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Erection of 20 affordable dwellings, creation of new vehicular access from the B4354, together with associated works

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Rhys Tudur

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DECISION:

To delegate the right to the Head of Environment Department to approve the application, subject to a 106 agreement or a unilateral agreement for an educational contribution and play equipment on an open space, together with the following conditions:

1.         Time

2.         Development to comply with the approved plans

3.         A programme for providing affordable housing must be submitted and agreed

4.         The external materials including the roof slates must be agreed

5.         Removal of Permitted Development Rights

6.         Welsh Water/Drainage condition

7.         Highways Conditions

8.         Biodiversity/NRW conditions

9.         Building Control Plan

10.       A Welsh name for the housing estate and individual houses.

11.       Restrict the use to C3 use class only

12.       Complete landscaping

Note: Bat Licence

Erection of 20 affordable homes, creation of new vehicular access from the B4354 along with associated works

Attention was drawn to the late observations form.

a)           The ⁠Planning Manager highlighted that this was a full application to erect 20 affordable homes along with the creation of a new vehicular access and associated developments. ⁠It was reported that the site had now been amended and was in its entirety on a site specifically designated for a T64 housing development within the Chwilog development boundary, with the number of houses proposed reduced from 25 to 20 to enable this.

It was explained that plots nos. 16-19 (Two 3 bed houses, one 2 bed house and one 2 bed bungalow) from the original plan had been deleted, and that plots 24 - 25 had been changed from two 1 bed flats to one 2 bed house. The proposal did not provide units outside the development boundary, providing 100% affordable housing with a mix of occupancy. The proposed plan included the provision of public open space and a sustainable drainage area.

Members were reminded that the application had been submitted to the Planning Committee on 27 April 2026, where it was decided to refuse the application on the grounds of one reason namely that it was contrary to the LDP's Tai 16 Policy  Exception Sites as it was not possible to demonstrate a need for the exempt land until the designated T64 site had been developed, and therefore the application had been referred to a cooling-off period. ⁠Since then, the application had been specifically amended in response to the above refusal reason. It was highlighted that several revised documents and plans had been submitted to reflect the change, and a period of full re-consultation, including public consultation, had taken place. As the proposal had been amended in response to the objection of the Planning Committee, the application was being resubmitted for a decision based on the amendments.

Reference was made to responses to the second consultation and to those numbers who had a five year connection with Gwynedd and wished to live in Chwilog, together with an update of the need figures for the whole of Gwynedd which confirmed that there were 2103 people on the Housing Options register for Social housing with a five year connection with Gwynedd and 882 on the Tai Teg register. ⁠ It was confirmed that the Housing Needs Report had been completed by the Rural Housing Facilitator and submitted as part of the application.

It was noted that the proposal would offer 100% affordable housing with the status of the village of Chwilog in the LDP meaning the expectation was for affordable units to serve the affordable need of Gwynedd (as was the case with other similar sites designated throughout the County). It was reiterated that the need had been proven and that the proposal complied with the requirements of the LDP's policies TAI 3, TAI 8 and TAI 15. It was emphasised that the proposal did not  ...  view the full minutes text for item 6