Land to the West of St Athan is identified as Key Site 5 I the Preferred Strategy. Hallam Land, and their urban designers pad Design, have developed an Illustrative Masterplan showing how the site could be developed.

As well as reflecting the Preferred Strategy’s target of delivering 600 homes, the Illustrative Masterplan shows the location of the proposed St Athan Railway Station in the location preferred by Transport for Wales. The delivery of the Railway Station is supported by UK Government who, along with Transport for Wales, are in the process of further developing the business case.

The Illustrative Masterplan also incorporates the provision of two mixed-use hubs. One would sit centrally within the development to primarily serve the homes proposed with the second adjacent to the proposed Railway Station. It is envisaged that these mixed-use hubs would incorporate a mix of retail, food & drink, and employment uses, as well as specialist forms of housing.

A package of other transport measures are proposed to be incorporated into the development, including a new access from the B4265 servicing the development and proposed Railway Station, the re-routing of either the 304 and / or 905 bus route (and opportunity for increased frequency), and the creation of an active travel link to Llantwit Major.

Central to the Illustrative Masterplan is taking a landscape-led approach. The Illustrative Masterplan shows the provision of additional sports pitches to compliment those adjacent to the Community Centre as well as a community orchard / allotment, and a network of equipped and unequipped play areas. A series of attenuation ponds and swales cross the development.