Building order on dilapidated hall in Garnant
The owner of a prominent Amman Valley building has been served with a Section 215 enforcement notice after failing to respond to repeated requests from council planning enforcement officers to improve the condition of the property.
The Workingmen’s Hall on Cwmamman Road, Garnant, originally opened in 1927, is now in a dilapidated state after years of neglect with the decline of the property having a severe visual impact on the area.
The Workingmen’s Hall on Cwmamman Road, Garnant, originally opened in 1927, is now in a dilapidated state after years of neglect with the decline of the property having a severe visual impact on the area.
The lack of maintenance has also resulted in masonry falling onto the pavement that has had to be fenced off in the interest of public safety.
Planning enforcement and Building Regulation officers from the council have made several attempts to engage with owner Mr Singh, of London-based Inca Estates, to clean up and repair the exterior of the building. Officers had warned that if the appearance of the building was not significantly improved then the council would have no alternative but to take formal action.
The owner has six months from November 10 to carry out maintenance and improvements including repair and make good all the windows and doors including re-glazing as required; reinstate windows and glazing; hack off and replace perished, unkeyed and cracked render; repair and reinstate all loose cornice work at the front and side elevations of the building; repair and repaint the external render/stucco presently painted; repair and reinstate all external rainwater goods, foul water pipes/vents and external flues; repair and reinstate the paved area to the front of the building.
A second, similar notice has also been issued with regard to the vacant shop alongside the hall that is also in the ownership of Inca Estates.
The issue of the formal notices follows the issue of an earlier Section 215 notice issued in 2008 that required the clearance of the land around the Hall.
Local member Cllr Kevin Madge said: “I welcome the action being taken by officers. It is important that work is carried out to this prominent building.”
Planning enforcement and Building Regulation officers from the council have made several attempts to engage with owner Mr Singh, of London-based Inca Estates, to clean up and repair the exterior of the building. Officers had warned that if the appearance of the building was not significantly improved then the council would have no alternative but to take formal action.
The owner has six months from November 10 to carry out maintenance and improvements including repair and make good all the windows and doors including re-glazing as required; reinstate windows and glazing; hack off and replace perished, unkeyed and cracked render; repair and reinstate all loose cornice work at the front and side elevations of the building; repair and repaint the external render/stucco presently painted; repair and reinstate all external rainwater goods, foul water pipes/vents and external flues; repair and reinstate the paved area to the front of the building.
A second, similar notice has also been issued with regard to the vacant shop alongside the hall that is also in the ownership of Inca Estates.
The issue of the formal notices follows the issue of an earlier Section 215 notice issued in 2008 that required the clearance of the land around the Hall.
Local member Cllr Kevin Madge said: “I welcome the action being taken by officers. It is important that work is carried out to this prominent building.”
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