Plans for the building of new housing on Tenby's former cottage hospital site were given the all clear by local councillors this week.

Pembrokeshire County Council elected to sell the 0.4 acre site just off Trafalgar Road back in 2010, and the land was purchased in 2012.

The application, submitted by Mr. Michael Thomas, of South Meadow Homes, which came before members of Tenby Town Council at their meeting on Tuesday night, is for the erection of 10 dwelling houses.

"This is great news and the plans look in keeping with the area, but we need to liaise with the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority to see if we can add certain conditions, such as looking at a proven need for a play area being provided in close proximity, in terms of the section 106 agreement " commented Clr. Mike Evans.

Town clerk, Mr. Andrew Davies, said he had put news of the planning application on the town council's Facebook page and it had sparked a discussion, with some concerns raised over there not being enough parking spaces included in the plans.

"The developer has been in touch over this since, and indicated that they'd be quite prepared to look at this if the town council think that more parking would be useful," explained Mr. Davies.

Councillors agreed to give conditional approval to the plans, but noted concerns about the adequacy of parking provision, as the application site was within an area of town where there were already a number of heavily oversubscribed resident parking schemes and members believed that the development could further increase pressure on parking.

They noted that the number of spaces provided met with minimum Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority SPG guidelines, but asked for consideration to be given to increasing the parking provision to help accommodate for this modern age when two-car families are the norm.

There was also the feeling that in the absence of any affordable housing provision and subject to it being feasible without adversely affecting the viability of the development, that consideration be given to the introduction of a 'local connections' policy for part of the development.

Councillors' recommendations will now be passed on to the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.