The economic development minister for Wales has welcomed news that the £60m Bluestone project has been given the go-ahead by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.
Taking advantage of a meeting in Carmarthenshire to visit the Bluestone holiday village site at Canaston Bridge, Andrew Davies, said: "This development will be a great boost to the economy of Pembrokeshire. It will bring much-needed jobs, provide high quality leisure facilities for locals and create a host of knock-on benefits in an area that badly needs this type of investment. Once the project is underway, it will be a catalyst to attract new business opportunities and inward investment into the area."
South Pembrokeshire AM, Christine Gwyther, also joined the tour and added: "Now that they have taken this decision, the whole of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park committee, both positive and negative, have committed themselves to throwing their full weight behind the Bluestone project to ensure that it is a high quality development in National Parks and that it provides maximum benefit for the people of Pembrokeshire. We hope that this positive approach will be adopted by all the parties involved."
Bluestone chief executive, William McNamara, outlined his plans to enhance the Bluestone site which has recently been described by environmental experts as an ecological desert.
He said: "I am delighted that the people of Pembrokeshire have finally been given the chance to decide on their own future. We have worked tirelessly for 18 months to make this project happen for the people of Pembrokeshire and these people have decided clearly, unambiguously and with one voice that they want this project, these jobs and this economic revival in their county.
"It is now our intention to deliver these as quickly as possible and to work with the appointed expert bodies and statutory advisors in order to ensure that Bluestone is a quality development that will greatly enrich the whole area."