A MAN who has been left homeless for over seven months after the wall of his cottage near Aberystwyth was destroyed when it was hit by a car has accused authorities of “needless delays” in attempts to rebuild his home.

Paul Davies’ Glenview home on the A487 in Chancery was smashed into by a car in July last year in a late-night crash which left one teenager dead and two seriously injured.

The blue Citroën C3 careered off the road and smashed through the living room of his Grade II listed cottage leaving a gaping hole in the 16-inch-thick solid stone wall that had to be supported by steel beams to stop it collapsing.

Since then, Mr Davies has been living in accommodation in south Wales where he works as a bus driver while he still awaits permission to close the road to a single lane to allow work to go ahead, over seven months after the incident.

Mr Davies told the Cambrian News that work was finally meant to start on 23 January after a meeting in November over start and finish times - but the work has now been further delayed.

“On 25 January I had a call from the builders to tell me that there would be a slight delay due to getting the necessary permit and paper work to have the road shut for health and safety,” he said.

“That was four weeks ago and since then the surveyor in charge has written a number of times to the builder for an update and just keeps getting the same reply.

Ceredigion council told the Cambrian News that a decision on the road closure would be made by the Trunk Road Agency.

The Trunk Road Agency has yet to respond for comment.

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