• 590 proposed dwellings for the Wenvoe Ward is a 50% increase on the current 1,190.
• 400-500 jobs to be lost from the Wenvoe Ward if the former HTV studios are demolished
• The 10,000 new dwellings proposed for the Vale over the period 2011 to 2026 is a 20% increase
  (approx. 50,979 dwellings today).
• There are 18,000 citizens actively looking for land in Wales for self-build homes.  0% of land in the LDP Deposit was allocated for self-building.  Housing associations and developers split the housing allocation between themselves.
• A study by the The Building Societies Association found that 63% of people in Wales would like to self-build.
• There are 1461 unoccupied properties in the Vale

Revealed: The homes left empty in the Vale of Glamorgan
- http://www.barryanddistrictnews.co.uk/news/10232406.Revealed__The_homes_left_empty_in_the_Vale_of_Glamorgan/