5 Application No. C17/0656/42/LL - Maes y Garn, Stryd Fawr, Nefyn PDF 212 KB
Construct 5 single storey houses with one to be an
affordable house.
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Gruffydd Williams
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Construction of five one-storey houses with one being an affordable house.
The Members had
visited the site.
(a) The Planning Manager elaborated
on the application's background and explained that the application had been
before the Planning Committee on 25 September 2017, when it was resolved to
defer for the members to visit the site and to give the applicant an
opportunity to respond to the waiting list for allotments received from Nefyn
Town Council.
It was explained that the land, that
was also in the applicant's ownership, had already received planning permission
to construct 10 two-storey dwellings. As
part of the permission it was intended to retain the existing application site
as 16 allotments with a condition on planning permission C12/1372/42/LL to
ensure that this land was used as allotments.
It was highlighted that the applicant (in September 2016) had conducted a
survey of the allotments at Y Ddôl (temporary site) to assess how many of the
21 were in use. From the information
submitted, only 10 out of the 21 allotments with planning permission were being
used. However, Nefyn Town Council noted
to the contrary that there were 37 names on a waiting list for an
allotment. No copy of this waiting list
had been received. Reference was made to
the evidence available and how this had been assessed together with the demand
for allotments and the policy context.
It was explained that the site was situated within the Nefyn development
boundary and therefore the principle of developing the site for housing had to
be considered under Policy TAI 2 LDP. It
was noted that the policy supported the provision of housing within the
development boundary of local service centres.
As part of the
application it was highlighted that the applicant was willing to sign a Section
106 agreement to tie one of the houses as an affordable unit. This would be equivalent to 20% of the
houses and was more than the requirement for Nefyn, and as a result of signing
a section 106 agreement for affordable housing tying one of the units for
affordable need, it was considered that the proposal would satisfy the
requirements of policy TAI 15. In addition,
four of the units would have an internal floor area of approximately 56 square
metres that was within the maximum size for one-storey, two bedroom affordable
houses as recommended in the Supplementary Planning Guidance: Affordable housing namely 80 square
metres.
The
development was acceptable in terms of relevant local and national policies for
the reasons noted in the report.
(b)
Taking
advantage of the right to speak, an objector noted the following points:-
·
That
Maes y Garn allotments needed to be protected because of the importance of the
site in Nefyn's history.
·
That
y Ddôl was merely a temporary site and there was a wish to return to Maes y
Garn once the planning application had been completed.
· Land at Y Ddôl was unsuitable - poor, wet land and many of the gardeners had lost last ... view the full minutes text for item 5
5 Application No. C17/0656/42/LL - Maes y Garn, Stryd Fawr, Nefyn PDF 199 KB
Construct 5 single storey houses with one to be an affordable house.
LOCAL MEMBER: Councillor Gruffydd Williams
Additional documents:
Minutes:
Construction of five one-storey houses with one to
be affordable.
(a)
The Planning Manager elaborated on the background
of the application and noted that neighbouring land to the west, which was also owned by the applicant, had already received planning permission to construct 10 two-storey houses. It was explained that as part of the permission it was intended to retain the site of the existing application site as 16 allotments with a condition on planning
permission C12/1372/42/LL to ensure
that this land was used as allotments.
It
was noted that the site was located within the development boundary of Nefyn and had been earmarked as a protected open/play area in
the JLDP and the site had previously been used as allotments.
Attention was drawn to the additional
observations that had been received.
It was noted
that the proposal was considered in terms
of Policy ISA 4 of the JLDP that
dealt with safeguarding existing open areas. It was reported that a Summary of Evidence on Open
Areas had been submitted as part of the application. The agent had also, as part of the application, summarised the information gathered as part of the Planning, Design and Access Statement. This information was prepared by the agent and gave a summary
of the process and the efforts of the applicant to seek evidence of the demand for allotments
in Nefyn.
It
was noted that the applicant had conducted a survey of the allotments at Y
Ddôl in order to assess how many
of the 21 were in use in September
2016. From the
information submitted only 10 out of the 21 allotments with planning permission were being used.
As the applicant
had understood by letter from Nefyn Town Council that there were
drainage difficulties at y
Ddôl allotments site he tried to seek
access to Y Ddôl site to assess the drainage needs and to see
if it was possible to solve these. It was noted that the applicant had stated that he continued
to be ready to assess land drainage to see if he
could assist to improve the allotments on Y Ddôl site if the opportunity arose.
It could be seen that
the situation with allotments in Nefyn had changed since the application for 10 houses had been approved with planning
permission given for 21 allotments at Y Ddôl site. From the information submitted it appeared that these
allotments had not been filled and although
it was possible that there were reasons
for this there was potential here for 21 allotments. It was understood that this land
was leased by Gwynedd Council
to Nefyn Town Council for
15 years from October 2014.
It was noted that Technical Advice Note 16 stated that there may be fewer safeguards for privately owned allotment sites compared to those run by local authorities. It was considered that a fair effort had been made by ... view the full minutes text for item 5