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An Amman Valley woman has been prosecuted for failing to take down an unauthorised stable block. Linda Martin Thomas appeared before Carmarthen Magistrates where she pleaded guilty to an offence contrary to Section 179 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990. The court was told that she was initially served with a Planning Contravention Notice for identified breaches of planning control by putting up a stable block on land near Penywaun, Grenig Road, Glannamman. She submitted a retrospective planning application which was subsequently refused and as a result was served with a Planning Enforcement Notice on August 31, 2012, that required her to remove the unauthorised stable block, material that formed the hard standing where it was sited, and required her to return the land to its former state. Thomas, of Cwmamman Road, Glanamman, appealed against the enforcement notice but the Welsh Planning Inspectorate dismissed the appeal and upheld the notice requirements. The Inspector d...

A Llandeilo supermarket owner has been prosecuted for ignoring an enforcement to remove unauthorised changes at his premises. Christopher Kiley, of Cks Supermarket in Rhosmaen Street, Llandeilo, was served with a planning enforcement notice for creating a new access and installing a shutter door without planning permission. The local authority said the poor design of the shutter door and entrance was harmful to the character and appearance of the adjacent conservation area. The legal notice required Mr Kiley to permanently remove the unauthorised shutter door and re-instate the opening to its former state. He did not adhere to the requests laid out in the planning enforcement notice and was summonsed to Carmarthen Magistrates Court on September 17. Kiley pleaded guilty and was fined £100, and ordered to pay £791.80 costs and a victim surcharge of £15. The council’s executive board member for environment and public protection, who has responsibility for planning enforcement, Cllr Jim Jo...