A proposed housing development into Tenby could see a potential change of the road layout into the resort with the possibility of the famous ‘Welcome to Tenby’ sign being moved.

A pre-application for a proposed scheme on land west of Narberth Road, that would see the development of up to 14 residential dwellings (including on-site affordable provision) came before members of Tenby Town Council at their meeting on Tuesday night.

The plans which also incorporate highways alterations to form new access, internal access road and associated infrastructure, have been submitted by Mr. P. J. S. R. Hill, Mr. D. W. R. Hill, Mrs. A. R. R. Wood and the Caister Castle Trust, for consultation before full planning permission is applied for.

Town clerk, Andrew Davies, told members that the pre-application consultation was part of the Welsh Assembly’s policy to publicise large scale developments and iron out and matters of concerns, prior to them getting to the planning application stage

On viewing the plans, Clr. Mrs. Caroline Thomas told her fellow councillors that she was concerned by the potential road change layout which would effectively cut the layby that featured the ‘Welcome to Tenby’ sign in half.

“I have no objections to the housing aspect, just the road layout. It’s a very busy road into Tenby and serious work on the layout and proper consideration needs to be given to those living nearby,” she commented.

Councillors disagreed with Clr. Trevor Hallett’s suggestion that a roundabout should be considered as part of any new road layout.

The planning sub-committee of Tenby Civic Society have welcomed the housing proposals, but also raised concerns about the road layout.

“The proposals have a strong, thorough standard of documentation that is welcomed,” wrote Harry Gardiner, of the Civic Society.

“We are concerned that the new access shown to Lady Park and Upper Hill Park has no northbound central turn right lane to Lady Park, nor a south bound filter lane. This change will cause more delays to through traffic by stationary turning, or slow filtering, traffic.

“There are hundreds of houses on those estates; this new site will have only 14 houses. There is plenty of space to move the new turning a bit north and for the carriageway widening needed,” he added.