THE CONTROVERSIAL scheme to build a livestock market near Raglan has seen yet another twist.
Last week councillors in neighbouring Torfaen granted permission for an alterrnative cattle market site at Mamhilad, near Pontypool.
As Monmouthshire council prepares to start work to build the new facility, Torfaen council granted outline permission for Pontypool Park Estates to develop a similar scheme on Usk Road, Mamhilad.
The scheme includes a 3,800sq m livestock building with space for 800 cattle and sheep pens and 2,375 sheep.
The applicant says the proposal is a sustainable alternative to the livestock market in Abergavenny and a viable alternative to the Raglan scheme. The plan to redevelop the Abergavenny site would see the market close and relocate to Raglan to make way for an £11m Morrisons supermarket and library.
The new facility at Bryngwyn will have a main 3,689sq m building and a support building to house a ring, offices, toilets, lobby and café. It would house 2,400 sheep and 790 cows.
The campaign group Keep Abergavenny’s Livestock Market (KALM) want the market refurbished and plans to relocate it to Bryngwyn halted. It started legal proceedings agains the council to get planning permission for the supermarket quashed and is challenging Local Govern-ment Minister Carl Sargeant’s decision to repeal ancient acts that mean the council is obliged to hold a livestock market in the town.
The judicial reviews will be heard at the High Court in Cardiff on October 3.
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