Plans submitted nearly six years ago for 42 houses in Laugharne have got the final go-ahead. The land in question, near Laugharne Primary School, had been allocated for housing under Carmarthenshire Council's development plan when outline plans were submitted to the authority in April 2017.
The scheme was contentious, with many people objecting. The applicants, Paul and Bethan Thomas, acknowledged this but said they felt the application had been misunderstood. They said 13 affordable homes would be provided, plus highway and education contributions, and stressed that it was land at the rear of Cwrt Woodford and not the adjacent playing field which would be built on.
In 2018 the council's planning committee turned the outline plans down against the advice of officers, saying the proposals did not secure the long-term future of the playing field. The argument put forward was that its future had been secured via a previous application for the site, which wasn't taken forward, and that the project would only be acceptable if the playing field was transferred to Laugharne Athletic Club.
