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The Local => Local News & Discussion => Topic started by: SteveH on April 07, 2022, 10:23:37 am
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Planning applications registered by Conwy County Borough up to April 4
Your Conwy County Borough Council planning news.
5 April 2022
full details...... https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-registered-by-conwy-county-borough-up-to-april-4/ (https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-registered-by-conwy-county-borough-up-to-april-4/)
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Planning applications registered by Conwy County Borough Council up to April 10
Your Conwy County Borough Council planning news
cont https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-registered-by-conwy-county-borough-council-up-to-april-10/ (https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-registered-by-conwy-county-borough-council-up-to-april-10/)
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A CONTROVERSIAL application to build 49 new homes on a Llandudno greenspace is to be discussed again at a council planning meeting, a month after the plans were rejected.
At a meeting on March 9, Conwy County Borough Council’s Planning Committee turned down Anwyl Homes’ proposal for 49 new homes, 17 of which would have been affordable, at the corner of Bodafon Road and Nant-y-Gamar Road, Craig-y-Don.
Prior to the meeting, the committee was minded to refuse the application, unless the applicant provided further evidence to demonstrate that the proposed development would not cause significant harm to the standards of education service and environment at Ysgol y Gogarth and Llys Gogarth, to the satisfaction of the Development and Building Control Manager, within eight weeks.
The meeting’s agenda states that the council is now minded to grant the application conditional planning permission, subject to further consideration of the latest amended plans and additional information regarding noise impact.
If the noise impact and planning obligations have not been addressed to the satisfaction of the Development and Building Control Manager, though, the council is minded to refuse it.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/20065345.contentious-application-new-llandudno-homes-revisited/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589 (https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/20065345.contentious-application-new-llandudno-homes-revisited/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589)
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PLANS for a development to build 49 homes on a Llandudno greenspace have been given conditional approval a month after they were initially turned down.
Anwyl Homes’ proposal is for these homes, 17 of which would be affordable, to be build at the corner of Bodafon Road and Nant-y-Gamar Road, Craig-y-Don.
Prior to today’s meeting, the committee was minded to grant the application conditional planning permission.
At a meeting today (April 20), members of the Conwy County Borough Council planning committee voted 5-2 in favour of the recommendation, with two abstentions.
This came after Anwyl provided further evidence in relation to the impact on standards of education service and environment currently enjoyed by the school, after the committee had voted 6-5 in favour of the application being rejected on March 9.
This was subject to further consideration of the latest amended plans and additional information regarding noise impact, and to meeting other planning obligations to the satisfaction of the Development and Building Control Manager within eight weeks.
Anwyl Homes submitted additional information to address this issue, including:
• A Boundary Treatment Plan.
• A response to the Equality Impact Assessment - Sections plan.
• A Noise Assessment Addendum.
Previously, calls to reject the application centred on the potential dangers to wildlife and land at Bodafon Fields, the impact it will have on congestion on the roads, and the effect it will have on Ysgol Y Gogarth.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/20081240.revised-application-new-llandudno-homes-given-conditional-approval/ (https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/20081240.revised-application-new-llandudno-homes-given-conditional-approval/)
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Planning applications registered by Conwy County Borough Council up to April 17
Your Conwy County Borough Council planning news.
cont https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-registered-by-conwy-county-borough-council-up-to-april-17/ (https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-registered-by-conwy-county-borough-council-up-to-april-17/)
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Extensive list of applications, covering the three towns area.............
Planning applications registered by Conwy County Borough Council up to April 24
Your Conwy County Council planning news.
Full list https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-registered-by-conwy-county-borough-council-up-to-april-24/ (https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-registered-by-conwy-county-borough-council-up-to-april-24/)
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Clogau jewellery store set to replace Conwy pharmacy as sites merge
A planning application has now been submitted to Conwy County Council's planning department to replace the chemist's existing timber shopfront on the High Street in preparation for a new Clogau jewellery store. Bodelwyddan-based Clogau Gold is set to start work pending planning permission, following the shop being vacated this month.
