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| Club's legal threat over stadium | Club's legal threat over stadium |
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| Llanelli Scarlets are considering legal action against the assembly government, a director of the club has revealed. | Llanelli Scarlets are considering legal action against the assembly government, a director of the club has revealed. |
| The move follows the assembly government's decision to call in the club's plans to sell its Stradey Park stadium in Llanelli for housing. | The move follows the assembly government's decision to call in the club's plans to sell its Stradey Park stadium in Llanelli for housing. |
| The Scarlets have warned the rugby club faces closure without planning approval or a new source of funds soon. | The Scarlets have warned the rugby club faces closure without planning approval or a new source of funds soon. |
| The assembly government said it was up to the Scarlets to make a case for the development to a planning inspector. | The assembly government said it was up to the Scarlets to make a case for the development to a planning inspector. |
| Scarlets director Ron Jones told BBC Wales' Taro Naw programme that the club was considering legal action because they felt the assembly government had acted inappropriately. | Scarlets director Ron Jones told BBC Wales' Taro Naw programme that the club was considering legal action because they felt the assembly government had acted inappropriately. |
| The club wants to build 450 houses on the Stradey Park site. | The club wants to build 450 houses on the Stradey Park site. |
| Flood risk | Flood risk |
| Local residents argue the plans contravene planning regulations as the majority of the area is listed as a flood plain by the Environment Agency. | Local residents argue the plans contravene planning regulations as the majority of the area is listed as a flood plain by the Environment Agency. |
| But Mr Jones said the agency's latest advice to the council was that floods could be managed on the site. | But Mr Jones said the agency's latest advice to the council was that floods could be managed on the site. |
| He said that the agency's objection to the scheme was purely technical as the site had been listed as a C2 flood plain. | He said that the agency's objection to the scheme was purely technical as the site had been listed as a C2 flood plain. |
| In September, the club circulated leaflets to locals claiming maps designating Stradey Park as a flood risk were "not accurate". | In September, the club circulated leaflets to locals claiming maps designating Stradey Park as a flood risk were "not accurate". |
| The assembly government said: "The assembly maps are based on specialist Environment Agency advice. They are neither wrong nor out of date. | The assembly government said: "The assembly maps are based on specialist Environment Agency advice. They are neither wrong nor out of date. |
| "The Environment Agency objected to the proposed development. It is now for the Scarlets and their advisors to make the case for the development and set the arguments before a planning inspector." | "The Environment Agency objected to the proposed development. It is now for the Scarlets and their advisors to make the case for the development and set the arguments before a planning inspector." |
| Taro Naw is produced by BBC Wales on S4C on Tuesday at 2025 BST. |
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