A £20,000 scheme to give a Barry housing estate’s traditional Bonfire Night site a makeover, has gone ahead a year after it was postponed.

The £19,115 environmental scheme was first proposed for the area of land, at Caldy Close, a cul-de-sac, in Gibbonsdown, Barry, was put on hold when the authority said severe weather at the beginning of 2014 meant it would be impossible to complete work during the 2013-14 financial year.

But residents, in the Communities First area which is one of the most deprived in Wales, said they had not been consulted and the money would be better spent elsewhere.

The Vale Council’s original proposals had involved transforming the grassy area by planting UK native wild cherry blossom trees and installing stepping stones as part of the Tranquil, Greener and Cleaner Places Grants 2013-14.

A Vale Council spokesman said: “The stones at Caldy Close were part of a project that began at the beginning of April comprising two main elements; tree planting to enhance the natural environment, and a stone spiral to encourage natural play and use of the open area.

“The stones are carboniferous limestone which is the dominant local stone to the area and they have been sourced locally from the Green Circle quarry in Corntown.”

The project was fully funded by a Welsh Government Tranquil Greener and Cleaner Places grant.