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Farm diversification project for the siting of 4 moveable holiday accommodation units on the land along with 1 moveable unit as shower and toilet facility

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor John Pughe Roberts

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DECISION: To approve subject to conditions

1.         Five years.

2.         In accordance with the revised plans and specialist reports.

3.         Restrict numbers to 4 touring units and 1 touring unit for use as a toilet block.

4.         Holiday season / siting.

5.         Restrict the units for holiday use.

6.         No portable units to be stored on the site outside the season.

7.         Complete the access in accordance with the plans.

8.         No structure will be placed more than 1m within the visibility splay. 

9.         Pollution prevention plan that includes measures to avoid run-off from soil during the construction work.

10.       No tree felling, hedge cutting or clearing of vegetation within the nesting season.

11.       Agree/ lighting management.

12.       Method Plan to transfer hedges and crawiau (slate fences).

13.       Soft and hard landscaping to include details of the permeable hard standing.

14.       Landscape maintenance

15.       Site Management Plan

16.       Welsh name

17.       Welsh language advertisements

Notes

Licensing

SUDS - Sustainable Drainage Systems

Letters from Natural Resources Wales, Welsh Water

Farm diversification scheme for the siting of 4 mobile holiday accommodation units on the land together with one portable unit as a facility for showers and toilets

a)                 The Professional Trainee highlighted that an application on this site to change the use of land and develop a new holiday accommodation in the form of 5 permanent glamping pods, had been refused by the Committee at the May 2025 meeting. This application was to change the use of land and develop a new holiday accommodation in the form of 4 mobile holiday accommodation units, as well as 1 portable unit for a shower and toilet facility, associated parking, alterations to the access, drainage and landscaping.

It was explained that the site was located in the countryside and within a Special Landscape Area. With the site's topography slanting down from the road towards Afon Dulas, the units would be located on the slope above the river.

Attention was drawn to policy TWR 5 which noted that consideration could be given to permitting applications for temporary alternative camping accommodation as long as the proposal complied with the relevant criteria.

·        That the proposed development is of high quality in terms of design, layout and appearance, and is sited in an unobtrusive location which is well screened by existing landscape features and/or where touring units can be readily assimilated into the landscape in a way which does not significantly harm the visual quality of the landscape;

The applicant intended to position the holiday units on the slope between the river and to the south of the existing track. Given the nature of the units, with a green roof of plants, timber-clad walls, and their location amongst tress / hedges and an existing field, where the land slopes down towards the river, it was considered that the proposal was of a type that could assimilate into the landscape and would not stand out clearly from nearby viewpoints. It was likely that the proposal would be seen from higher grounds further afield from the site, but it was not considered that it would prominently stand out in the landscape making the proposal an obtrusive development in the landscape.

·        Avoids too many hard standing areas;

The proposal would involve installing 4 units on the site measuring approximately 0.56 hectare and more than 10 metres between each unit, which was considered a low density for the site. There was an intention to create permeable hard areas opposite the holiday units and 4 permeable new parking spaces; the proposal managed to avoid too many hard standing areas

·        Its physical connection with the ground is limited and it can be removed from the site during the closed season;

The holiday accommodation units are portable units as well as the toilets and showers unit, therefore any physical contact with the ground would be minimal.  A Storage Plan had been submitted with the application that confirmed the off-site storage arrangements for the units out of season.

·        Any associated facilities, if possible, should be  ...  view the full minutes text for item 11