Amended plans for the introduction of retail units alongside a busy road into Tenby have not addressed any concerns raised by councillors it was stated this week.

Plans for the change of use, extensions and alterations to provide two retail units on the ground floor and holiday let apartment above with associated six new roof windows, at the former Royal Mail Garage, situated on The Green, (alongside the Co-op store) were refused by members of Tenby Town Council at their meeting on Tuesday night.

Councillors previously raised concerns about traffic problems in that section in the lead up to the Co-op store being approved, and when discussing the latest planning application for The Green recently, they stated that they were concerned about ‘over development’ along that busy route in and out of the town, with it likely to lead to even more traffic congestion in that area.

Discussing the amended plans this week, Clr. Tony Brown told his fellow councillors that he felt the plans had not addressed any of their concerns.

“They have not widened the access or addressed the entrance issues. It’s definitely too narrow, and I don’t think the developers have done anything to address the traffic flow problems caused by that site. I’m totally against it,” he said.

Clr. Mrs. Christine Brown said that she feared it would take a ‘really bad accident’ for everyone to realise the dangerous issues on that road.

Tenby Chamber of Trade and Tourism and Tenby Civic Society have also recommended refusal for the application.

“Lowering the main site’s frontage wall would help visibility from and into the site for vehicles and pedestrians would help considerably - this apart the plans are disappointing,” wrote Harry Gardiner, of the Civic Society.

“Not showing the existing Co-op store parking and not providing a ‘design and access’ statement appear omissions that make the plans inadequate, along with some inaccuracies and two of the parking spaces proposed being almost impossible to use and the garden car space apparently involving driving over one or both of two existing spaces for the Co-op store.

“The position of ownerships and parking for the shops and the Co-op are unclear and need clarifying.

“This section of The Green is congested and problematic and needs traffic management measures to ease the conflicts,” he added.

Councillors unanimously agreed to refuse the plans, with their views to be passed onto the the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority.