Head of housing representatives from Pembrokeshire County Council are to be invited to Tenby to discuss proposal to introduce service charges to ex-council houses purchased under the 'Right to Buy' scheme.

Concerned Tenby resident Harry Gardiner contacted the town council and spoke with members at their meeting on Tuesday night and stated that the letter he received from the county council over the matter was 'quite confusing' and needed clarification.

The council letter which has been sent out to property owners states that the changes which are being brought in by the Welsh Government will start in April 2015, but that they do not know what the changes will mean for individuals at the moment.

Under the new service charge rules, residents may have to pay towards the different services, such as equipment, furnishings and maintenance for shared areas; estate and grounds maintenance; un-adopted roads; refuse collection etc.

"The letter was quite confusing and puzzled me a lot," Mr. Gardiner told councillors.

"Fortunately, I was able to meet with a member of the housing team recently and they made themselves a lot clearer than in the letter I received, so I'd just like to raise awareness of the matter and the issues it might raise to others that have received the correspondence.

"It's a peculiar situation and rather finicky. I note that there have been public meetings this month in places across the county such as Narberth and Pembroke Dock on the matter, but they didn't hold one in Tenby, which I thought would have been quiet useful," he added.

Town clerk, Andrew Davies said he had also spoken to Lyn Hambridge, head of housing at the county council, since reading the letter and that she had made the matter clearer.

"It seems that the Welsh Government have to de-pool their housing revenue account because at the moment it is all pooled together across the county, which doesn't seem to be a fair way of doing it," he said.

"One element maybe say a housing estate that has 10 properties, will only have four council houses, so only four are paying for certain services.

"It's a directive from the Welsh Assembly so the county council have got to look at what areas are being maintained out of their revenue budget," continued Mr. Davies who said that the authority want the changes implemented by April, 2015.

Clr. Mrs. Tish Rossiter said she felt it would only be fair to invite representatives from the housing department to Tenby for a meeting.

"It's only fair that residents here should be kept in the loop, if other towns have had the opportunity to be consulted at meetings," she commented, whilst Clr. Mrs. Trisha Putwain added that she felt Tenby residents should have their deadline extended.

"It's very unfair that a meeting hasn't been held in Tenby as there may be people out there who do not understand what is going on from the letter they have received," remarked the Mayor, Clr. Mrs. Sue Lane.