PLANS for an eco-village in the north Preselis are to be resubmitted after Pembrokeshire councillors turned down the scheme this week.

The proposal's backers are already working on a new business plan and traffic management scheme and say the plans will be back before councillors in just a couple of months.

"We really do want to get things moving on a fast track now," said project co-founder Paul Wimbush, of Lammas Low Impact Initiatives.

The organisation want to build nine eco-smallholdings, a community hub and seasonal campsite on land near Glandwr.

The application was the first the council had considered under a new "low impact" policy introduced last year.

Members of the county's planning committee decided on Tuesday that the scheme should be refused on the grounds that it does not meet all the requirements of the policy.

Afterwards, Mr Wimbush said: "Councillors seemed happy about many aspects of the scheme and asked for more work to be done on the business plan and traffic plans and we are already getting on with that."

He added: "When this application succeeds it will place Pembrokeshire on the map for promoting green initiatives in the UK. This project will show how we can bring a whole new lease of life to our rural communities as well as providing affordable housing for young farmers and smallholders."

Two open days planned for later this month and Haverfordwest have been postponed and will be rescheduled once the additional information is available.

10:18am Tuesday 16th October 2007

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