Agenda and decisions

To accept any apologies for absence.

To receive any declaration of personal interest and to note protocol matters.

To note any items that are a matter of urgency in the view of the Chairman for consideration.

The Chairman shall propose that the minutes of the previous meeting of this committee, held on 17^th November 2025, be signed as a true record.

To submit the report of the Head of Environment Department.

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

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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'.

Re-submission of a previously refused application with improvements from that as refused for a caravan site to include a toilet block and environmental improvements.

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor John Brynmor Hughes

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DECISION: To Refuse

Reasons

The proposal involves the creation of a new touring caravan site in open countryside away from the main roads network. It is not considered that the proposed units would easily assimilate to the local landscape and it is not considered to be in an unobtrusive location that is well-concealed by the existing features of the landscape, and it is therefore considered that the development would be harmful to the visual quality of the landscape. The proposal would not add to the maintenance, enhancement or restoration of the recognised character of the Llŷn Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and creating a new caravan site some distance from the main public roads network on a busy rural road where there is a high density of holiday sites would have an impact on the features and character of the area. It is therefore considered that the proposal is contrary to the relevant requirements of policies TWR 5 and AMG 1 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan and the Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG): Tourist Facilities and Accommodation.

Insufficient evidence had been submitted as part of the planning application to demonstrate that full consideration has been given to the loss of the best and most versatile agricultural land. It is therefore considered to be contrary to the requirements of criterion 6 of Policy PS 6 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan 2011-2026 and the advice provided in paragraphs 3.58 and 3.59 of Planning Policy Wales.

Due to lack of information to fully assess the impact of the new sewerage flow from the proposed development, the proposal is unacceptable based on the requirements of policy ISA1 which notes that proposals are only approved if sufficient infrastructure capacity exists, or when it is provided in a timely manner.

Change of use the former VOSA testing station to form a Timber and Builders Merchants

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Dewi Jones

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DECISION: To approve with conditions

Conditions:

1.         Five years.

2.         In accordance with plans and documents.

3.         To restrict use of the site to use class B1, B2, B8 within the proposed Use Classes Order 1987.

4.         Biodiversity enhancements.

5.        Protect Welsh Water's equipment and pipes and their protection zones.

Change of use of an existing industrial unit (Use Class B2) to an indoor padel sports centre (Use Class D2) and associated works

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Gareth A Roberts

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DECISION: To approve the application subject to material planning conditions relating to:

1.               Time

2.               Compliance with the plans

3.    Permitted use of the unit as a Pickleball / Padel Sports Centre only and not for any other purpose

4.    The flood mitigation measures recommended in parts 7.29 - 7.34 of the Planning Statement must be followed.

5.    Opening Hours: 07:00 to 23:00 daily

6.    The development approved through this will be held in accordance with the noise impact assessment, prepared by ES Acoustics - Noise Impact Assessment for a Proposed Padel Tennis and Pickleball Facility S3, Caernarfon Road, Bangor LL57 4SP Report Reference 22236.NIA-RPT.01. Rev A, dated 29 October 2025. Noise should not exceed the levels anticipated in Table 10 of the NIA.

7.    ⁠Within 3 months of the site becoming operational, a noise survey will be undertaken by a suitably qualified acoustic adviser, in accordance with the NIA, and a report submitted to the Local Planning Authority and approved by them in writing. The report will provide information about the measured sound emitted from the site on 1.0m of the façade of the residential receptors identified in Maes Berea, Pen y Wern, Cilcoed and Bryn Llwyd. Should it be discovered that the operating noise is louder than the lowest background noise levels, or there are noise levels from the external mechanical equipment with a higher score than the external condition above, a detailed noise mitigation plan should be submitted to the Local Planning Authority to be approved in writing. Any mitigation plan will be implemented within 3 months of the date of the written approval in accordance with the approved details, and will be kept in accordance with those details afterwards.

8.    Working Hours

9.    Details of any external equipment installed on the building must be submitted.

10.  A Site Management Plan must be submitted and approved, including a mechanism to deal with complaints from members of the public.

11. Operate in accordance with the Green Infrastructure Statement.

12. Ensure Welsh / Bilingual signs

Notes

     Welsh Water

Change of use form offices to 5 residential flats, including extension at the rear.  Air source heat pumps and a new door to the refuse store.

LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Cai Larsen

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DECISION: To defer

Reason:  Request for further information and evidence of the need, to meet policy TAI 8 requirements

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