It seems there's a local developer interested in building a hundred houses on the site. He's Phil Collins of Collins Design and Build in Pontrilas, and he wants to keep the Victorian facade of the hospital and the chapel, and build some office space as well as the houses. Some of the houses, he says, will be designed for a live/work arrangement too.
He met a full hall of concerned Talgarth residents last week to talk about his plans. One local group, MWHAANG* (!) seems cautiously optimistic. Phil Collins is about six months away from making a formal planning application, so he's engaging with the local people at an early stage.
Full details are in this week's B&R.
*Mid Wales Hospital Adjacent Adjoining Neighbours Group!
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He's given up singing and playing the drums then?
Nice one Dudley!
Collins Design and Build say they want to put 100 houses on the site and have so far fudged the issue of commercial use, suggesting that working from home is all of a sudden bringing business to the town. This seems to disregard the fact that the Parks have the site allocated for mixed use. Let's hope the developer has a rethink (and/or the Parks does its job properly this time) or we might be looking at the next MWH scandal.
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