Council chiefs are "nowhere near" making a decision on potential redevelopment at a Swansea park but nothing is being ruled out, a cabinet member has said.
Cllr David Hopkins told a meeting of full council that the Labour administration wanted the best possible scheme for Home Farm, Singleton Park, Sketty.
He had been asked by a member of the public if housing at Home Farm, which is used as a council depot, had been ruled out.
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Cllr Hopkins, cabinet member for delivery and operations, said the administration was looking at many options.
He said: "At this stage I would not rule out anything - what we are looking for is the best scheme for the city and for the park."
He advised that people waited for a public consultation on the matter.
"At the moment we are nowhere near doing anything with that particular scheme at the present time," he said.
A survey has been commissioned for the historic buildings at Home Farm, which include a grade two-listed farmhouse.
A cross-party working group will meet to discuss the survey report when it's been completed.
The council received a pre-planning enquiry about Home Farm in 2018.
A cabinet report the following April said there was an opportunity for the council to bring forward a heritage-based development, including some housing, to safeguard the site.
A total of 42 residential units were proposed, a fifth of which would be classed as affordable, but none of the parkland itself would be touched.
The proposal sparked fierce debate and opposition, and the council set up a cross-party working group to consider the way forward.
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The group, Friends of Singleton Park, set up a sub-group called Home Farm Action Group, which called for any proposal that was to get taken forward not to have any negative visual impact on the park.
At a public meeting in Sketty in February, 2020, Labour leaders sought to reassure residents about any future scheme. Council leader, Cllr Rob Stewart, said the 42-unit proposal wasn't the authority's.
Speaking after the full council meeting, Liberal Democrat councillor Mike Day, who represents Sketty, said he felt it was "worrying" that building on Home Farm was not being ruled out, and called on the working group to re-convene.
Cllr Jeff Jones, Lib Dem member for Killay South, said he had seen nothing thus far "that convinces me that housing is the best option".
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