The proposed Cylch Caron Integrated Resource Centre in Tregaron has taken a step closer to being built following the signing and sealing of the Development Agreement between partners.

The scheme is being developed in partnership between Ceredigion County Council, Hywel Dda Health Board, Mid Wales Housing Association and is supported by the Welsh Government. The agreement sets out the arrangements between the partners, outlining how the scheme will be built and managed in the longer term.

Many of the signatories signed the agreement after a meeting of the Cylch Caron Project Board. They include Delyth Raynsford, independent member for Hywel Dda; Cllr Hag Harris, Ceredigion County Council chairman; Richard Martin, board member for MWHA; and Charles Brotherton, company secretary of MWHA.

The other signatories of the Development Agreement are: chief executive officer and vice-chair of Hywel Dda, Steve Moore and Judith Hardisty; Morag Bailey, chair of MWHA’s finance and risk committee.

The agreement was also signed by Ceredigion County Council’s corporate lead officer for legal and governance, and the authority’s monitoring officer, Elin Prysor.

Cllr Catherine Hughes, Ceredigion County Council Cabinet member and chair of the Cylch Caron Stakeholder Board, said: “After a lot of hard work and dedication by all partners, it is pleasing to see the agreement being signed and sealed.

“This has taken time to ensure that it includes all the relevant information agreed by the partners.

“We can now carry on to work hard to reach the next key milestones for the project."

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