I welcome the presentation to the public of the Draft Development Plans and the opportunity to make my submission. A great deal of work by the County Council and its agents is evidenced in the Draft Plan and its four volumes.
In relation to the Brewery Site, and on foot of recent meetings with various creative interests in the City; I think that there is potential in the development of a Creative Hub on the Brewery Site. This could bring together various disciplines such as the highly regarded Jewellery Making Course, Pottery, Animation, Graphic and Industrial Design as well as the possiblility of a Third Level Presence of a Drama/Theatre College linked to our municipal Watergate Theatre, specialising perhaps in Theatre for young audiences and technical aspects of theatre production.
HGVs account for 60 % of the traffic on the Kwell road and approx 40-50 HGVs per hour are using this road. These levels of HGV traffic on the Kennys well road, Freshford road, Butts Green, Lord Edward street are not mentioned nor addressed in the County or City Development plan.