St Davids: Site visit for Premier Inn plans

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8 years ago

March 15, 2018

THE PROPOSED site for the new Premier Inn hotel in St Davids will be the subject of a site visit.

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park’s Development Management Committee were presented with the plans at its meeting on Wednesday (Mar 14).

The plans are proposed by four Applicants including Pembrokeshire Housing Association (PHA), Mill Bay Homes, Swangate Developments and Whitbread, the parent company of Premier Inn.

If approved, the development will make an important contribution to meeting the need for affordable homes in St Davids.

It is also anticipated that the hotel would provide up to 20 new jobs for the area.

The hotel would comprise of 63 bedrooms and 66 car parking spaces and there would also be 38 affordable dwellings built as part of the application.

The site is located on land at Glasfryn Lane but has been the subject of much debate in the community with a petition being set up calling on people not to support it.

However, St Davids City Council recently gave their support to the plans which has been classed as a major development by the National Park.

Campaign group ‘No to Premier Inn St. Davids’ said they were ‘disappointed’ at the decision of the City Council to support the plans.

The plans have divided opinion and a ‘Yes to Premier Inn St Davids’ has also been set up.

On Wednesday, some councillors felt that the application may be presented in parts but it was revealed that the applicants had submitted enough application for it to be considered as one.

Members of the committee unanimously agreed to visit the site and that visit will take place on Monday, March 26.

Hakin motorist banned after driving 14 times over drug limit

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2 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A HAKIN motorist has been banned from driving for three years after being caught behind the wheel with cocaine and benzoylecgonine in his system.

Mark Briskham, 53, of Waterloo Square, Wellington Road, Hakin, was stopped by police on January 5 as he drove a Ford Kuga along Steynton Road, near Milford Haven.

Blood tests carried out at the police station showed he had 800mcg of benzoylecgonine in his system. The legal limit is 50mcg.

He also had 64mcg of cocaine in his system. The legal limit is 10mcg.

Briskham pleaded guilty to two drug-driving charges when he appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

Magistrates disqualified him from driving for three years, taking into account a previous drug-drive conviction from 2020.

He was also fined £120 and ordered to pay £85 costs and a £48 surcharge.cr

Begelly man remanded over alleged May Day assault

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2 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Sarah-Jane Absalom

A PEMBROKESHIRE man has been remanded in custody following an alleged May Day assault against a woman in Begelly.

Tomas Baker, 34, of Ty Dee, New Road, Begelly, is accused of assaulting the woman, causing actual bodily harm, at an undisclosed location in Begelly on May 1.

Baker appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week by video link from Swansea Prison.

He pleaded not guilty to the charge.

His trial will take place at Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court on June 22.

Waterston man denies child rape and sexual assault charges

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2 hours ago

June 9, 2026

Tom Sinclair

A WATERSTON man has appeared before magistrates charged with 13 sexual offences against children, including three allegations of raping a girl under the age of 13.

Chaisee Price, 25, of Biggins Hill, Waterston, Milford Haven, appeared before Haverfordwest Magistrates’ Court this week.

He faces three charges of raping a girl under 13, eight charges of sexually assaulting girls aged between five and eight, and two charges of intentionally inciting girls under 13 to engage in sexual activity.

The offences are alleged to have taken place between 2014 and 2019.

Price denied all charges.

Because of the seriousness of the allegations, magistrates declined jurisdiction and the case will now proceed to Swansea Crown Court on July 10.

Price was released on conditional bail.

The conditions include a daily electronically monitored curfew between 6:00pm and 6:00am, no contact with the prosecution witness, no unsupervised contact with children under 18, and a requirement to surrender his passport to police.