What happens at Coed Hills?
Coed Hills Rural Artspace (CHRA) is at St Hilary, about 11 miles outside of Cardiff.
It is used for a variety of activities including exhibitions, nature walks and a sculpture trail, workshops in permaculture, arts and crafts. It is also a popular location for events like weddings local community functions.
Why would CHRA close?
Vale of Glamorgan Council has offered an alternative route for a track by CHRA say that would cause more harm than the current one as it would be seen from further away and involve cutting down trees and destroying an ancient pond.
The other option is for visitors to park in the very small village nearby which CHRA argue would cause disruption.
They see the only option as closure if they don’t win the appeal.
Thanks to CHRA and Paul Garland for the photos.
To find out how to go about supporting the appeal and what to put in letters and emails log into Facebook and search ‘Letter of Support for Coed Hills Rural Atspace’
Concerns access will be restricted if track is removed
A Cowbridge tourist attraction says it faces closure after Vale of Glamorgan Council told it to remove a track used for access to the site.
Coed Hills Rural Artspace (CHRA) laid the track in 2007 to avoid visitors’ vehicles getting stuck. “The Vale Council advertise our activities,” says Rawley Clay from CHRA. “Then people come here and we have to tow them out of the mud.” However, there is no planning permission for the track.
The main reasons given for the enforcement notice from the council are aesthetic and environmental but Rawley says those are the two things CHRA prioritise as an arts space.
CHRA are now appealing to the Welsh government. They are asking people to write letters of support before Friday 18 November.
What happens at Coed Hills?
Coed Hills Rural Artspace (CHRA) is at St Hilary, about 11 miles outside of Cardiff.
It is used for a variety of activities including exhibitions, nature walks and a sculpture trail, workshops in permaculture, arts and crafts. It is also a popular location for events like weddings local community functions.
Why would CHRA close?
Vale of Glamorgan Council has offered an alternative route for a track by CHRA say that would cause more harm than the current one as it would be seen from further away and involve cutting down trees and destroying an ancient pond.
The other option is for visitors to park in the very small village nearby which CHRA argue would cause disruption.
They see the only option as closure if they don’t win the appeal.
Thanks to CHRA and Paul Garland for the photos.
To find out how to go about supporting the appeal and what to put in letters and emails log into Facebook and search ‘Letter of Support for Coed Hills Rural Atspace’