10 Application No C21/0734/46/LL Tyddyn Isaf, Tudweiliog, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, LL53 8PB PDF 255 KB
A
full planning application for change of use of agricultural land to form a
caravan site for 32 pitches, construction of a new amenity building and all
associated hardstanding, re-surfacing and access
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Gareth Morris Jones
Additional documents:
Decision:
DECISION:
To approve the application contrary to the recommendation subject to the
requirements of the landscaping plan and basic conditions
*To refer
the application to a cooling off period
Minutes:
Full
application for change of use of agricultural land to create a caravan site for
32 pitches, construction of new building to accommodate showers/toilets, all
associated hard standings, resurfacing and access.
Attention was drawn to the late observations form
that highlighted additional landscaping details.
Some of the Members had visited the site on
10/06/22. It was noted that the applicant had parked a car and caravan in the
field to try and highlight the impact.
a)
The Planning Manager highlighted that the decision on this
application was deferred at the Planning Committee meeting held in April 2022
so that committee members could conduct a site visit.
It was
explained that the site was situated outside any development boundary in an
open site in the countryside and the existing holding comprised a dwelling,
farmyard and associated buildings with a class 3 public road running past the
site separating the yard and the proposed caravan site access from the nearby
dwelling. It was added that the site and the nearby area was within the
designation of the Llŷn Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty as well as the
Llŷn and Bardsey Landscape of Outstanding Historic Interest.
It was noted that since the subject of this application was a site for
touring caravans, it had to be considered under policy TWR 5 of the LDP that
sets a series of criteria to approve such developments. It was added that criterion 1 in policy TWR
5 stated that any new touring caravan developments should be of a high quality
in terms of design, layout and appearance, and well screened by existing
landscape features and / or where the units could be readily assimilated into
the landscape in a way which did not significantly harm the visual quality of
the landscape.
Although accepting that a planting and landscaping plan had been
submitted by the applicant, the officers continued to recommend that the
application be refused as the site had not been well screened by existing
landscape features and was not in a location where touring units can be readily
assimilated into the landscape.
Therefore, it was considered that the development had a substantially
significant and harmful impact on the visual amenities of the local area and it
was not considered that the proposal would protect and improve the Llŷn
Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It was considered that the proposal was contrary
to criterion 1 of policy TWR 5 and policies PS19 and AMG 1 of the Anglesey and
Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan 2011-2026, adopted 31 July 2017.
b) Taking advantage of the right to speak, the applicant's relative noted
the following points:
·
The family were local with firm roots
in Pen Llŷn - they had been brought up, educated and worked locally.
· The proposal was a plan for the whole family with the hope of being able to develop an intrinsic, successful and long-term business in Tudweiliog; it would have numerous benefits to the local economy for shops, public houses, ... view the full minutes text for item 10