English: I share absolutely all of the sentiments and views that have been expressed in the Chamber this afternoon so far. Like every Assembly Member and constituency, I also have estates with unadopted roads in my own area, the most prominent of which is the Sandy Cove estate, which the Deputy Presiding Officer will be familiar with. It's an estate of 250 bungalows that were built in the 1930s as holiday homes for wealthy people from around the UK to come and enjoy some time by the seaside in. But unfortunately, over a period of time, those homes have become permanent residences, and the company that built the estate has folded and left this legacy of all of these roads that, now, are in a very, very poor state of repair. It's not ducks we're seeing in those puddles, it's seagulls, predominantly, and unfortunately, many of the people who live on that estate - . There's a public health issue here, because many people who live on that estate are people with mobility problems, people with walking difficulties, other chronic illnesses, and the condition of those roads, the lack of pavements, the lack of drainage, the lack of even street lighting on those roads, is causing them, yes, anxiety, but also difficulties in just getting out. They are living in social isolation, many of them. They feel unsafe because it's dark. And of course this estate, to add to its woes, is also in a flood-risk area, immediately behind the sea wall defences in Kinmel Bay. It's been flooded on multiple occasions in recent years. So, it's in a pretty sorry state of affairs. Now, to be fair to the local authority and others, they have tried to do what they can to support those residents. They've tried to look at what the cost of bringing those roads up to an adoptable standard might be, and the latest estimate is that it would be around £3 million, which is obviously a significant sum of money for 250 home owners to be able to find. In fact, it's nigh on impossible for them to raise that sort of sum in order to get those roads up to an adoptable standard. And worse than that, of course, many of the people who own those properties don't actually live in them, they're rented out, because the value of those properties has been depressed as a result of the state of the road. So, obviously, they can be a lucrative source of income for some potentially unscrupulous buy-to-let landlords. So, that further complicates the problem, because of course those buy-to-let landlords, so long as their rent is being paid, so long as the income is coming in, they're not really interested in making any sort of contribution to bringing those roads up to a standard that is even passable for motor vehicles in some places. Frankly, the situation is intolerable and we need to do something about it. A few years ago, back in 2011, I can remember being in this Assembly when the then environment Minister took a very brave decision to use some powers that she had under the Water Act 2003 to transfer private sewers and lateral drains into the water system, which is of course the responsibility of Welsh Water here. So, they were all basically adopted, whether they had been before or not. I think what we need is that sort of approach, frankly, with all of these historic unadopted roads, in order that we can solve this problem once and for all. Then, absolutely - as Mike and others have said - we need to change the planning system to make it a requirement that if an estate is going to be built, there has to be an adoptable road that is accessible. One of the things that really irritates me on nearly every planning application I see these days is so-called 'private driveways'. You've seen them - where there's one single link road through the estate, which is adopted, and then you have a private driveway that serves as an access to about 10 or 15 different properties, which is generally brick paved because it looks attractive, but within four or five years is starting to crumble, the dips are starting to appear in it, because it's not been made up to an acceptable standard. So, we're storing problems up for the future, and I do believe that the current review of the planning system that is under way in Wales gives us an opportunity to sort this out once and for all. One thing I would like - if the Cabinet Secretary is minded to establish a taskforce, which is an idea that I very much welcome - is that that taskforce sorts out, in terms of priorities, which areas might need to be addressed first, because I can tell you now that I suspect very much that the Sandy Cove estate in my own constituency would be right near the top of that list, for the reasons that I've outlined today. So, I encourage people to support the motion.
