Sir,

It is with interest that we listened to the statement made by Pembrokeshire County Council, that appeared on BBC Wales News (Friday, July 27), that they are 'fully aware of concerns.....(and are) confident an application....(will have) no adverse impact on residents.'

We would like to ask, since when has the expertise of, planning consultants and council officers and councillors of the county council extended to matters of Alzheimer's and dementia?

Given that whilst the civic amenity site has been in planning, not one representative from the county council has visited our relatives at their home (Brooklands), this would appear to be a rather peculiar statement.

We view this statement with trepidation, given the fact that in 2011, Keith Towler, Wales' Children's Commissioner, said the following of Pembrokeshire County Council: 'It is hard to comprehend that an authority managed to fail on so many levels and had clearly lost sight of what was important - the safety of children and young peoples in its care.'

Furthermore, this is a local authority to whom Ministers have recently sent in the Pembrokeshire Ministerial Board after issuing the council with its final warning, for its failings to protect a number of children.

In relation to this matter, the The Welsh Government has said it 'has little confidence in certain senior officers.'

It would appear that the local authority are now enroute to make further failings against other members of our most vulnerable groups in society, the elderly with Alzheimer's and dementia, who cannot speak for themselves.

Sheila John,

Brooklands' Relatives

Support Group.