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Llanelli Waterside ( cy, Morlan Elli) is the marketing name given to the new suburb development in the coastal strip south west of the town of
Llanelli Llanelli (" St Elli's Parish"; ) is a market town and the largest community in Carmarthenshire and the preserved county of Dyfed, Wales. It is located on the Loughor estuary north-west of Swansea and south-east of the county town, Carmarth ...
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. The scheme is a joint development between
Carmarthenshire County Council Carmarthenshire County Council ( cy, Cyngor Sir Gaerfyrddin) is the local authority for the county of Carmarthenshire, Wales. It provides a range of services including education, planning, transport, social services and public safety. The counc ...
and the
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. The project aims to create a mix of residential housing and business premises from reclaimed industrial land.


Development zones

The project is divided into five zones:


North Dock

A commercial, leisure and retail development is planned for the dock rim. The comprises and forecast outputs are 1,000 homes, of business and office space and 25,000 sq. metres of commercial leisure developments.


Delta Lakes

Delta lakes is a site adjacent to the coastal link road. A high tech business park is proposed with both office blocks and commercial sites. Live/Work units are also planned.


Sandywater Park

A mixed residential and leisure development is planned in this site situated next to a lake in west Llanelli.


Old Castle Works

Old Castle Works is a 7.5 acre (30,000 m2) brownfield re-development site with commercial and leisure development planned. Carmarthenshire County Council has recently cleared this derelict site. The Grade 2 listed Tinning House has been retained, and will be incorporated into any future development In May 2007, an application was made for funding from the Big Lottery Fund. Named "The Works", the development would consist of an open plaza linking the two primary facilities – a cultural centre consisting of an auditorium, TV studio and an art-house cinema and the grade 2 listed tinning shed which would be transformed into a restaurant and craft gallery. "The Works" would act in partnership with Coleg Sir Gar, a local college, which would have use of the facilities for education purposes. On 27 October 2007, Carmarthenshire County Council announced that the lottery bid had been unsuccessful, and that other means of funding the development would need to be considered.Carmarthenshire County Council
"The Works goes on", 23/11/2007
Retrieved 5 April 2009


Machynys

The Machynys area is planned to have a range of residential developments in the Machynys peninsula beside the Machynys Golf Course.


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WDA: Llanelli Waterside
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