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| Club's anger at new stadium delay | Club's anger at new stadium delay |
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| Llanelli Scarlets say their new stadium will be further delayed because people fighting housing plans at Stradey Park have secured a second public inquiry. | Llanelli Scarlets say their new stadium will be further delayed because people fighting housing plans at Stradey Park have secured a second public inquiry. |
| Residents living near the rugby club's current ground claim part of the land should be classed as a village green. | Residents living near the rugby club's current ground claim part of the land should be classed as a village green. |
| It follows an unsuccessful attempt to challenge planning permission for 450 homes on the land earlier this year. | It follows an unsuccessful attempt to challenge planning permission for 450 homes on the land earlier this year. |
| The Scarlets, who need the revenue from Stradey to fund the new stadium, called it "a desperate delaying tactic". | The Scarlets, who need the revenue from Stradey to fund the new stadium, called it "a desperate delaying tactic". |
| Carmarthenshire Council's head of law Lyn Thomas said the authority had appointed a QC to hold the inquiry, which was likely to start towards the end of October. | Carmarthenshire Council's head of law Lyn Thomas said the authority had appointed a QC to hold the inquiry, which was likely to start towards the end of October. |
| Club chief executive Stuart Gallacher said it was "inevitable" it would delay their plans but said he was "extremely confident" the "misconceived" village green application would fail. | Club chief executive Stuart Gallacher said it was "inevitable" it would delay their plans but said he was "extremely confident" the "misconceived" village green application would fail. |
| "This has come about as the result of yet another desperate tactic by a small group of people to destabilise the exciting plans we have for the future of the Scarlets," he said. | "This has come about as the result of yet another desperate tactic by a small group of people to destabilise the exciting plans we have for the future of the Scarlets," he said. |
| "The board would like to reassure our supporters, we will do everything possible within our power for this not to happen." | "The board would like to reassure our supporters, we will do everything possible within our power for this not to happen." |
| Over the coming hours and days, the board will hold a series of meetings to determine the extent of this disruption Stuart Gallacher | Over the coming hours and days, the board will hold a series of meetings to determine the extent of this disruption Stuart Gallacher |
| Welsh Rugby Union chairman David Pickering said: "It is a delay and a disappointment and we are working closely with them to help resolve the situation. | |
| "It is vitally important for the economy of west Wales and is also important for the success of the rugby in west Wales, and we will support it fully and hope it comes to a successful conclusion as soon as possible". | |
| The Scarlets first unveiled plans to move to a new £15m 13,500 capacity stadium at Pemberton, jointly financed with Carmarthenshire Council, in 2004. | |
| Just as the housing plans were due to go before councillors last summer, they were called in by the Welsh Assembly Government and a public inquiry was held in the town in January. | Just as the housing plans were due to go before councillors last summer, they were called in by the Welsh Assembly Government and a public inquiry was held in the town in January. |
| 'Costly process' | 'Costly process' |
| The club told the hearing without the move it would cease to exist and they were given the go-ahead in June. | The club told the hearing without the move it would cease to exist and they were given the go-ahead in June. |
| Residents claim the Scarlets training area has been used by the public for decades and if it was given village green status, it would mean the site has a community use and could not be built on. | Residents claim the Scarlets training area has been used by the public for decades and if it was given village green status, it would mean the site has a community use and could not be built on. |
| But Mr Gallacher added: "In the public inquiry held in January we demonstrated beyond reproach that our plans were sound in planning law and this was vindicated. | But Mr Gallacher added: "In the public inquiry held in January we demonstrated beyond reproach that our plans were sound in planning law and this was vindicated. |
| "We have received expert advice that the village green application is misconceived and are extremely confident that we will once again be proved to be right through the public inquiry process. | "We have received expert advice that the village green application is misconceived and are extremely confident that we will once again be proved to be right through the public inquiry process. |
| "January's inquiry was a hugely costly process which cost the Scarlets over £5 million pounds and caused unnecessary delay to our plans and it is inevitable this second inquiry will bear similar consequences. | "January's inquiry was a hugely costly process which cost the Scarlets over £5 million pounds and caused unnecessary delay to our plans and it is inevitable this second inquiry will bear similar consequences. |
| "Over the coming hours and days, the board will hold a series of meetings to determine the extent of this disruption." | "Over the coming hours and days, the board will hold a series of meetings to determine the extent of this disruption." |