A spokeswoman for Rowlands said the two pharmacies would be amalgamated. “In order to best serve the local community, the two Rowlands branches in Conwy have relocated and come together on a new site on Castle Street,” she said.
“The new, larger branch is well placed to support the community and continues to offer the same breadth of services for Conwy residents.”
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/clogau-jewellery-store-set-replace-23812661?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589 (https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/clogau-jewellery-store-set-replace-23812661?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589)
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A company has been told it doesn't have planning permission for seven caravans on its park. Wyldecrest allowed the residential mobile homes to be sited at Bryn Gynog Park in Conwy.
But Conwy Council said they didn't have planning permission and issued an enforcement notice in January 2021. The company Wyldecrest Parks (Management) Ltd appealed to a Welsh Government planning inspector, who has now rejected its appeal and says planning permission should be refused.
The inspector Richard E Jenkins had heard the two-day appeal about the use of the land at Bryn Gynog Park off Hendre Road in Conwy in December, and gave his decision this month. The company had claimed that the land where the seven caravans were placed had been used for "amenity and recreational purposes" for the adjacent caravan park for 10 years. The number of caravans at Bryn Gynog is not restricted.
The company had claimed it was "too late" for the council to take enforcement action, but the inspector disagreed. He said there was little evidence the park owners used the land for parking, storage or recreational use apart from a "single photograph of a picnic bench".
ref DP
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Planning applications registered by Conwy County Borough Council up to May 1
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-1/ (https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-registered-by-conwy-county-borough-council-up-to-may-1/)
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Planning applications registered by Conwy County Borough Council up to May 8
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-8/ (https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-registered-by-conwy-county-borough-council-up-to-may-8/)
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Whatever happens as a result of the letter to the First Minister, the action of the CCBC and the Llandudno Councillors in particular is nothing short of a disgrace.
For the CCBC to say " no rules were broken" is not an acceptable excuse. All the elected Councillors have a moral obligation to represent their constituents and vote on issues even if the issues are controversial
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/approval-49-new-homes-near-23855216 (https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/approval-49-new-homes-near-23855216)
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Hugo one of the applications, the Mayfair hotel in deganwy Ave they have been using that since last year for the homeless this council is shocking.
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Hugo the fact is the Councillor who proposed that the Planning Committee go with the Officers recommendation to back the development, was from Kinmel Ward & the Seconder was a Councillor from the Cerrigydrudion area. The only Councillor from the area of the development Abstained. The Councillor from Kinmel had the audacity to say people who opposed the application were using the children who attended Ysgol Gogarth as a leverage to try to stop the application, which was an absolutely disgraceful thing to say. The turn out of Councillors for such an important meeting was abysmal & I was pleased to see 5 of the 9 Councillors who attended the meeting have lost their seats on the Council. Lets hope a new broom sweeps clean & the New Committee will have more guts to challenge the Officers, who seems to have more power than the Committee.
On another note the Councillor for Craig y Don Cllr Frank Bradfield battled tirelessly to stop this development going ahead & is not a Planning Committee member, but did speak against it at the meeting.
Due to all the controversy of this planning application it has now been Called-In to the the Welsh Ministers at Cardiff, lets hope that common sense prevails & the health & wellbeing of the children attending Ysgol Gogarth & the residential facility Llys Gogarth will be put before profits. Anwyl Construction who should hang their heads in shame proposing to build on this site & the noise impact it will bring for months if not years. This is a cherry picked prime site that will command higher prices, when other less lucrative sites lay dormant which could bring much needed cheaper affordable housing for local people.
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Meleri, that was a very interesting and informative reply and puts a lot of what has been said previously into perspective. Why do people elect to go on planning committees but when it comes to the crunch then they abstain from voting. It just doesn't make ant sense whatsoever.
Llandudno needs a voice on these planning matters that have been imposed on them and the Llandudno Councillors have a moral obligation to speak up when the decision has an impact on the town.
Llandudno needs Councillors like Frank Bradfield not the previous lot of nodding Donkeys.
