At Tuesdays Council Board meeting it was revealed that the preferred site for the new joint Health and Social Care Unit for Builth Wells is the Livestock Market in the centre of Builth Wells.

During the Board meeting Cllr David Price asked for the proposed site to go for consultation and the Board agreed to put it to public consultation for a period of four weeks.

I am sure everyone will welcome the news that Builth will hopefully be getting the new unit but there is much discussion over the proposed site. Many in the farming community are concerned that if Powys County Council go ahead with this decision, terminating the lease with Brightwells Auctioneers, that the town will lose it’s Livestock Market altogether.

 It is indeed time to move this project on and it will undoubtedly be an asset to the town and the surrounding community. However I am concerned that if the proposal goes ahead and the market is lost it will be a detriment to the farming community who use the market to buy and sell stock on a weekly basis. I think we must look again at the alternative sites and try to come up with a proposal that will secure the future of both the Health and Social Care project and the Livestock Market.

 I would like to urge members of the local community to get involved in the consultation and make your views and concerns known. Please do not hesitate to contact me if i can be of any assistance.

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