Town councillors have warned that they would again fight any plans to see a superstore and business park introduced at New Hedges.

Speaking at Tuesday night's meeting of Tenby Town Council, Clr. Mike Thorne referred to an alarming e-mail which had been sent to local AM Angela Burns by Tesco, stating that they were still interested in developing the land at Red House Farm, Twycross.

Reports of the e-mail came at a meeting Mrs. Burns held with Tenby Chamber of Trade and Tourism last week, where it was also said that Celvac Ltd. had received an e-mail from Pembrokeshire County Council asking whether they would be interested in relocating to a proposed business park there.

"It was as if the thought of a superstore moving there was supposed to be good news for the area, but we fought against the idea five years ago and should do so again," said Clr. Thorne, with Clr. Mrs. Christine Brown agreeing that any such development would 'kill Tenby'.

Clr. Thorne proposed that the council write to Dr. Steven Jones, director of development at the county council, to say that they would be resolutely opposed to a superstore and/or a business park at Twycross, as it was at the JUDP Public Inquiry in 2004, and trust that the county council would not be renewing the proposal made in the draft JUDP in the forthcoming draft LDP.

Tenby's Mayor has predicted an 'awful mess' for the town, if resurfacing rumours prove to be true that the future of the civic amenity site is again under threat.

"I'm very concerned at these latest rumours that once again we may lose the site at The Salterns; we simply cannot afford to lose this facility," stressed Clr. Mrs. Sue Lane at Tuesday night's meeting of the town council.

"The town is bad enough now with problems of litter and rubbish across the streets. We would be in awful mess if we lost this site and so would a lot of people in the surrounding area of Tenby.

"We need to fight to keep the facility; it's imperative we don't lose it," she continued, with her colleague, Clr. Trevor Hallett, adding that they should issue an SOS to Pembrokeshire County Council to 'save our skips'.