CEREDIGION County Council chiefs will let a contract for a waste transfer station in Beulah to expire and consult on the future of a Llanarth waste site despite opposition.

Members of the council’s Cabinet had already agreed not to renew the contract for a waste transfer station at Beulah with the contract due to end shortly.

And they had also said they wanted to consult on the future of the Rhydeinon site near Llanarth before both decisions were called in by councillors unhappy with the proposals.

But despite members of a council scrutiny committee urging for the decisions to be reconsidered, Cabinet members have now confirmed the earlier decision.

That will mean the council will no longer send waste to the Beulah transfer station when the contract expires, despite local councillor Lyndon Lloyd claiming that transporting the waste to the Lampeter station instead would cost £84,000 a year.

Council officers said savings of £40,000 overall would be achieved by letting the contract expire.

Meanwhile, the thriving communities scrutiny committee request for the consultation into the future of the Rhydeinon site to be put on hold to allow a task and finish group to draw up recommendations has also been rejected.

Council leader Ellen ap Gwynn said the consultation will take place, but that the scrutiny committee could launch a task and finish group to run alongside it before any final decision is taken over the site’s future.

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