OPPONENTS of a proposed housing development say they are angered the homes have been advertised before even gaining planning permission.

Developers Edenstone Homes has listed on its website a site at Llangenny Lane in Crickhowell, where it hopes to build 27 homes, as a future development.

But opponents, who’ve formed a Crickhowell Community Action Group, have criticised the company for the promotion before the application for 27 homes has been decided by the Brecon Beacons National Park’s planning committee.

Lawrence Watts, the chairman of the group said: "We couldn’t believe it. The application hasn’t even been passed yet and we feel the company are making a massive assumption.

"We have put lots of papers and objections through to the national park but it is almost like we are following a process and why are we bothering?"

Mr Watts said the group has also raised the matter with the head of the park’s planning department.

Usk based Edenstone has listed Llangenny Lane as "a development of three and four bedroom cottages and detached homes" on its website but hasn’t referred to planning permission.

Its director Richard Kelso said as the site has been included in the national park’s planning policy, the Local Development Plan (LDP) it has been established it can be developed for housing.

He said: "The Brecon Beacons National Park Authority has allocated the Llangenny Lane site for housing in their adopted Local Development Plan.  "We are currently working with the authority to design a detailed scheme for the site but the principle of development on the site has already been established."

The community action group said though the site has been allocated for housing the application could still be turned down if it fails to comply with the LDP.

The Brecon Beacons Park Society and Crickhowell Town Council have also objected to the application as has Powys County Council’s highways department. The Welsh Government, which is responsible for the A40 trunk road adjacent to the site, has requested further information.

There have also been more than 70 individual letters of objection.

A spokeswoman for the Brecon Beacons National Park said: "We have received a letter from Mr Watts, chairman of the Crickhowell Community Action Group in relation to the application on Llangenny Lane in Crickhowell.

"Mr Watts has raised concerns over wording describing this project on the developer’s website and any influence that could have on due process for the planning committee.

"We will be writing to reassure Mr Watts that this description will have no bearing whatsoever on either the officer’s report or on the debate in relation to this application which will be decided in line with planning policy. We will also explain that we have no legal recourse in relation to the wording the applicant has selected for their website."