Sir,
As chairman of Manorbier Community Council, I would be obliged if you would allow me to comment on Clr. Malcolm Calver's letter, 'Council were aware of proposals', which appeared in your issue of Friday, May 25.
I can categorically state that Manorbier Community Council have never ever been informed by Clr. Calver or Pembrokeshire County Council (PCC) or any other body of any intention to sell land at Skrinkle estate to Pembrokeshire Housing Association.
The first I and other community councillors knew about land being sold is when we read in the press on April 18 that PCC Cabinet had recommended approval of a proposal to sell two parcels of land on the Skrinkle estate for building of new houses. At our council meeting held on May 3, a good many of the residents and children from the Skrinkle estate attended and asked why they had not been informed of the proposals to sell this land to Pembrokeshire Housing Association.
Unfortunately, Clr. Calver was not in attendance at this meeting and was therefore not available to answer any question from residents and children from Skrinkle.
It is my intention to ask Clr. Calver to produce the evidence that would confirm he has kept Manorbier Community Council fully informed at all of our previous meetings of any proposals to build on land at Skrinkle estate.
Clr. Calver states in his letter that 'Elected representatives have to make decisions based on the greater good of the community as a whole'. I would like to take this opportunity to remind him that he has a duty to all of the electorate, not just a chosen few, to keep them all informed, particularly the residents and children of Skrinkle estate who might well lose their play and amenity areas if this proposal is given a planning consent.
Clr. Tony Wales - chairman, Clr. Brian Coleman - vice-chairman, Clr. David Neads - proper officer, Clr. Peter Kidney.
North Norton, Manorbier.