Decision status: Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
DECISION: To refuse the application
Reasons:
1.
The proposal is unacceptable due to its scale, loss of a
house from the housing stock, location of the site within a residential areas
and there is an excess of this type of accommodation in the area where 42.29%
of the housing stock are second homes.
The proposal is therefore considered to be contrary to criteria ii, iii,
iv and v of policy TWR 2 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development
Plan. Consequently, it is not considered
that the proposal would create a high quality development in terms of design,
setting or location and is therefore contrary to the requirements of policy TWR
2 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan and Supplementary
Planning Guidance: Holiday Accommodation (July, 2011).
2.
The Local Planning Authority has not been convinced that
measures such as bilingual signs and Welsh names would be sufficient mitigating
measures in terms of improving and contributing positively to the Welsh
language and Welsh culture in an area that is already under pressure in terms
of language skills together with second homes / holiday units. Based on the
information received, it is considered that the proposal is therefore contrary
to point 3 of policy PS 1 of the LDP as it is likely to cause harm to the
community's character and language balance in a way that cannot be avoided or
satisfactorily mitigated.
3.
The proposal
would not add to or enhance the character and appearance of the site in terms
of its setting, appearance, scale, height and mass, and it would create an
obtrusive and dominating feature in the local landscape that would be visible
from public spaces and that would not respect the context of the site. Therefore, it is considered that the proposal
is contrary to criteria 1 and 2 of Policy PCYFF 3 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd
Joint Local Development Plan.
4.
The proposal
would cause significant detrimental harm to the occupants of nearby housing
together with holiday unit users on the grounds of more activities,
disturbance, noise, over-looking and loss of privacy and therefore the proposal
is contrary to criterion 7 of Policy PCYFF 2 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan.
5.
Parking provision on the site is insufficient to serve the
proposal and is therefore likely that the proposal will lead to on-street
parking in a village where parking provision is under pressure, especially
during the holiday season, affecting road safety and it is therefore contrary
to the requirements of Policy TRA 2 and TRA 4 of the LDP.
Publication date: 07/12/2020
Date of decision: 07/12/2020
Decided at meeting: 07/12/2020 - Planning Committee
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