Issue - meetings

Full application for the demolition of the existing dwelling (C3) and garage and replacement with a 3-bed dwelling property (C3) 

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Gareth Williams

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DECISION: To defer a decision and conduct an inspection site visit

Full application to demolish the existing house (C3) and garage and erect a new three-bedroom house (C3) in its place.

Attention was drawn to the late observations form.

a)          The Senior Planning Officer highlighted that this was a full application to demolish an existing two-storey house and erect a new three-bedroom two-storey house in its place.⁠ In addition, the applicant planned to carry out external alterations, including the removal of the existing single-storey garage and the creation of parking spaces. The new house, of the same footprint, would offer a living room, a dining room/kitchen, a shower room and a hall on the ground floor and three bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor.

It was noted that the applicant had confirmed that the property would be a social house, with Cyngor Gwynedd's Housing Options Team leading on the process of allocating the property jointly with Cynefin for users on the waiting list. It was added that the plan was to let the property as an intermediate property, and the priority would be to look at this tenure first, and if so, advertise it through Tai Teg.

It was explained that the site was located outside any current development boundary and was therefore in open countryside within the Llŷn and Enlli Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and the Llŷn and Enlli Landscape of Outstanding Historic Interest designations. There were two detached dwellings adjacent to the site and an unclassified public road ran along the eastern boundary of the site. It was noted that the existing building was in a fragile condition and a security fence protected the site.

The application had been submitted to the Planning Committee for a decision after receiving observations from the Local Member who confirmed that he objected the proposal.

It was considered that the proposal complied with the planning policies and guidelines and therefore the officers recommended to approve the application with the conditions listed in the report, as well as additional conditions relating to agreement on finish, doors, windows and details of boundary treatments.⁠

b)           Taking advantage of the right to speak, the Agent made the following observations

·        The intention was to demolish the existing property and erect a new three-bedroom house which would fulfil the local housing needs

·        Ael y Bryn had been owned by Cynefin since it was left to them in a will

·        They acknowledged that the property had been empty for a long time, but it was challenging to get a plan for it which was viable and sustainable

·        The property was unsuitable for a family in its current form

·        It did not meet the Welsh Government's housing quality standards and repair works in its current structural form would also not satisfy the standards either, e.g., the structural report highlighted that the existing stairs created a risk to any occupier and re-doing them would mean losing a bedroom

·        The best option would be to demolish and create a new property which would comply with the Welsh  ...  view the full minutes text for item 13