As for Anwyl Construction and Mostyn Estates my views on them are well known and we haven't heard the last of their devious schemes
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The Committee was "light" by 5 places because Political Groups had not appointed all their full allocation. Vacancies were: Allied Independents - 1; Tories - 2; Conwy First Independents - 1 and Plaid Cymru - 1.
The damage would have been done when the site was allocated in the Development Plan.
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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 &shake&
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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.
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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/ (https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-received-by-conwy-county-borough-council-up-to-may-15/)
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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 (https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/hobbit-hole-style-holiday-home-24015816?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589)
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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/ (https://www.inyourarea.co.uk/news/planning-applications-registered-by-conwy-county-borough-council-up-to-may-22/)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Proposals are set to be put forward for an industrial development that could bring new units close to the A55.
Dare2soar Ltd are working with Cadnant Planning to develop a hybrid planning application for land to the north of Quinton Hazell Enterprise Parc, in Mochdre, Colwyn Bay
The site is currently vacant, and has previously been used as a landfill site and later as sport pitches. [ hope they do not park heavy vehicles there]
The proposal seeks full approval for eight units totalling 1,300sqm in phase one and the outline go-ahead for a phase two - which would have 17 units totalling 4,040sqm.
A pre-applicaton consultation is currently taking place. ref Businesslive
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A SMALL glamping site could be given planning permission on the grounds of Llandudno holiday cottages.
Applicant Andrea Carri has submitted a retrospective planning application to Conwy?s planning committee for the development at Bodafon Hall on Craigside Road.
The application has been submitted for two glamping pods and yurts at semi-natural, broad-leaved woodland adjacent to the holiday cottages.
Supporting evidence from the applicant says the new camping pod is situated away from Bodafon Hall, a listed building.
It reads: ?The submitted documents show that the wooden glamping and toilet facilities are located a fair distance from Bodafon Hall.
?It is difficult to tell from the documents provided, but the impact on the listed building is likely to be minimal if it is well screened by vegetation.
?If there isn?t enough natural screening, then further screening is suggested to further mitigate the impact of the development.?
An ecology survey carried out by Clwydian Ecology on behalf of the applicant said there were no protected species living in the woodland.
While there was no evidence of badgers, bats, or reptiles, the report said there could be slow worms, common frogs, and toads nearby.
But mitigation measures could see the installation of bat and bird boxes as well as the creation of felled deadwood habitat.
The application must now be considered by Conwy?s planning committee before a decision is made.
Anyone who wants to discuss the application can contact a planning officer and call Liz Wood on 01492 575227, quoting application number 0/49845 or visit https://www.conwy.gov.uk/en/Resident/Planning-Building-Control-and-Conservation/Planning-Applications/Planning.aspx
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Conwy?s planning committee will consider a controversial application this week for 15 apartments in Colwyn Bay. Mr A. Snook has applied to demolish a Victorian villa set in an elevated position to the south of Abergele Road.
The planning committee will discuss the application at a hybrid meeting at Bodlondeb on Wednesday, following planning officers recommending the application be approved. But Colwyn Bay Town Council has concerns about the plans, citing overdevelopment and traffic as their reasons for the objection.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/controversial-plan-demolish-victorian-villa-24702972?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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I feel sorry for the neighbours when a planning application is granted for a development like this. The privacy and emenities that they had previously enjoyed has gone for ever. I noticed that in the planning regulations there is something in it that protects the privacy issues under the Human Rights issue, but no one seems to bring this matter up
Another bone of contention is "affordable Housing " and this doesn't seem to pop up when it's concerning flats. Presumably then these flats may not be deemed affordable so who will be able to buy them, Perhaps the buyers will not be from the local area so that begs the question of infrastructure GP's etc etc
At the moment my Doctor's surgery in Colwyn Bay has no GP's, none at all, but does employ one locum doctor so perhaps these things should be discussed at the planning stage but my confidence in the CCBC is quickly evaporating
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Traffic concerns delay decision on new apartments in Colwyn Bay
Councilors have demanded a second traffic survey for the Abergele Road plans, which would see a Victorian property demolished
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/property/traffic-concerns-delay-decision-new-24724193?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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Homes for 'travelling showmen' given green light as councillors go against officers' advice
The eight new homes on Gors Road in Towyn will see the number of homes on the site rise from 13 to 21
CCBC Councillors are just unbelievable if they fall for a fairy tale explanation. All I can say is that the "travelling showmen" must be on good wages in the local area.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/homes-travelling-showmen-given-green-24763846
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I wonder if they ever check they are actually occupied by "travelling showmen"?
