Cllr Dot Jones elected as new Chair of Carmarthenshire County Council

On taking the chair, Cllr Jones paid tribute to the outgoing Chair, Cllr Handel Davies and thanked him for his service to the Council.

Cllr Jones will chair the Council for the next 12 months, with her sister, Mrs Ellen Davies as her Consort, and Cllr Giles Morgan, member for Swiss Valley as her Vice-Chair.

Following the Annual Meeting, Cllr Dot Jones, Chair of the Council commented:

“It is an incredible honour to be elected Chair of Carmarthenshire County Council and I can’t wait to start on the work ahead and what will be a busy and fulfilling year.”

Cllr Jones has chosen Blood Bikes Wales as her charity during her term of office.

The Chair is the first citizen of Carmarthenshire County Council and is elected at the Annual General Meeting.

Duties include chairing full meetings of the Council, representing the Council at formal and ceremonial occasions, welcoming visitors to the County, and attending and supporting events organised by local people and organisations.

Cllr Jones has been a County Councillor since May 2017 and sits on the Council’s Corporate Performance & Resources Scrutiny Committee, Licensing Committee and Corporate Parenting Panel.

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Carmarthenshire house builder goes into liquidation leaving half-built development

Stephen Goderski and Oliver Collinge of PKF Littlejohn Advisory have been appointed joint liquidators of Enzo’s Homes.

PKF Littlejohn Advisory were appointed on 27 February and will be responsible for managing the sale of a four-acre industrial site owned by Enzo’s Homes.

Stephen Goderski, Partner at PKF Littlejohn Advisory, said he expected significant interest in the industrial site: “The freehold site is currently fully let to three diverse regional tenants. At just over four acres, split across warehouses and modular offices, the site presents a fantastic opportunity.”

The controversial owner of Enzo’s Homes, Fiorenzo Sauro was fined in 2018 for destroying ancient woodlands at a housing development in Penllergaer. This included a 176-year-old giant redwood tree – one of the first to be planted in the UK. During a trial, Sauro claimed the felling was an accident, but a judge ruled he “deliberately” ordered it to be chopped down to make way for 80 new homes.

Enzo Homes was fined £120,000 while Sauro was fined £180,000. This was later reduced to a combined £100,000 on appeal.

While efforts are being made to sell the company’s industrial site, there is uncertainty over the future of the builder’s unfinished housing development in Llannon, Carmarthenshire.

Enzo Homes’ website shows 12 three and four bedroom homes on the Cysgod yr Eglwys estate in Llannon have been sold, with prices ranging from £235,000 to £380,000. Five further properties are being marketed as available, with 21 properties not yet listed for sale on the 38 home estate.

When Swansea Bay News visited the site on Wednesday (19 March) the unfinished development was fenced off with excavators and diggers left abandoned.

The site looked a long way from being completed, with no completed access road to any of the properties.

Last year Enzo’s Homes abandoned plans for a hundred homes in Pontlliw, Swansea. At the time the company blamed viability issues due to the rising costs of materials for pulling out of the proposed development.

We asked the receivers of Enzo’s Homes what the future of the Llannon development would be and what would happen to the people who were in various stages of purchasing homes on the site.

While Swansea Bay News did not get a response on the Llannon development, Stephen Goderski from the administrators said: “Enzo’s Homes traded for nearly thirteen years prior to its liquidation. We will be engaging with all relevant stakeholders to maximise the return to creditors.”

Administrators say that anyone affected by the liquidation or interested in acquiring the industrial site is being asked to contact Katie Hazle, on 020 7189 1363 or Brendan Clarkson at [email protected].

Have you been affected by Enzo’s Homes going into administration? Were you buying one of the properties in Llannon? Get in touch with Swansea Bay News at [email protected] to tell your story.

(Lead image: Swansea Bay News)

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