Agenda and minutes

Agreed that Councillor E.V.Latham be appointed as Chairperson for the meeting.

Noted by the Committee.

Decision:

That the establishment of a Japanese Knotweed Management and Treatment Service be approved, subject to the charges outlined in Appendix 1 to the circulated report.

Reason for Decision:

To provide and develop a charged for service to deal with the increasing anxiety of land owners over controlling an invasive weed which has the potential to blight and de-value land.  The service will enable land owners to secure remedial action to protect their land and to prevent the spread of Japanese knotweed onto third party land for which they may be liable.

Implementation of Decision:

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

Decision:

That the Legal Orders for the revocation of existing Traffic Regulation Orders, Proposed No Waiting, No Loading or Unloading at Any Time and Limited Waiting Traffic Regulation Order at Old Road, Tyla Road, Briton Ferry, be advertised, and should no objections be received, the Orders be implemented.

Reason for Decision:

To prevent indiscriminate parking in the interest of highway safety.

Implementation of Decision:

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

Consultation:

A consultation exercise will be carried out when the scheme is advertised.

Decision:

That the objections be over ruled, the One Way Order and No Entry Order at Glan Yr Afon, Ystalyfera be implemented as advertised and objectors informed accordingly.

Reason for Decision:

To assist the flow of traffic due to the narrowness of the road, in the interest of road safety.

Implementation of Decision:

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

Consultation:

This item has been subject to external consultation.

Decision:

That the Legal Orders for No Waiting, No Loading or Unloading at Any Time Traffic Regulation Order, Speed Humps Order and Limited Waiting Order at Glan Yr Afon and Saint David’s Road, Ystalyfera, be advertised, and should no objections be received, the Orders be implemented.

Reason for Decision:

To prevent indiscriminate parking and reduce traffic speed in the    interest of highway safety.

Implementation of Decision:

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

Consultation:

A consultation exercise will be carried out when the scheme is advertised.

Decision:

That the revised scheme (Prohibition of Waiting at Any Time Traffic Regulation Order at Waun Gron, Ffordd Cefn Llan, Pontardawe) as indicated at Appendix B to the circulated report be implemented, and the main objector informed accordingly.

Reason for Decision:

To prevent indiscriminate parking in the interest of road safety.

Implementation of Decision:

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

Consultation:

This item has been subject to external consultation.

Decision:

That the proposed Traffic Regulation Order at Purcell Avenue; Mozart Drive; Brahms Avenue; Stuart Close and Wagner Road, Port Talbot, be implemented as advertised (as detailed at Appendix A to the circulated report), and the objectors informed accordingly.

Reason for Decision:

To prevent indiscriminate parking in the interest of road safety.

Implementation of Decision:

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

Consultation:

This item has been subject to external consultation.

Decision:

That the proposed No Waiting at Any Time Order at Mount Pleasant, Tonna, be implemented as advertised (as detailed at Appendix A to the circulated report), and the objector informed accordingly.

Reason for Decision:

To prevent indiscriminate parking in the interest of highway safety.

Implementation of Decision:

The decision will be implemented after the three day call in period.

Consultation:

This item has been subject to external consultation.