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Penygaer Playing Fields Action Group has claimed that it is not getting adequate responses from Carmarthenshire County Council's Education Department following a series of emails and letters sent in to request alterations to the plans for a new school. The comments were sent as part


of the consultation day and the group claim that they asked that the plans and the assessment that provided Llanerch as the preferred option be amended. Spokesperson Heather Peters


said: “No response has been received. So we sent the comments to Simon Davies, the Head of Education at Carmarthenshire County Council, and Rob Craddock sent his email in to the complaints department at the council.” The group claim that the site


assessment clearly states that the site is too small. Speaking about what the group


claim to be numerous errors and misinformation the council have included in their presentations, Heather Peters said: “They [the council] evaluated the public acceptability for Llanerch as being the most publicly acceptable area, even though there is huge opposition with a Facebook page with 850 members and an online and hard copy petition with 1,500 signatures all opposed to this. None of the other sites have this level of negative reaction. “On the consultation day, when


challenged, we were told by Paul Roberts that it was 'perceived' that this was the case, when the above points were made they had no answers, and amending this single point on the scoring matrix would have put Penyfan field as the preferred option.” The group claim that all the


information for the site evaluation was at least two years old. Heather Peters claims that the


plans depicted for the new school are not achievable and the easement held by Welsh Water over and around


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the underground tanks and the rights that natural Resources Wales have for the riverbank means that the area available for developing is much smaller than shown. The group have made their own


adjustments to the council's plans, which show that there is no building or planting or fencing allowed over the tanks so the road and trees depicted are not allowed. Heather Peters claims that when challenged on this, Paul Roberts stated that they would 'bridge' over the tanks to take the road in. She said: “This would be at a massive cost, which has not been taken account of, and would be subject to Welsh Water approval.” She continued: “There are


inspection hatches on both the Heol Goffa and Llanerch Hall sides of the field; again, they depicted trees, a five- a-side football pitch and landscaping in these areas, again not allowed.” Speaking about traffic congestion


and works access, Heather Peters said: “The access to the site for building works would have to be immediately next to the bridge. This road provides the only access to the two existing schools and is already heavily congested at pick up and drop off times.” The group also claim that the


school would have to sit alongside the riverbank in an area already prone to flooding and would require substantial works to reinforce the ground at a huge cost, which the group claim has not been considered. Heather Peters said: “We are


basically trying to raise the issue that this selection process was totally flawed and request that the information provided to the public be corrected appropriately.” The group are also being


supported by Dr Richard Neil of Cardiff Metropolitan University as well as local architect David Darkin, who has stated that the council should have provided a 3D model and the group believe this was not provided because it would have made it clear


Works access not feasible: Heather Peters, Save Llanerch and Penygaer Playing Fields Action Group spokesperson


34 calls received about farm blaze THE FIRE SERVICE received


34 calls about a fire at a farm in Llangennech on Monday (Jan 23). An outbuilding was ablaze at


Park Farm on Pontarddulais Road at approximately 1.20pm.


The Fire Service used breathing


apparatus as their tackled the flames, as well as a water bowser from Tumble. A spokesperson for Mid and West


Wales Fire and Rescue Service said: “The building, measuring eight by 20


metres, was well alight. “Four breathing apparatus were


used, two main jets, two hose reel jets and two thermal imaging cameras. It is near the main road and we had 34 calls.”


Works access not feasible: Heather Peters, Save Llanerch and Penygaer Playing Fields Action Group spokesperson


that the plans are not achievable on the site. In conclusion, Heather Peters


said: “The field is not large enough to fit this all on.” The Herald raised the issues that


have caused local concern with the County Council. Cllr Gareth Jones, Executive


Board member for Education, responded: “We have received a copy of the document referred to along with numerous emails on the subject of the re-location of Ysgol Dewi Sant, which the authority is in the process of responding to comprehensively." Cllr Jones continued: “The


issues identified on the ‘marked up’ document and within the numerous emails received are known risks that the council is fully aware of. Most of these are identified within the site selection technical appraisal as needing to be addressed during design development. “The council has therefore tried


to capture all the issues identified in recent correspondence, in order to provide clarification on the current situation and how those issues can be addressed in the future.”


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