AN AMMANFORD man has been left frustrated at the lack of action from a Carmarthenshire County Council and Natural Resources Wales, over a flytipping incident.

The resident originally reported the incident October, but the waste still remains in place.

He was walking his dog in Parc Golwg yr Aman when he saw building waste spread down an embankment near the rugby pitch used by Amman United.

He reported the rubbish to Carmarthenshire County Council on Twitter, asking them to have a look in order to remove the waste.

The response he received from Carmarthenshire County Council was that it wasn’t for them to deal with, due to the waste being inert.

Instead he was directed to Natural Resources Wales, as it was, according to the council, their responsibility.

He copied his complaints to National Resources Wales, but was told there was not a significant amount of waste dumped for them to act.

The resident said: "Despite some initial encouraging words from councillors and a very encouraging letter from Martyn Evans at NRW, I have seen no evidence that this matter has received any firm attention or action.

"I am very disappointed that, in the four months since reporting this incident, no action seems to have been taken by either organisations.

"It would appear that NRW have not even visited the site to conduct an initial assessment."

The resident said: “I walk the dogs in Parc Golwg Yr Aman regularly. It is a fantastic facility and is clearly very well looked after.

“In October, I saw that a large amount of building rubble had been scattered over the embankment behind a property on Folland Road and it was falling down into the park, opposite the Amman United rugby pitch.

“The council came back to me and said that it was not in their remit. They said it is not perishable and to contact Natural Resources Wales instead.

“I did that and tried to get a response. They had one look at the photo I had sent to them, told me there was not 20 tonnes of waste there, and therefore they wouldn’t be able to do anything about it.

“I felt very disappointed by the responses I have had form both organisations.

“I am just trying to be a good citizen and feel like I have been completely dismissed.

“It is a fabulous facility like I say, but allowing this waste to remain is really diminishing all of the hard work that clearly goes into maintaining it.”

Councillor Kevin Madge said he supported the residents endeavours and had been left frustrated at the lack of action.

He said:"I have done everything I can and have written three times regarding this problem.

"I am as frustrated as the gentleman is regarding this. I can't see why we can't take action against these people.

"I do not understand why the council and NRW can't work together. 

"This needs to be sorted. These people responsible should be ashamed of themselves."

Martyn Evans, Head of Operations for South West Wales, Natural Resources Wales, said: “This fly-tipping incident really is a blight on the community at Garnant and I share the complainant’s annoyance.

"The vast majority of people take pride in the community and dispose of waste and building material such as this responsibly.

"However, the volume of waste left here means it falls under the remit of local authority to remove the waste and we understand that Carmarthenshire County Council is currently investigating the matter.”

The council were contacted for a response.