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Two planning stories this morning.........
Housing estate could be built on school's former tennis courts in North Wales town
The courts in Colwyn Bay were sold by Rydal Penrhos School
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/housing-estate-could-built-schools-24796599?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
Conwy council officer upsets village neighbours after building office 'monstrosity' in his garden
The officer was refused was retrospective planning permission and may now have to remove the outbuilding
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/conwy-council-officer-upsets-village-24794567
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Llandudno developer's holiday lodge plan could leave village 'swamped by tourism'
The scheme for 15 timber lodges at a caravan site in Tal-y-Bont, Conwy, has been criticised by Caerhun Community Council
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/llandudno-developers-holiday-lodge-plan-24833328?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
CONWY councillors voted in favour of extending the period of planning permission for a new education and skills centre at the Welsh Mountain Zoo.
The new development will house a new alligator beach and tropical area, seven reptile exhibits, butterfly exhibit, and six species exhibits.
The plans also included a plant exhibit, two lecture rooms, two classrooms, toilets, service rooms, reptile and insect rooms, two offices, a keeper?s store, kitchen, mess, and a plant room.
The National Zoological Society of Wales was last given planning permission by Conwy County Council?s planning committee in December 2017.
But the planning application, which was originally granted in December 2017, was due to expire, following development delays caused by COVID.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/20717855.zoo-granted-deadline-extension-new-education-skills-centre/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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COLWYN Bay Football Club hopes to erect a new 1,000-seater stand at its Old Colwyn ground.
The club has submitted a planning application to Conwy County Council?s planning department.
The planning application has been submitted by the club?s chairman Neil Coverley, and the club, who play in the JD Cymru North League, wants to upgrade its Llanelian Road ground.
As well as the impressive new stand, the plans include a car parking area at the rear of the ground.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/21312187.1-000-seater-stand-planned-colwyn-bay-fc/
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Plans have been unveiled for a new low carbon estate of 131 affordable homes in North Wales. The 12-acre site in Pensarn, near Abergele, was acquired by housing association Cartrefi Conwy earlier this year, supported by funding from Welsh Government.
It will be the biggest housing scheme ever undertaken by Cartrefi if it?s given the green light by planners at Conwy County Borough Council. The former Inter Leisure site in Towyn Road already has planning permission for housing after it was secured by the previous owners.
Cartrefi will be applying for permission to amend the existing planning permission and have asked for more time to do so. According to Cartrefi Conwy managing director Katie Clubb, they are committed to using local labour and local suppliers, triggering a massive boost for the regional economy.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/plans-130-home-estate-near-25055694?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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A developer could be granted permission to start work on a controversial housing site - if councillors give the green light. John Rochelle was granted outline planning permission for housing at Gyffin grazing field, adjacent to Henryd Road in Gyffin, Conwy, in October 2019, subject to a list of conditions.
The conditions range from providing affordable housing and highway measures, as well as satisfying biodiversity and drainage demands. Planning officers have marked the application 'minded to grant', and now Mr Rochelle has applied to Conwy Council for the discharge of these conditions, meaning work can begin on the development should councillors grant it.
