IC Wales reports that:

Cardiff's glittering Millennium Centre to Swansea's Marina where a New York-style skyscraper will be built next year, the face of Wales is changing quickly.

Now part of Pembrokeshire will take on a different look after a judge decided the vast Bluestone Holiday Park was lawfully given planning permission earlier this year.

Over the next two to three years, a vast tri-laminated glass dome will rise from the countryside around Narberth.

The atmosphere inside will be sub-tropical and entrepreneur William McNamara who dreamed up the scheme believes thousands of visitors will be beating a path along the M4 to the spa pools, artificial rivers and children's rides basking in the warmth.

There will also be a £30m-a-year glow for the South-West Wales economy.

That is the amount experts believe Bluestone, with its Waterworld dome, hundreds of timber lodges and an accompanying Snowdome for ski lovers, will pump into the local economy.

Add on 600 full-time jobs plus 300 "spin-off" jobs and it is easy to see why Welsh Secretary Peter Hain welcomed the judge's decision with open arms yesterday with his comments echoed by Assembly Economic Minister Andrew Davies.

The so-called Battle of Bluestone stemmed from a classic countryside versus commerce dilemma.

The Council for National Parks which challenged the legality of planning permission for the planned giant holiday complex argued that none our country parks would be safe if Bluestone was approved.

It would, they said, kill the golden goose.

But High Court judge Mr Justice Jack, overseeing a complex and often mystifying judicial review of the whole Bluestone planning process while sitting in Swansea, accepted an important point.

Lawyers for the Bluestone team made it clear that county councillors were placed on park authorities in Britain precisely so they could represent local people's views.

The judge was told that while national park authorities had a duty to protect ancient landscapes, it was an important principle that local economies had to be taken into account too.

While the breathtaking forests and coastal paths of Pembrokeshire are a draw for tourism, the area still suffers so much unemployment it is an Objective One area.

While commerce should not always take precedence over country issues, in this case allowing Bluestone to go ahead is the right decision because of the need for new employment.

The Bluestone project is a world-class project which would lift tourism in Wales into anew era.