Garnant Family Centre Garden gets approval
Garnant Family Centre has been given permission to turn redundant land into a community garden.
A meeting of Carmarthenshire County Council’s planning committee approved the Family Centre’s application for a change of use of the land alongside Maesybedol Play Area in Maesybedol, Garnant.
Currently the land isn’t being used for any specific purpose.
The community garden will include an eco lodge (with solar panels on the roof), a glasshouse, a polytunnel, a greenhouse, a storage container and a pet area. A number of vegetable plots and raised beds are also proposed.
A planning officers’ report said: “The use of the land as a community garden is a positive development that makes use of currently vacant land for the benefit of the community.”
The funding for this project comes from a number of sources, the Carmarthenshire County Council County Collaboration Fund, £25,000; WREN, £50,000 and Carmarthenshire County Council Environmental Works Project, £56,000.
Local member Cllr Kevin Madge, who is vice chairman of the Family Centre, said: “I’m delighted that planning permission has been granted. Work will commence in the early autumn and I hope the project will be finished by the end of the year.
“It is a partnership between the county council, town council and Family Centre. I want to thank the town council for all that it has done on this project. It shows what can be done when everybody works together.”
A meeting of Carmarthenshire County Council’s planning committee approved the Family Centre’s application for a change of use of the land alongside Maesybedol Play Area in Maesybedol, Garnant.
Currently the land isn’t being used for any specific purpose.
The community garden will include an eco lodge (with solar panels on the roof), a glasshouse, a polytunnel, a greenhouse, a storage container and a pet area. A number of vegetable plots and raised beds are also proposed.
A planning officers’ report said: “The use of the land as a community garden is a positive development that makes use of currently vacant land for the benefit of the community.”
The funding for this project comes from a number of sources, the Carmarthenshire County Council County Collaboration Fund, £25,000; WREN, £50,000 and Carmarthenshire County Council Environmental Works Project, £56,000.
Local member Cllr Kevin Madge, who is vice chairman of the Family Centre, said: “I’m delighted that planning permission has been granted. Work will commence in the early autumn and I hope the project will be finished by the end of the year.
“It is a partnership between the county council, town council and Family Centre. I want to thank the town council for all that it has done on this project. It shows what can be done when everybody works together.”
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