Welsh: Rwy'n rhannu pob un o'r teimladau a'r safbwyntiau a fynegwyd yn y Siambr y prynhawn yma hyd yn hyn. Fel pob Aelod Cynulliad ac etholaeth, mae gennyf innau hefyd ystadau gyda ffyrdd heb eu mabwysiadu yn fy ardal fy hun, a'r amlycaf ohonynt yw ystâd Sandy Cove, y bydd y Dirprwy Lywydd yn gyfarwydd â hi. Mae'n ystâd o 250 byngalo a adeiladwyd yn y 1930au fel cartrefi gwyliau ar gyfer pobl gyfoethog o bob rhan o'r DU i ddod i fwynhau peth amser ar lan y môr. Ond yn anffodus, dros gyfnod o amser, daeth y cartrefi hyn yn breswylfeydd parhaol, ac mae'r cwmni a adeiladodd yr ystâd wedi mynd i'r wal ac wedi gadael gwaddol o ffyrdd ar eu holau sydd bellach mewn cyflwr gwael ofnadwy. Nid hwyaid a welwn yn y pyllau, ond gwylanod yn bennaf, ac yn anffodus, mae llawer o'r bobl sy'n byw ar yr ystâd honno - . Mae yna fater iechyd cyhoeddus yma, oherwydd mae llawer o'r bobl sy'n byw ar yr ystâd honno yn bobl sydd â phroblemau symudedd, pobl sy'n cael anhawster i gerdded, afiechydon cronig eraill, ac mae cyflwr y ffyrdd hyn, y diffyg palmentydd, diffyg draenio, diffyg goleuadau stryd hyd yn oed ar y ffyrdd hynny, yn peri pryder iddynt, mae'n wir, ond anhawster hefyd i fynd allan o gwbl. Mae llawer ohonynt yn byw mewn arwahanrwydd cymdeithasol. Maent yn teimlo'n anniogel oherwydd ei bod hi'n dywyll. Ac wrth gwrs mae'r ystâd hon hefyd, i ychwanegu at ei gofidiau, mewn ardal lle y ceir perygl o lifogydd, yn union y tu ôl i amddiffynfeydd y morglawdd ym Mae Cinmel. Mae wedi cael llifogydd ar sawl achlysur yn ystod y blynyddoedd diwethaf. Felly, mae mewn cyflwr eithaf truenus. Nawr, i fod yn deg â'r awdurdodau lleol ac eraill, maent wedi ceisio gwneud yr hyn a allant i gefnogi'r trigolion hynny. Maent wedi ceisio edrych ar y gost o sicrhau bod y ffyrdd hynny'n cyrraedd safonau mabwysiadwy, a'r amcangyfrif diweddaraf yw y byddai oddeutu £3 miliwn, sy'n amlwg yn swm sylweddol o arian i 250 o berchnogion tai ddod o hyd iddo. Mewn gwirionedd, mae bron yn amhosibl iddynt godi'r math hwnnw o swm er mwyn gwella'r ffyrdd hynny i safonau mabwysiadwy. Ac yn waeth na hynny, wrth gwrs, mae yna lawer o'r bobl sy'n berchen ar yr eiddo nad ydynt yn byw ynddynt mewn gwirionedd, cânt eu gosod ar rent, oherwydd bod gwerth yr eiddo wedi gostwng o ganlyniad i gyflwr y ffyrdd. Felly, yn amlwg, gallant fod yn ffynhonnell incwm broffidiol i rai landlordiaid prynu i osod diegwyddor posibl. Felly, mae hynny'n cymhlethu'r broblem ymhellach, oherwydd, cyhyd â bod eu rhent yn cael ei dalu, cyhyd â bod yr incwm yn dod i mewn, nid oes gan y landlordiaid prynu i osod hynny fawr o ddiddordeb mewn gwneud unrhyw fath o gyfraniad i sicrhau bod y ffyrdd yn cyrraedd y safon sy'n dderbyniol ar gyfer cerbydau modur hyd yn oed mewn rhai lleoedd. A dweud y gwir, mae'r sefyllfa'n annioddefol, ac mae angen inni wneud rhywbeth yn ei chylch. Ychydig flynyddoedd yn ôl, yn 2011, gallaf gofio bod yn y Cynulliad hwn pan wnaeth Gweinidog yr Amgylchedd ar y pryd benderfyniad dewr iawn i ddefnyddio pwerau a oedd ganddi dan Ddeddf Dŵr 2003 i drosglwyddo carthffosydd preifat a draeniau ochrol i'r system ddŵr, sydd wrth gwrs yn gyfrifoldeb i Dŵr Cymru yma. Felly, cafodd y cyfan ei fabwysiadu yn y bôn, pa un a oeddent wedi'u mabwysiadu'n flaenorol neu beidio. Credaf fod angen dull tebyg o weithredu arnom a dweud y gwir, gyda phob un o'r ffyrdd heb eu mabwysiadu hyn, fel y gallwn ddatrys y broblem hon unwaith ac am byth. Yna, yn hollol - fel y dywedodd Mike ac eraill - mae angen inni newid y system gynllunio i'w gwneud yn ofynnol, os yw ystâd yn mynd i gael ei hadeiladu, rhaid cael ffordd fabwysiadwy sy'n hygyrch. Un o'r pethau sy'n fy mlino'n fawr ar bron bob cais cynllunio a welaf y dyddiau hyn yw'r 'dreifiau preifat' fel y'u gelwir. Rydych wedi'u gweld - lle y ceir un ffordd gyswllt drwy'r ystâd, sydd wedi'i mabwysiadu, ac yna mae gennych dramwyfa breifat sy'n gwasanaethu fel mynediad i oddeutu 10 neu 15 eiddo gwahanol, ac wedi'i chreu o frics fel rheol oherwydd ei bod yn edrych yn ddeniadol, ond o fewn pedair neu bum mlynedd mae'n dechrau malu, a'r pantiau'n dechrau ymddangos, oherwydd nid yw wedi'i llunio i safon dderbyniol. Felly, rydym yn storio problemau ar gyfer y dyfodol, ac rwy'n credu bod yr adolygiad cyfredol o'r system gynllunio sydd ar y gweill yng Nghymru yn rhoi cyfle inni ddatrys hyn unwaith ac am byth. Un peth y buaswn yn ei hoffi - os yw Ysgrifennydd y Cabinet yn bwriadu sefydlu tasglu, sy'n syniad rwy'n ei groesawu'n fawr - yw bod y tasglu hwnnw'n trefnu, o ran blaenoriaethau, pa ardaloedd sydd angen sylw yn gyntaf, oherwydd gallaf ddweud wrthych yn awr fy mod yn tybio'n fawr iawn y byddai ystâd Sandy Cove yn fy etholaeth yn agos iawn at frig y rhestr honno, am y rhesymau rwyf wedi eu hamlinellu heddiw. Felly, rwy'n annog pobl i gefnogi'r cynnig.