Tenby Chamber of Trade & Tourism

Minutes of the meetings held on Wednesday 21^st July 2010

Apologies - Sue Roberts, Jane Merroney, Jan Evans, Lee Davies

Members present

Chris Osborne, Giles Birt, Mike Evans, Robert Osborne, David Randall, Elaine Rowe

The minutes were agreed from the last meeting.

Matters Arising

Town Centres

A consultation conference entitled "Safeguarding the Future of Our Town Centres" was held at The Fourcroft on 16th July by Plaid Cymru as part of their process for the public to contribute to the policy development of the party. The conference looked at how to ensure the future economic viability of town centres and the regeneration of town centres as places to live, work and enjoy. All contributions were documented and will be published in order to consult as widely as possible on the issues raised at the event.

Noticeboards

Since the last meeting the town council has purchased the boards but the colour issue has yet to be resolved with National Parks. The council will now have the responsibility of changing the community events notices in the notice boards and members are urged to take their event notices to the council offices.

Tug of War

The Tug of War Association (TOWA) issue permits for such competitions at a cost of £10. The competitions are run and supervised by a TOWA judge and the permit ensures the event is covered by insurance. The secretary of TOWA has been contacted for further details.

A possible venue might be the market field at New Hedges sometime in the autumn and the competition could be open to all sports teams/pubs/schools/associations/clubs etc.etc. The Chamber hopes to have the information from TOWA by the next meeting in September.

Town Map

To date Folly Farm and Heatherton have agreed to take advertising space. Manor Park and Oakwood have yet to respond; the Dinosaur Park and Pembroke Castle will also be contacted.

AOB

Local Development Plan

The updated letter of response with regard to the affordable housing issue will be sent to Pembrokeshire Coast National Parks Authority (PCNPA) within the next week with the Chambers views that " the few sites available for residential development should be allowed to provide "simultaneous residential development on different sites in the same area to meet with affordable housing requirements suggested at 20%" (as discussed in the April meeting)

Gatehouse plans

Members noted the plans had been refused and eagerly await further developments.

There will be no meeting in August

The next meeting will take place on Wednesday 15^th September at 7.30pm at The Fourcroft Hotel