Cabinet agrees sale of Parc Dewi Sant

Carmarthenshire County Council’s Cabinet has approved plans and accepted an offer to sell its Parc Dewi Sant Campus, located on the outskirts of Carmarthen town.

 

Disposing of the 22 buildings on the 38-acre site will save annual maintenance costs of over £200,000, in addition to making a substantial reduction to the Council’s carbon footprint.

 

The decision to sell the premises follows a Capital Receipts Strategy report for the sale of Council assets declared surplus to requirements. The Report, presented to the Council’s Cabinet in November 2022, highlighted the drop in demand for office space due to new ways of working.

 

Staff that are currently working from Parc Dewi Sant will be relocated to other council-owned offices. However, following the sale, there will remain a need in the short term for a small number of staff to continue to work from Parc Dewi Sant. The Council will be entering into a relevant agreement for this purpose as part of the disposal.

 

The Council has accepted an offer (subject to contract), for the leasehold disposal of the premises. This will enable the Local Authority as Landlord to have an input over any future use of the buildings, for at least 25 years.

 

Cabinet Member for Resource, Cllr Alun Lenny said: “With our intention to sell Parc Dewi Sant, I would like to reassure all Council staff that work from the site that they will be accommodated at appropriate Council owned office spaces, elsewhere in the county, and that this will be a gradual process of relocation.

“Having carried out due diligence checks of the bidders; we have decided to accept an offer for Parc Dewi Sant and, subject to contract, we will be able to say more in due course.”