Councillors in Tenby are to request a meeting with officers from the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority to seek clarification on planning issues in the resort.

Speaking at Tuesday night's meeting of Tenby Town Council, Clr. Lawrence Blackhall felt that clearer planning consent needed to be provided by the authority when it came to granting the go-ahead for developments.

The debate was sparked off after the town clerk had told members that the National Park Authority had investigated concerns with regard to a development taking place in Frog Street, where it was deemed there was no wrong doing, as the plans had come under the 'different use' class category in the planning application consent.

"Yet again this shows the issue that once planning consent is granted for a site, it is for life," commented Clr. Blackhall, requesting that the town council talk to the National Park Authority on certain issues concerning planning conditions.

"In future, when planning consent is given, there should be very clear conditions attached. It seems too broad at the moment, and there should be stricter conditions in place which don't enable someone to do something entirely different to what was agreed, leaving us powerless to do anything about it," he continued.

Clr. Blackhall also referenced a recent article featured on the Daily Mail online site regarding the plans for St. Catherine's Island.

"I see that certain elements of this article that were wrong have been corrected elsewhere, but with regards to the statement in the piece from the developer mentioning the concept of a bridge being approved, it needs to be made clear that that part of the story is incorrect!

"There is no planning in place in principle for a bridge, and this is a myth that needs to be shattered. It is not something that had already been determined, and we need to be very clear about that," he added.