Reocurring vandalism to seating placed at one of Tenby’s green space areas has been slammed by local residents.

The 15-acre site at Brynhir which has been earmarked for a controversial housing development, has seen campaigners oppose the proposals in an attempt to conserve the natural beauty of the national park, but outline approval for the controversial plans was granted by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority last year.

However, while the land remains untouched, locals still use the fields as a space to walk their dogs and sit to enjoy the tranquility of one of Tenby’s few remaining green spaces.

An unsavoury incident occurred this week though, and not for the first time according to locals, when chairs which had only been in place for a few days were slashed with a knife and destroyed.

“Some time ago Pembrokeshire County Council granted permission for chairs to be placed in the field for people to sit, especially elderly locals, and enjoy the views, and people kindly donated various chairs over the years, but many of these have been vandalised,” said one local resident who reported the latest incident which occurred on Monday to the police and the Observer this week.

“It makes my blood boil, every time someone puts chairs there, someone wrecks them! Hopefully they will get caught in the act,” said one local on the ‘Tenby Green Space Preservation Society Facebook’ group.

Anyone with information on the incident can contact police on 101.