Upgrade 10 existing static caravans and relocate 5 to filed 471 and the other 5 to field 470, extend the caravan site to part of field 470, reduce the number of touring caravans from 55 to 52, relocate touring caravans from field 471 to field 472 increase the area for storing 40 touring caravans on field 472 over the winter months. Erect a new reception on the site of the pigsties in accordance with the extant permission.
Local Member: Councillor Llywarch Bowen Jones
Minutes:
A full application to upgrade 10
existing static caravans and relocate five to field 471 and the other five to
field 470. Extend the caravan site to part of field 470, reduce the number of
touring caravans from 55 to 52, relocate touring caravans from field 471 to
field 472, increase the storage area for 40 touring caravans over the winter
months on field 472. Erect a new reception on the site of the pig-sties in
accordance with the extant permission.
(a) The
Development Control Manager elaborated on the background of the application
noting that there had been discussions with the applicant’s agent regarding the
proposal. As part of the upgrading, the number of touring caravans on the site
as a whole would be reduced from 55 to 52. The proposal would also be a means
of regulating the siting of nine touring caravans on field 4942.
There was currently permission
to site a total of 10 static and 55 touring caravans on the site. Permission
also existed for the storage of 40 touring caravans on the northern section of
field 472 during the winter months. At
present, there was planning permission to use field 470 as a golf course and
the site was located in the countryside and within an Area of Outstanding
Natural Beauty.
In terms of the principle of
the development, it was noted that Policy D17 of the Gwynedd Unitary
Development Plan approved proposals for upgrading existing static caravan
sites, including minor extensions to the land area, relocating units or for a
minor increase in numbers and exchanging touring spaces for static holiday
caravan units provided it complied with the three relevant criteria.
It was also explained that the
application included a proposal to extend the touring caravan winter storage
area to field 472 entirely. It was not proposed to increase the number of
touring caravans that would be stored. A section of field 472 into which it was
proposed to extend the storage site had vegetation growth surrounding it and it
was not considered that the site would be intrusive in the landscape. It was
considered that the proposal was acceptable in terms of Policy D21 of the GUDP.
It was noted also that the AONB
Unit had stated that the development would be visible from the road between Pistyll and Pentreuchaf. Although
it was agreed that a glimpse of the site could be seen from parts of this road,
as a result of the planting that had been undertaken over the years, and the
location of the site which would be extended to the north of the boundary of
the existing caravan site, it was not considered that the proposal would be
seen clearly from the road between Pistyll and Pentreuchaf or from other roads in the locality. As a consequence of the above, the
current situation and what the application proposed, it was not considered that
the proposal would have a detrimental impact on the AONB; hence, it was
acceptable in terms of Policy B8 of the GUDP.
The site was also within the Llŷn and Bardsey Island
Landscape of Historic Interest. However, it was not considered that
the proposal would be contrary to Policy B12 of the GUDP since it would not be
a development on such a large scale as to have a greater than local impact on
the historic landscape.
It was considered that the proposal
would improve the setting of the site and would enable locating the touring
units in one section of the site rather than in its current form which was more
dispersed. This application had also submitted a
detailed plan of how the lay-out of the site would appear and having one
permission for the site would be simpler and easier to control than the
fragmented permissions that had received permissions over the years. The proposal would be implemented in
phases which would ensure that no obvious modifications would be seen overnight
and would be a means of ensuring that the development would be undertaken in an
orderly manner and ensuring adherence to the number of caravans permitted.
(b)
It was proposed, seconded and voted unanimously
to approve the application.
(c)
In response to an enquiry by a Member
regarding responsibility for the passing-place, the Development Control Senior
Engineer explained that the road to the site had been partly adopted but
further work had to be undertaken in the passing-place (namely tarmacking), as
part of the previous application, before the Council could adopt it.
Resolved: To approve with the following
conditions:
1. Five
years
2. In
accordance with the plans
3. The
upgrading work to be completed in accordance with the six phase development
that was submitted as part of the application and one phase of the upgrading
work to be completed prior to proceeding to the next phase.
4. A
total of 10 static units only
5. A
total of 52 touring units only.
6. Static
caravan holiday season.
7. Touring
caravan holiday season.
8. Holiday
use only – static and touring caravans.
9. Maintain
a register of users.
10. Agree
on the colour of the new static units and those that will be exchanged in
future.
11. The
passing places on the track up to the site to be constructed to the adopted
standard before the relocated static caravans are occupied.
12. The
temporary track which will be created to access field 470 is to be eliminated
and the land restored to its current condition prior to commencing on the
fourth phase of the development.
13. Following
the elimination of the temporary road in accordance with condition 13 above the
access to the units located on field 470 will be via field 471 only.
14. Pigsties
to be recorded by photographic record and a copy to be deposited to the Local
Planning Authority and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic
Monuments of Wales prior to demolition.
15. Welsh
slate on the roof of the new reception building.
16. New
timber-framed windows and doors on the new reception building.
17. The
rainwater goods of the new reception building to be made of aluminium.
18. Western
and southern elevations of the new reception building to be finished in stone
to be re-used from the existing pigsties.
19. To
restrict the use of the new reception building exclusively for uses associated
with the caravan site.
20. Landscaping.
21. No
storing of boats on the land.
22. Maximum
of 40 touring caravans to be stored over the winter months in field number 472.
23. The
touring caravans that are in storage must be kept within 1 metre of each other.
24. Any light that is to be installed in the porch of the new building to work either on a timer or to be movement sensitive.
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