Conwy Council?s planning committee are set to meet on Wednesday afternoon to discuss the planning application. The grazing field is 0.99 hectare - or about the size of two football pitches.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/work-could-soon-begin-controversial-25095036?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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'Flood risk' raised over Mostyn Estate bid to build Llandudno car showroom
Natural Resources Wales say they need questions answered before they can back bid to convert a former medical clinic which was used as a vaccination centre during the coronavirus crisis, The landowner wants to convert the former Argyll Road Clinic site on Argyll Road into a Honda and Kia showroom.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/flood-risk-raised-over-mostyn-25108507?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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The Vaccination Centre is still there and is next door to the former Health Centre in Argyll Road.
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Seems a OTT request given the proposed use is non-residential. Bit like the flood report they asked for in respect of a planning application for an extractor control 3 metres or so up the wall of the Palladium a few years back!
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Cambrian, that reminds me of a customer, when I was still in business in CyD, who wanted to insure the contents of her home but was refused cover because her flat was in a postcode that was in a flood-risk area.
Fortunately, the insurer changed their mind when I pointed out the customers flat was on the third floor of a property on Nant-y-Gamar Road 😆
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When we moved to Bryn Pydew our previous insurer refused to insure our property because we were allegedly in a flood risk postcode!!!
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PLAN for 15 apartments in Old Colwyn were granted permission, despite concerns about lorries and cranes blocking residents? access on a busy road.
Mr A. Snook submitted a planning application to Conwy County Council to demolish 228 Abergele Road and build 15 new homes for those over 55.
But plans to tear down the Victorian property and build the social housing development near a private driveway off Abergele Road were put on hold at August?s planning meeting.
Conwy councillors claimed a traffic survey carried out on Abergele Road during the quieter COVID lockdown might not be an accurate reflection of how busy the road is.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23058305.apartments-granted-permission-despite-residents-fears/
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Developers know Conwy?s overworked planning enforcement team are struggling to carry out proper checks, a concerned councillor claimed
And Conwy?s cabinet member for housing admitted that budget restrictions meant planning enforcement officers could not monitor every development.
It then emerged that the team of two full-time and one part-time member of staff was dealing with 170 planning enforcement cases.
Consequently, developers know Conwy simply can?t cope and that many enforcement issues will go unchecked.
?The line manager for the small team is one of the planning enforcement officers who also has a caseload of 60 plus cases.
?There are 170 enforcement cases active now. My understanding is that developers and builders know there is no or very limited cross checking between planning permissions and building control; it is a disorganised and unrestricted situation.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23068565.developers-know-short-staffed-council-cant-monitor-every-planning-issue/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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PROPERTY developer Hall & Co has submitted plans for the transformation of a site in Dwygyfylchi, Conwy, into a new model for sustainable living.
The new development, in one of North Wales? most desirable locations, will offer a mix of two, three and four bed homes and shared equity.
24 properties will be accompanied by 46 parking spaces in a scheme created with sustainability at its heart.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23128096.planning-submitted-24-home-residential-scheme-conwy/
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NEIGHBOURS living near a Conwy Valley caravan park have slammed plans for holiday lodges at the site.
Peter Davidson, of Llandudno-based 3D Property Investment, has applied to Conwy County Council, seeking permission for 15 timber holiday lodges at Tyn Terfyn Caravan Site in Tal y Bont.
But neighbours living near the caravan park on Llanrwst Road oppose the plans on the 62-hectre site, claiming it will cause a sewage overload and parking problems on the edge of the Snowdonia National Park.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23161820.neighbours-object-conwy-valley-holiday-lodge-plans/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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Decision on Llandudno's Great Orme tramway upgrade plans delayed
But a new boardwalk improving disabled access at upper Colwyn Bay?s Welsh Mountain Zoo was given the go-ahead
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/decision-llandudnos-great-orme-tramway-25753545?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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Bedsit rules 'brought in to control Colwyn Bay' should stay over HMO fears
Councillors set to discuss controversial report next week as officers propose more flexibility
A controversial study proposing to relax the rules for allowing bedsits is set to be discussed by Conwy council's cabinet next week. Conwy?s current planning policy is to refuse all applications for houses of multiple occupation (HMOs), more commonly known as bedsits.
