DEVELOPER Lovell Homes is hosting a showhome launch event at its new Augustus Grange development in Haverfordwest.

The development, which is being delivered in association with Pobl Group, will provide a total of 115 two and three-bedroom homes located off St David’s Road, just six miles from the stunning Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, with 69% of the homes being affordable.

The event will take place from 11am to 5pm on Saturday 19^th October, with coffee and cakes available curtesy of Cotinis, and from 10am to 5pm on Sunday 20^th October. Attendees will be able to view the stunning Lambourne style showhome and visit the sales office which will be in a Milford style home. An Independent mortgage advisor from ABP Mortgages will also be on-hand both days to offer free, impartial advice.

The Lambourne is an idyllic, semi-detached family home with three bedrooms, priced from £260,000. At the front of the home is a combined kitchen and dining area with a fitted contemporary style kitchen. A spacious living room sits at the rear of the home and features French doors leading to the rear garden. The first floor is completed with a downstairs cloakroom and convenient under stairs storage cupboard.

Upstairs are three bedrooms, one of which features an en suite, and a modern family bathroom.

Selected homes at the development will also be available to purchase with the help of Help to Buy-Wales and Lovell’s Key Worker Discount.

Help to Buy-Wales is a Welsh Government backed scheme available on new build properties up to £300,000.  The scheme means that buyers only need a 5% deposit to secure their home. The Government will provide up to 20% of the value of the property in an equity loan, meaning only a 75% mortgage is needed from a bank or building society*. The key worker scheme provides buyers with a £500 discount for every £25,000 spent on a new Lovell home**.

Suzie Hewitt, regional sales director at Lovell Homes, said: “We are incredibly excited to be unveiling the showhome at our Augustus Grange development. This is an excellent opportunity for property seekers to see firsthand the range of homes that will be available.

“This is a high-quality development in a sought-after location, so we expect to see lots of interest. I would encourage anyone who is thinking about a home in the area to come along and find out more.”

Haverfordwest is a historic county town in Pembrokeshire, close to the west coast of Wales. In the centre of the town is the Haverfordwest Castle, a landmark dating back to the 12th Century, and the Western Cleddau river. Future residents will be able to enjoy beautiful coastal landscapes, a variety of shops and restaurants, and excellent commuter links by both road and rail.

To find out more about the development, visit https://www.lovell.co.uk/developments/augustus-grange-haverfordwest/ or call 01437 928 064.

*T&Cs apply. For more information on Help to Buy Wales and Lovell Homes’ key workers discount, visit https://www.lovell.co.uk/offers/help-to-buy-wales/

**T&Cs apply. For more information, visit https://www.lovell.co.uk/offers/key-worker-discount/.

This year, Lovell Homes achieved Gold for customer service with In-house Research, meaning an impressive 93.6 per cent of customers in the South Wales and West would recommend Lovell to family and friends.

To find out more about Pobl, visit https://www.poblgroup.co.uk.

You can also like Lovell on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/lovellhomes and follow Lovell on Instagram at @lovell_homes, and on LinkedIn @LovellPartnershipsLtd. 

PEMBROKESHIRE-BASED Ascona Group has donated £25,000 to cancer support network Maggie’s. The contribution was made through Nisa’s Make a Difference Locally scheme in which the symbol group gives its retail partners a portion of the sale of certain items they sell to a charity of the retailer’s choice.

Ascona Group, the seventh largest UK forecourt operator, says that the contribution is part of its ongoing commitment to social responsibility and its efforts to support health and wellbeing within the communities in which it operates.

Ascona Group’s retail trading director Paul Stoddart says: “We are delighted to be able to support Maggie’s cancer care centres through the Nisa Make a Difference Locally scheme. At Ascona, we believe that we have a responsibility to give back to the communities in which we operate in, and our partnership with Nisa allows us to do exactly that.”

Maggie’s centre fundraising manager Lucia Osmond adds: “We are incredibly grateful for Ascona Group’s generous donation. Every penny donated to Maggie’s helps us provide free, practical, and emotional support to people with cancer, as well as their families.

“This donation will have a direct impact on the lives of many, allowing us to continue offering expert guidance, a welcoming environment, and much-needed emotional relief during one of life’s toughest challenges. We are grateful for Ascona’s support as it will help us make a real difference to those who need it most.”

Ascona says that it has donated over £350,000 to local, national and community organisations since 2017.

Resubmitted plans for a gin distillery in the centre of Britain’s smallest city which objectors fear “could result in death, injuries and large-scale damage to property” are expected to be refused by Pembrokeshire national park next week.

Last October, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park planners, refused an application by Mr N Walsh for a change of use of the exiting guest house at St Davids Distillery, Restaurant & Rooms, 11-13 Nun Street, St Davids to include the bar/restaurant and distillery.

The plans for the Grade II-listed property had drawn 23 responses of concern, including intensification of use from the bar, impacts on local amenity, and Health and Safety concerns about the installation of a still and the use of ethanol, with fears of a fire and explosion risk.

The scheme – supported by St David’s City Council – was partly retrospective as the gin still had been installed, but was not currently in use, in the distillery sited below existing bedrooms at the guesthouse.

The latest application, a mixed used of 11-13 Nun Street as a bed and breakfast and housing part of a gin distillery plant required for processing gin distillations for St Davids Distillery, is again recommended for refusal.

It is proposed that the ethanol and botanicals would be stored off-site and brought onto the premises only when distilling is taking place; 30 days of any 12-month calendar year, and that the property would not be offering accommodation for guests on these days.

An officer report says: “This application seeks consent for the mixed use of the premises as bed and breakfast and gin distillery. Whilst the description given by the applicant refers to ‘part of the gin distillery plant’ being housed at the premises, it is considered that since the gin still is the crucial element required for the process of gin distillation, the application does seek consent for a gin distillery.”

It added: “There are a number of mitigation measures suggested in order to minimise the risk associated with the use of ethanol at this site.

“However, the measures required to control these measures would not, in the opinion of the authority, be reasonable, practical or enforceable. As a result, the proposal would be inappropriate, and as such, a recommendation to refuse planning permission is made.”

There were also 14 letters of objection to the proposals, raising concerns including it “could result in death, injuries and large-scale damage to property” and “The site is not suitable for producing and storing inflammable materials,” traffic, noise and lack of privacy, and other industrial settings in and around St Davids that could be used for housing the distillery.

The report adds: “It is recognised that it would be possible for the Authority to apply a condition restricting the use of the still to the hours, and amount of days per calendar year as suggested by the planning statement, however officers have a fundamental concern regarding the reasonableness and enforceability of any such conditions since they would require the B&B to provide details of all bookings, and inspections to be carried out by officers.”

The application is recommended for refusal at the October 16 meeting of Pembrokeshire Coast National Park’s development management committee on grounds it would introduce a use that was “incompatible with its location and a design which does not adequately address matters of health,” and “the proposed development would result in harm being caused to residential amenity due to the requirement of planning conditions which would be considered unenforceable and impracticable”.