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Planning inspector dismisses appeal over new homes site
South Wales Evening Post
|July 30, 2025
A housing development in Carmarthenshire has been turned down by a planning inspector who was concerned about the potential effect of coal mine gas emissions on future occupiers.
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Christopher Sweet was determining an appeal submitted by a developer called LCCD Property 20 Ltd after Carmarthenshire Council rejected its application for 16 homes off Waterloo Road and Gorsddu Road, Penygroes, near Cross Hands.
Mr Sweet said geotechnical and mine gas risk assessment reports submitted on behalf of the developer were robust, with the latter recommending a programme of gas monitoring to quantify the risk to people living in the homes in the future.
His decision report said the monitoring hadn't been undertaken and the assessment didn't indicate whether such risks could be effectively overcome by remediation or mitigation measures.
This story is from the July 30, 2025 edition of South Wales Evening Post.
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