PDF format)
As Always feel free to leave comments below…(thanks to Jen for spotting my typos!)

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