Issue - meetings

Full application for the Erection of 8. No. Affordable Dwellings (exception site) and Associated Development to include creation of vehicular access, estate road, landscaping and sustainable surface water drainage area

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Gareth Williams

Link to relevant background documents

DECISION: To approve with conditions 

1.         Time

2.         In accordance with the plans

3.         Materials

4.         Affordable housing condition

5.         Highway conditions

6.         Biodiversity conditions/protection of the clawdd

7.         Landscaping condition

8.         Welsh Water Condition

9.         Removal of permitted development rights involving extensions and use

10.       Drainage matters

11.       Building Control Plan

12.       Method statement for the relocation of the 'clawdd'.

Full application for the erection of eight affordable dwellings (exception site) and associated developments to include the creation of a vehicular access, estate road, landscaping and a sustainable surface water drainage area. 

         Attention was drawn to the late observations form.

         Some Members had visited the site on 03-12-25

a)           The Planning Manager highlighted that the application had been deferred at the November 2025 Planning Committee to arrange a site visit to assess the impact of the proposal on the amenities of nearby residents. It was noted that amended plans had been submitted which replaced the locations of two semi-detached bungalows with 3 and 4-bedroom semi-detached houses.

It was reported that the proposed development site was currently open agricultural land with boundaries surrounding it, mainly natural hedges, with residential dwellings adjacent to the site, with elevations varying in terms of their design, form and finishes. The entire site was outside the current development boundary of the village of Aberdaron and was therefore in open countryside, with the western and southern boundary of the proposed site partly abutting the current development boundary. The class 3 public road was situated adjacent to the western boundary and what would be the front of the site with access and a right of way into agricultural lands running along the land's northern boundary. The site was within the Llŷn AONB and the Llŷn and Ynys Enlli Landscape of Outstanding Historic Interest designations and within a 500m zone from a scheduled monument.

It was explained that the village of Aberdaron was defined as a rural/coastal village in the LDP with approximately 95 houses and a few facilities within the current development boundary. Based on the settlement size, it was noted that the development would mean a growth of 7.6% to the settlement, but with recent permission granted to another exception site for 5 units in the settlement, there would be a growth of 12.35% in total which equated to the expected growth level for this settlement. As the site was located outside the development boundary, all units were expected to be for local affordable need. For Aberdaron this is defined as people who are in need of affordable housing and who have lived within the Village, or in the surrounding rural area for five years or more, either immediately before submitting an application or in the past. A 'rural area' was defined in this case as a distance of 6km from the application site and the extent of any Community Council area bisected by the 6km distance, but excluding properties within the development boundary of any settlement other than the settlement within which the application is located.

It was noted that a Rural Housing Facilitator Survey had been presented in response to what had been raised at the November 2025 Committee and the survey confirmed that the need had been proven from the main sources, and evidence from the applicant. In this case, and in accordance with the requirements of the Affordable Housing Supplementary Planning  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6