Issue - meetings

Full application to upgrade an existing caravan park by installing five new units, retain the temporary access road and create a playing field.

Local Member: Councillor Jina Gwyrfai

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DECISION: To approve the application contrary to the recommendation

Conditions:

·         Five years

·         In accordance with the plans

·         Holiday use only

·         Confirmation of the number of units on the site in its entirety

·         Submission of details regarding the play area or any associated work

·         That the bund is constructed prior to the relocation work

·         Archaeological matters

A full application to upgrade an existing Caravan Park by siting five new cabins, retention of the temporary access road and creation of a play area.

Attention was drawn to the late observations form.

Some of the Members had visited the site on 02-10-23

a)    The Development Control Team Leader explained that this was a full application to upgrade and extend an existing caravan site. She explained that the application included a proposal to relocate five holiday cabins within a site marked as field 470 (Golf Course) and retain an access road that was originally approved for a temporary period to serve the additional units, and the creation of a playing field. There had been a golf course here in the past, but this use had now clearly ceased. Permission had been granted in 2015 to relocate 5 static units or cabins to a location on a section of where the golf course would be (Field 470), whilst another five were to be relocated to another section of the site, namely field 471.

For clarity, this proposal would involve locating all the cabins together on field 470 instead of the permission granted to locate five on field 470 and another five on field 471. It was assumed that the proposed holiday cabins would measure the same as had already been approved. It was also proposed to construct a new earthen bund along the northern and western boundary of field 470.

It was noted that the site was located in a secluded and comparatively mountainous area in open countryside within the Llŷn Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the Llŷn and Enlli Landscape of Outstanding Historic Interest. The residential building, namely Gwynus, located on part of the site was a grade II listed building. Access is gained to the site off the nearest public road along an unclassified road that veers to the north before reaching the site itself, and then along a private access road; the unclassified road was also a designated public footpath. It was noted that the site was operating and was a long-established caravan park.

The application had been submitted to the Committee as a close relative of the applicant was an elected member of the Council.

In the context of the principle of the development, it was reported that the main relevant policy was TWR 3 which discussed the site's relationship and its location within the AONB. It was noted that the third part of the policy accepted that minor extensions to the surface area of established sites and / or the relocation of units from prominent locations to less prominent locations may be permitted, subject to compliance with a series of criteria which include that the proposal offers significant and permanent improvements to the site's design, layout and appearance and its setting in the surrounding landscape.

This new area was not considered to be a small extension to the surface area of the existing caravan site and no sufficient reason was seen  ...  view the full minutes text for item 7