A well-attended public participation session took place ahead of the meeting at which planning issues in Reynalton and Kilgetty were discussed.
The latest news and main items discussed were:
• Pembrokeshire County Council (PCC) has approved the provision of a waste bin alongside the footpath in Miners’ Field, Kilgetty. PCC will be undertaking a site assessment shortly. KBCC will again be considering installation of additional litter bins, elsewhere in KBCC’s area, at its September 12 meeting.
• PCC has now undertaken a topographical survey and design work for footpath improvement work and bus shelter re-siting in Begelly. Consultation on the design work should be sent out soon for comment.
• New play equipment for Begelly Play Area will be provided within the next seven weeks. Unfortunately, the new equipment was not able to be installed before the summer holidays.
• A decision from CADW on KBCC’s proposal to secure Grade 2 listing for four remaining roadside milestone markers in KBCC’s area is still awaited.
• KBCC has again asked the agent for the Co-operative to repair the deep potholes in the GP surgery car park in Kilgetty. This request has been acknowledged and this work should be undertaken shortly.
• PCC has now installed additional roadside verge makers in Sardis Road, Kilgetty.
• Dyfed-Powys Police surgeries continue to be held in the Community Centre, Kilgetty, on the second Thursday of each month between 10 am and 12 noon. KBCC councillors also attend these surgeries to answer any questions and to listen to matters of concern from local residents.
Planning
KBCC considered the following planning applications and after discussion made the following recommendations to Pembrokeshire County Council;
• Discharge of condition 11 (method of foul drainage disposal) of planning permission 09/0840/PA (Variation of condition 3 of planning consent 06/0533/PA – erection of six dwellings) at site adjoining Maes Elwyn John, Reynalton. Council noted the views of numerous residents of Maes Elwyn John who had attended the public participation session ahead of the meeting, to express their concerns over this development. KBCC also noted that Pembrokeshire County Council’s (PCC) enforcement team had also visited the site. Council recommended refusal of this application. It stressed that the developer must adhere to the original planning permission conditions and that drainage issues must be sorted out before any further dwelling is occupied. KBCC also noted that work at the location is also inconveniencing local residents. KBCC needed to be reassured that sewerage and foul water disposal issues would be sorted out by the developer and that the developer was committed to restoring the condition of the unadopted highway to its original state.
• Single storey modular building for an education and training classroom at Folly Farm, Begelly. Council recommended approval.
• Discharge of conditions 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 15, 17 and 21 of planning permission 12/0803/PA and discharge of condition 7 of planning permission 16/1295/PA at land west of Barley Park, New Road, Begelly. Members noted that Dyfed Archaeological Trust (DAT) had not yet undertaken an archaeological survey, but that land had already been cleared. Members considered that a DAT survey needed to be undertaken. KBCC therefore objected to any deviation to the conditions of the planning permission and recommended refusal of this application.
• Erection of 15 dwellings with access road and landscaping at land off Station Road, Kilgetty. Members noted the views of numerous residents of Station Road who had also attended the public participation session ahead of the meeting, to express their concerns over aspects of this development, including on ability of the sewerage system to cope with this development; the entrance splay (which runs out after three metres) and the width of Station Road at the entrance to the site.
KBCC members observed that various tick boxes on the planning application (e.g. treeshedges, flood risk/biodiversity and geological conservation) were not consistent with the information set out in the supporting documentation. Although the applicant had provided an ecological survey, this had recommended that further surveys be undertaken, as there were reports of evidence of dormice, bats, badgers and fauna within 500 metres of the site. A nearby pedestrian underpass which links Kilgetty with Pentlepoir does flood, but the applicant had said that there was no flood risk. KBCC re-iterated all of its concerns and observations made to the applicant at pre-planning application consultation stage (in April 2019) and felt that due to deficiencies in the supporting information provided with this application, a decision should not be forthcoming until this had been provided. Council recommended refusal of the application at this stage.
County Clr. David Pugh’s Report
County Clr. Pugh provided the following update:
• PCC had removed the recycling containers from the Co-operative car park in Kilgetty last month due to continued fly-tipping. Although some fly-tipping had occurred the following week, this had now stopped and the area looked much better. PCC would work closely with the Co-operative in considering the re-installation of recycling containers once proper monitoring was put in place. The Salvation Army recycling containers remain.
• PCC had now advertised for 40 new operatives for its waste recycling work. Changes to roadside collection of waste and recycling products would be commencing in the autumn and an awareness raising event would be held at Kilgetty-Begelly Community Centre in due course. The counties of Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire were the top two local authorities in Wales for recycling.
Next Meeting
The next meeting of KBCC is scheduled to take place on Thursday, September 12, at Kilgetty-Begelly Community Centre, commencing at 7 pm. A 15-minute public participation session is always scheduled prior to the start of full council meetings. Copies of the approved minutes of KBCC meetings can be viewed by contacting the clerk, Ian Morris, on 01834 450512. Minutes of previous meetings can also be accessed via the website www.pembstcc.co.uk
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