Tycroes residents have slammed the double standards of county planners following a public meeting in Ammanford.

Their comments came as council chiefs, developers, and housing association bosses met Ammanford residents to outline plans for a 111-house development at Gwynfryn, Tirydail.

Derlyn Park Residents' Association has long been calling for a similar meeting to be held over the 150-house scheme in their backyard - but without success.

Members of the association claim that the authority is afraid to meet them because of the issues involved in the larger development and have accused planners of double standards.

"Tirydail residents had an open forum with representatives of the council, the developers and the housing association," said Alcwyn Squires.

"We are not objecting to the development per se, but we want to know if this is phase one of a far bigger development some time in the future.

"Our main concern is that the council held this forum for Tirydail whereas the same courtesy has not been offered to Tycroes where there are much greater issues, such as the building of homes on contaminated land.

"There seems to be a degree of double standards at work here."

Carmarthenshire Council's social care and housing principal development officer Matthew Miller said: "At Gwynfryn, firstly we are concerned to keep the goodwill of the tenants and residents, who are our existing customers.

"Secondly, they may have ideas which would improve the desig and which could be taken into account now, rather than during the planning application process.

"Residents' views from the meeting have already changed the proposal."