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Jacqueline WrightComment

FRIDAY 14th AUGUST AT 7PM

You’ve seen them at the White Hart, you’ve seen them at The Swan, you’ve seen them at The Blacksmith’s!

New local band The Taylor’s are set to play Llanmaes Village Hall- expect a great night of covers of your favourite songs from the 70’s onwards, to be enjoyed with a licensed bar!

Further details regarding tickets to follow

Auction of Pledges

Jacqueline WrightComment

As part of the fund raising campaign for the Lidl legal costs in the upcoming Enquiry, I will be launching an ‘auction of pledges’.

There may be a little trial and error initially so please bear with me! I plan to run this over several months with a few pledges on the go at any time so please keep pledging. I am also thinking of running an online auction for some high value pledges eg a pair of shoes from Brogue Trader up to the value of £400 - thank you Chris!!

If you can pledge something please contact me directly. Some suggestions:

Two hours ironing/cleaning/gardening

One to one Sports sessions eg football/rugby/swimming

Language lessons eg Welsh/Spanish/French

Craft lessons eg knitting/crochet/painting

Cooking a meal for two or baking

That kind of thing ! Please don’t be shy!!

I then need to figure out the best way for people to bid in order to win their chosen item(s) - initially maybe via Whatsapp or a dedicated Countryside Matters Facebook page

If you are not part of the Lidl Whatsapp group and would like to be included please let me know with your contact details.

I’m hoping to start towards the end of April so please do contact me with your pledges so I can make a start. If you do not wish to support Countryside Matters, of course that’s no problem

And just a reminder of our GoFundMe page - https://gofund.me/f1182d5fa

Thank you - this should be fun

Linda Christmas

e: lindajchristmas@gmail.com

t: +44 7771 764754

LIDL Planning Update

Jacqueline WrightComment

A number of people have been asking for an update on the Lidl supermarket application for planning permission to build on a field in LLanmaes

The Vale Of Glamorgan’s planning committee voted to allow the scheme to go ahead in December 2024. This was against the advice of the council’s planning officers.

They were concerned about the impact the building would have on the area, near the traffic lights in Llanmaes

The situation currently, is that the Welsh Government Planning Department, PEDW, has called the application in for a higher level inquiry, after first calling it in for a planning hearing. They were alerted to possible breaches of the Council’s own policies around protecting the countryside

A majority of Llanmaes residents, and a fair number of Llantwit Major residents support the calling in, because they maintain that allowing the Lidl development in that particular spot should not be allowed for that reason.

We understand that this may not be the view of every Llanmaes resident as some people want what they think is cheaper food. We would welcome Lidl, or indeed any other supermarket, at another, more suitable location in the area

This is not NIMBYISM!

This is an attempt to protect the beautiful fields arounds us, which many enjoy walking past, on their way in and out of Llanmaes

For that reason, for the past four years, many Llanmaes families have been quietly supporting efforts to pay for legal advice

We have raised more than £10,000 in that time.

To be represented at the enquiry, by a barrister, will cost many thousands more

If you agree with us, would you consider supporting our St David’s Day raffle? £1 a strip for tickets with fabulous prizes Including a hamper of Welsh food worth £100, Welsh wine worth £50, Welsh cheese hamper worth £50, Cymru garden pot, voucher for the Victoria Inn, Sigingstone, Welsh Penderyn whisky and chocolates