Brewery Yard flats plan revealed (From Free Press Series)

Brewery Yard flats plan revealed

PLANS to build 31 flats on the Brewery Yard site in Abergavenny are nothing to do with the redevelopment of the cattle market, it has been revealed.

The scheme was submitted to Monmouthshire County Council by Holm Oak Developments of Llanellen House, Llanellen and the architects are Powell, Dobson of Cardiff.

It is planned for the site currently occupied by Lane's Garage, and the workshop and showroom would be demolished to make way for the buildings.

Architect Jaime Moya said: "The cattle market scheme is different altogether. This company was one of the competing bids which lost out, so they are not involved on the cattle market site.

"What happens on the Brewery Yard and the cattle market are nothing to do with this development, but will have to contribute to future developments in the vicinity in some way.

"Although this scheme is completely unconnected, it has to take on board future applications."

He said the development is for 31 apartments of one and two bedrooms, in two blocks with 31 car parking spaces provided.

David Nicholas of Holm Oak Developments said they were a stand-alone company not submitting the scheme on behalf of any other developer, but he declined to comment any further because the application is at a very early stage.

The site is within the Abergavenny Conservation Area so a separate application for consent has been submitted to the council for the demolition of the existing buildings.

Last Wednesday a joint meeting of the environment select committee with the customer and resources select committee agreed to refer the cabinet decision on the redevelopment of the cattle market site to full council on Thursday, September 9.

The cabinet chose the successful developer from a final list of two, after the shortlist chosen from 23 companies had been whittled down.

Because of the confidential aspects of the scheme the full council discussion will also be held behind closed doors, and the council is unlikely to announce the name of the developer until all the legal contracts have been drawn up.

But it is widely speculated that Tesco is the company chosen, and rumours were rife in the town last week that employees at their Metro store have already been told.

No-one from the giant supermarket company was available to talk to the Free Press before the deadline.