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A new lease of life has been breathed in to an eyesore property which has lain in a state of disrepair for the past 15 years. Carmarthenshire County Council has completely renovated No.2 Station Road, Llangennech, after making use of a rare legal order to manage the property and bring it back in to use. The keys have been handed to the new tenants who are happy to be moving in to the three-bedroom family home. The property recently became the subject of the authority’s first Empty Dwelling Management Order (EDMO), which - in the absence of the owner’s cooperation - led to the service of a rarely used Final Empty Dwelling Management Order (FEDMO). Only three EDMOs have been granted in Wales, with only 50 in the UK as a whole. An FEDMO is the final stage in the process and has been rarely used in the UK. The order enables local authorities to take over management of empty properties for up to seven years. Before the order, and subsequent renovation, the property had attracted vandalism, ...

Carmarthenshire Council believes it may be the first council in Wales to use a pioneering legal order to bring an empty private home back into use. The council has taken over No.2 Station Road, Llangennech, a three-bedroom semi which has been left empty and in state of disrepair for almost 15 years. The property – which has attracted vandalism, anti-social behaviour and fly-tipping over the years – has become the subject of the authority’s first Empty Dwelling Management Order (EDMO), which in the absence of the owner’s cooperation has led to the service of a rarely used Final Empty Dwelling Management Order (FEDMO). Only three EDMOs have been granted in Wales, with only 50 in the UK as a whole. An FEDMO is the final stage in the process and has been rarely used in the UK. The order enables local authorities to take over management of empty properties for up to seven years. Robin Staines, Head of Housing, said: “Carmarthenshire County Council is now improving the property, which will b...