Our Board unanimously agreed that further public consultation is needed on three potential sites for a new Urgent and Planned Care Hospital. In this section, we set out some characteristics of the three potential sites, including what is the same or similar, and their differences. We also include some of the viewpoints from groups who have considered the impacts of where we position the new hospital within the agreed zone.
Site options we are consulting on
The three potential sites are within a small geographical area in the south of the Hywel Dda area, within the county of Carmarthenshire and near to the Pembrokeshire border. Two are near the town of Whitland and one near St Clears.
• Whitland Spring Gardens (formerly site 12) is a short distance north-east of the centre of Whitland. It is between the A40 to the north, Whitland rugby pitch to the east, and Spring Garden homes to the south.
• Whitland Tŷ Newydd (formerly site C) is part of Tŷ Newydd Farm. The site is to the east of the old Whitland creamery. The town centre and the A40 road is less than one mile to the north of the site.
• St Clears (formerly site 17) is land at old Bryncaerau fields, next to the junction of the A40 and A477 in St Clears. The A4066 Tenby Road is to the south, the village of Pwll Trap to the north, and the A40 to the west.