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A scheme to build affordable and social housing units is being discussed today in Pembrokeshire council cabinet meeting.

Thirty-eight houses, flats and bungalows would be built at the site of the fire-ravaged Cleddau Bridge Hotel.

Members of the council are recommended to support a contract with developer Castell Group Ltd.

The site would help towards the council's 300 new homes target and also Welsh government's 20,000 new homes.

An initial proposal says the development, if backed, would see 12 one-bedroom flats, 15 two-bed houses, five three-bed, two four-bed, and four two-bed bungalows.

The report added: "The proposal by Castell Construction Ltd is for a development programme of 18 months following planning permission being secured.

"Castell Construction Ltd estimate commencing the development in March 2025, which would mean completion in autumn 2026."

In a prime location at one of the entrances to Pembroke Dock, the former Cleddau Bridge Hotel has been derelict since a fire in March 2019, which brought emergency services from as far afield as Ammanford, Aberystwyth and Swansea.

Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service previously said the fire was started by a deliberate act.

Following a fire investigation, Dyfed-Powys Police said they found there to be insufficient evidence to identify a suspect.