Former workplace constructing might develop into web site of drug rehab service

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It is early days and no agency choices have been made concerning the future use of Ty’r Nant

The Ty’r Nant former council workplace constructing by Parc Trostre Retail Park (Picture: Richard Youle )

A former workplace constructing by a retail park in Llanelli which could have develop into a Lidl retailer and low store is being provided as a possible venue for a drug rehabilitation service. Carmarthenshire Council’s vacant Ty’r Nant workplace by Parc Trostre is round 50 metres from quick meals retailer KFC and adjoining to B&Q’s automobile park.

Cupboard members have agreed to supply it to a multi-agency group referred to as Dyfed Space Planning Board, which commissions substance misuse companies within the area.

By way of this association one other group, referred to as Dyfed Drug and Alcohol Companies (DDAS), gives help for over-18s from the primary flooring of Boots on Vaughan Road, Llanelli.

A cupboard report stated the council did not think about the Vaughan Road location very best attributable to its wider aspirations to regenerate the city centre. Keep knowledgeable on Carms information by signing as much as our publication right here

Outside an old office building
View from the rear of Ty’r Nant (Picture: Richard Youle )

The plan had been for DDAS to maneuver to a constructing off Traeth Ffordd, North Dock, the place it might be included into a brand new well being and well-being centre.

However the well being and well-being centre plans sparked many objections as a result of DDAS aspect, and the scheme was turned down by the council’s planning committee in 2023 towards planning officers’ recommendation.

This in flip led to an enchantment by Hywel Dda College Well being Board on behalf of the world planning board.

The enchantment did not go forward as a result of the Traeth Ffordd constructing has been offered to a special organisation, leaving the world planning board looking for a brand new different. Ty’r Nant will now be an possibility for a relocated DDAS.

A report earlier than the council’s cupboard stated: “The APB (space planning board) have been suggested of the attainable availability of this constructing topic to cupboard approval and they’re endeavor a feasibility examine as to its suitability for his or her proposal.”

The realm planning board had earlier thought-about Ty’r Nant as doubtlessly appropriate for a well being and well-being centre, though websites within the Trostre space had beforehand been discounted as a result of Trostre was thought-about too removed from the city centre.

The office building at North Dock, Llanelli
The workplace constructing at North Dock, Llanelli, the place a brand new well being enchancment and well-being centre had been deliberate however will not be going forward (Picture: Richard Youle )

It might all have been completely different for the Ty’r Nant web site. A brand new Lidl retailer and Tim Horton’s espresso store had beforehand been proposed there however the plans had been refused by the council and once more by a Welsh Authorities-appointed planning inspector final summer season following an enchantment.

The inspector stated amongst different issues that the retail proposals would contravene efforts to regenerate Llanelli city centre by diverting commerce away from it, including that there have been already a mixture of meals retailers within the rapid space.

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