Upper Brynamman Regeneration Carmarthenshire County Council create moving targets See what's happening - have your say

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As part of a 10 year Group Renewal programme Upper Brynamman was declared as an area entitled to grant assisted home repairs. An initial extensive survey of the area by Carmarthenshire County Council decided that nine roads qualified for scheme repairs, these were Quarry Road, Chapel Street, Mountain Road, New Road, Station Road, Hall Street, Bryn Avenue, Brynbach Road and Coronation Road. The repairs of properties on the first six roads on the above list have either been completed or are in progress A result of the initial survey was that 23 properties on Bryn Avenue and 8 properties on Brynbach Road were deemed to be in need of repair. Of the 23 on Bryn Avenue 16 residents requested work to be carried out, that is almost 70% of properties needing repair. Similarly on Brynbach Road 5 requested repairs out of the 8 considered to be in need, that is over 62% of the properties needing repair. The original scheme criteria clearly states that if a "majority" of residents wished to participate then the scheme would go ahead (subject to funding being made available by the Welsh Assembly). See The Council have since altered the "majority" requirement to one of "60% without any consultation whatsoever with residents. As you can see, the above figures are well in excess of the original requirement of a majority (51%) and also exceeds the Council's amended requirement of 60%. Do you think it is a fair decision to alter the requirement criteria from a "majority" to "60%" when a high percentage of the scheme is already completed or in progress. Do you think it is fair that the scheme asks properties not deemed to be in need of repairs to be part of the requirement criteria, even though some of the properties are new build and some have been completely renovated and three properties are Council owned. I certainly do not. See the page for latest updates on progress.