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put the plans on hold whilst it reviewed the planning application. The Welsh
Government indicated in August 2013 that the local council would take decisions concerning the project. In 2014, the developers asked the Welsh and UK governments to commit up to £50m towards the scheme. While the developers
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had stated that it could not guarantee even 20% of the £357M package, and hence the Welsh
Government had been forced to state its position. Hart said there was a "significant question around the viability of the project" and hence was an "unacceptable risk" to the government underwriting the entire
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project, and therefore she had "reluctantly come to the conclusion" not to proceed with the guarantee after legal advice. Michael
Carrick, CEO of Heads of The Valleys Development Company, said negotiations with the Welsh Government and Aviva would continue.
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