Re: CCBC: Latest planning applications

[Meleri]

The Committee was also "light" by 5 members who sent their apologies they would not be attending the meeting, making this meeting down by 10 member, that is over half the Committee. Why Planning Committee members are selected by what political party they are in is nonsense, if they are making decisions regarding planning in Conwy County, politics shouldn't come into it 

[Cambrian]

Quite right Meleri.  Trouble is that WG laws stipulate that all Committees have to be politically balanced, same applies to Licensing as well as Planning.  If the Planning Committee - even with a full complement - had refused the application against advice, they themselves would have had to draft their reasons and then a member would have to present those before the inevitable appeal.  The Appeal Inspector would in any event be guided by adopted Development Plan.

[SteveH]

Planning applications received by Conwy County Borough Council up to May 15
Your Conwy County Borough planning news.
19 May 2022

full list  https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-received-by-conwy-county-borough-council-up-to-may-15/

[SteveH]

Hobbit-hole style holiday home scheme plans for Conwy Valley
A planning application has been put forward for five units built into a hillside in Eglwysbach

cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/hobbit-hole-style-holiday-home-24015816?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589

[SteveH]

Planning applications registered by Conwy County Borough Council up to May 22
Your Conwy County Borough Council planning news.

full list https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-registered-by-conwy-county-borough-council-up-to-may-22/

[SteveH]

A housing development on green land next to a special school in Llandudno can move ahead after Welsh Government rejected an application to call-in the decision. Anwyl Homes were granted conditional planning permission by Conwy council in April for 49 homes on land adjacent to Ysgol y Gogarth on Nant y Gamar Road in Craig y Don.

The application had been initially rejected in March but the building firm conducted a noise assessment, which concluded that ambient sound levels would not be significant during construction work.

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/controversial-llandudno-development-can-move-24168153?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589

[SteveH]

A former Conwy Valley village school could be transformed into a "holiday let unit" ? despite concerns from neighbours about a ?dangerous road? and land ownership issues. Applicant Richard Williams Bulkeley has applied to Conwy County Council?s planning department to convert the former Ysgol Rowen on Buckley Mill Road in Rowen.

The school has been vacant for years, and the applicant, who runs Beaumaris-based Bulkeley Estates, wants to make internal alterations to the building, demolish a short length of a retaining wall and make alterations to the former playground for off-road parking. But several neighbours are unhappy with the plans.

read more.... https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/former-rural-conwy-valley-school-24273176?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589

[SteveH]

A developer has requested permission to allow motorhomes at a glamping site near Llandudno. Mrs Jennifer Jarvis has applied to Conwy County Council's planning department to alter conditions as part of a planning application already agreed for glamping pods at Bryn Pydew.

The site, at Tan y Bryn Farm, already has permission for eight glamping pods, the realignment of five existing touring park pitches, and the erection of a new recreation area, as well as a laundry area and shower block. There are also plans for a treatment plant with "landscaping enhancements" within the established caravan park.

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/plans-motorhomes-allowed-glamping-site-24296800?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589

[SteveH]

A controversial Glan Conwy housing development will again come before Conwy's planning department. The 107-home development at Llanrwst Road and Top Llan Road in Glan Conwy was given planning permission back in November 2020, despite concerns at the time about drainage, affordable housing provision and highway access.

Glan Conwy residents raised traffic fears concerning Llanrwst Road (A470), leading to the developers having to satisfy Welsh Government. The approved application included plans for 32 affordable houses, public open space, landscaping, highway and pedestrian access as well as local highway and pedestrian access improvements.

But Richard Lloyd of Brenig Construction Ltd has now applied to Conwy County Council's planning department, asking for the discharge of planning conditions, relating to the homes' construction methods. Planning consent included a long list of conditions, including the requirement to provide a construction method and environmental statement, which had to be approved by the council.

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/developer-behind-controversial-107-home-24303587