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Meeting: 20/05/2019 - Planning Committee (Item 9)
9 Application No C19/0169/19/AM - Gypsy Wood, Bontnewydd 
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Outline application for the erection of a rural enterprise dwelling
LOCAL MEMBER:
Councillor Peter Garlick
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Minutes:
Application No. C19/0169/19/AM - Gypsy Wood, Bontnewydd, Caernarfon
Outline
application for the erection of a rural enterprise dwelling
Attention was drawn to
the late observations form that had been received
(a)
The Planning Manager elaborated on the background of the
application, and noted that it had been submitted to
the Planning Committee at the request of the Local Member. It was explained
that the decision had been deferred at the Planning Committee on 29.04.2019 in
order to assess the content of the late letter received from the landowner's
solicitor. The letter noted that the landowners would be transferring the business to the
applicants and selling the section of land where it was intended to build the
house that was the subject of the application, to the applicants.
It was reported that the
application site was located approximately 250m away from the development
boundary of the village of Bontnewydd, and in terms
of the Local Development Plan, it was located in open countryside. As a result of the
need to maintain and protect the countryside, special justification was needed
to approve the construction of new houses in the countryside. It was noted that
Policy PS17 of the Local Development Plan stated that only housing developments
that complied with Planning Policy Wales and Technical Advice Note (TAN) 6:
Planning for Sustainable Rural Communities, would be approved in open
countryside.
Attention was drawn to paragraph 4.3.1 of TAN6 which
noted that one of the few circumstances in which new isolated residential
development in the open countryside may be justified was when accommodation was
required to enable rural enterprise workers to live at, or close to, their
place of work. It was
further explained that this essential need for accommodation would
depend on the needs of
the rural enterprise concerned and not on the personal preference or
circumstances of the applicant.
It was noted, should the situation with the land ownership and
the business change officially in the future, then it would be required to
re-assess the proposal in its entirety against the relevant sections of TAN
6. It was reported that it was premature
and inappropriate to assess the situation in the future
as there was no certainty that this would happen. Should the ownership circumstances officially
change in future, it would be required for the applicants to provide the
appropriate information to reassess the application in its entirety.
Attention was drawn to paragraph 4.11 of TAN 6 which
noted that evidence must be provided that there are no other dwelling(s) or
buildings that could be modified to satisfy the need. If dwelling(s) already
exist on the enterprise, there would be a need to demonstrate why these cannot be used to satisfy the needs of the enterprise for
residential workers, and the reason that labour or residential arrangements
cannot be reorganised in order to ensure that the existing accommodation meets
the needs of the enterprise without the need for another dwelling.
It was considered that this proposal of erecting a ... view the full minutes text for item 9
Meeting: 29/04/2019 - Planning Committee (Item 6)
6 Application No. C19/0169/19/AM - Gypsy Wood, Bontnewydd, Caernarfon PDF 105 KB
Outline application for the erection of a rural enterprise dwelling.
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Peter Garlick
Additional documents:
- Plans, item 6
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- Webcast for Application No. C19/0169/19/AM - Gypsy Wood, Bontnewydd, Caernarfon
Minutes:
Outline application for the
erection of a rural enterprise dwelling.
(a)
The
Senior Development Control Officer elaborated on the background of the
application and noted that the Gypsy Wood site operated as a family park
attraction. It was explained that the Gypsy Wood site was located approximately
250m from the development boundary of the village of Bontnewydd
and that in terms of the Local Development Plan, it was located in open
countryside. As a result of the need to maintain and protect the countryside,
special justification was needed to approve the construction of new houses in
the countryside. It was noted that Policy PS17 of the LDP stated that only
housing developments that complied with Planning Policy Wales and Technical
Advice Note (TAN) 6: Planning for Sustainable Rural Communities, would be
approved in open countryside.
Attention was drawn to paragraph 4.3.1
TAN6 which noted that one of the few circumstances in which new isolated
residential development in the open countryside may be justified was when
accommodation was required to enable rural enterprise workers to live at, or
close to, their place of work. It was
further explained that this essential need for accommodation would depend on
the needs of the rural enterprise concerned and not on the personal preference
or circumstances of the applicant. It was added that applications for planning
permission for new rural enterprise dwellings should be carefully assessed to
ensure that a departure from the usual policy of restricting development in the
open countryside could be fully justified.
It was explained, from the information
submitted with the application, that the applicant had undertaken a 50%
partnership with Mr and Mrs Evans, the landowners. It was noted that as Mr and
Mrs Evans still owned 50% of the business; owned the land where the business
was located and lived on the site; it was considered that any functional need,
namely the need for a full-time worker to exist on the site at all times to
deal with unexpected situations, had been met with the current property on the
site. Attention was drawn to the fact that the TAN did not permit a second home
on a rural enterprise site and therefore it was considered that the functional
requirements of the rural enterprise had been met in full with the current
provision.
It was recommended that the Committee
should refuse the application as the application site was located in open
countryside from a planning policy perspective, and that any functional need
that existed with the business on the site was already met, and that
constructing an additional dwelling on this site would therefore be contrary to
the requirements of policies PCYFF 1 and PS17 of the Local Development Plan.
It was reported that a last-minute letter had been received from the landowner's solicitor, noting that the landowners intended to agree a lease for the whole site with the applicant. It was noted that it was not considered that there was any point in deferring the application, as such an ... view the full minutes text for item 6