But the planning inspectorate has, on occasions, overturned these refusals, leaving cash-strapped Conwy to pay for costly appeals. Conwy is also facing a homelessness crisis ? with many residents suffering during the national cost-of-living emergency.
Consequently, Conwy commissioned a 100-page study to look at the HMO issue. The study proposes to relax the rules around allowing bedsits, despite the report acknowledging HMOs caused negative impacts such as overcrowding and community safety issues.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/bedsit-rules-brought-control-colwyn-25917082
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The late Bob Squire, when he was Colwyn's Chief Environmental Health Officer, spent much time and effort trying to rid the Bay of the multitude of HMOs which had grown since the 1970s attracting all sorts of problems in their wake. He carried this on as a Director at Conwy as he was concerned at the possible impact on Llandudno. Bob always said that planners - officers and inspectors - where "flakey" when it came to HMOs. Seems he has been proved right. Given the current "Cabinet" at Conwy they will probably jump through whatever hoop the Management Team put in front of them - hope I'm wrong though.
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Conwy County Council has submitted coastal-defence plans to its own planning department for the 2.3 km stretch of coastline at Kinmel Bay, including a coastal path, car park, and public areas.
The plans, though, have already got some people excited as the artist?s impressions show a sandy beach complete with parasols more in keeping with Rhodes than neighbouring Rhyl.
The proposals include new rock armour defences, raised sea walls, and a widened coastal path to help protect Kinmel Bay from rising sea levels.
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A UK bar and restaurant chain wants to open a new hotel in the centre of Llandudno. Loungers has secured planning to open an eating and drinking venue at the M&Co unit on Gloddaeth Street.
This was their second attempts to come to Llandudno after previously bidding to move into the former Marks and Spencer satellite store on Mostyn Street, which is now a Poundland.
The new restaurant will create 30 jobs and add to the going out venues in the seaside town. They said it was a ?1.25m investment.
Now the company has submitted a bid to create a hotel on the upper floors of the building. They hope to add 10 en-suite rooms.
The firm said: "The company seeks to use upper floors of their premises for hotels where appropriate. This provides a complementary use to the ground floor as a lounge restaurant cafe/bar and also seeks to ensure that the building has long term future."
The proposal will be considered by planners at Conwy council.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/new-llandudno-hotel-planned-uk-26134521
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An Old Colwyn church could soon be transformed into a caf? and gallery ? if it gets the green light from planning officials. A developer has submitted a planning application to Conwy Council's planning department, seeking to transform the vacant St Catherine Parish Church on Abergele Road into a new residential unit, multi-purpose caf?, and gallery.
Hertfordshire-based applicant Adrian Gaskell wants to modernise the Grade II listed building by adding an additional floor, building a glass extension at the top of the bell tower, and adding solar panels. Other changes proposed include conservation roof lights, internal and external alterations, and secondary glazing.
The development would create four full-time and two part-time jobs. But Tricia and Ben Williams live on Church Walks opposite the church and objected to the plans.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/north-wales-church-could-transformed-26190957?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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The two apartments at Roslin, Sylvia Gardens North in Craig y Don, were occupied until June last year before the sale to a Cardiff-based housing association in August.
Mr David Owen of First Choice Housing Association has applied to Conwy County Council?s planning department, seeking permission for a change of use from flats to a children?s home.
If the flats get the go-ahead, the apartments could be transformed into three two-bedroom apartments.
The flats would home children as well as young people over 18 transitioning to care from social services.
READ MORE: https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23310553.childrens-home-proposed-llandudno-flats/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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Multi-million pound plans to transform Colwyn Bay's former Civic Centre into hotel submitted
Parc Eirias Hotel Ltd has applied for permission to convert the building into a 56-bedroom hotel
In November the local democracy reporting service revealed the company, which also runs the award-winning Lawton & Lauriston Court Hotel in Llandudno, was looking to invest around ?2-3m to renovate the former council building on Abergele Road. The latest plans reveal there will be 21 ensuite bedrooms on the ground floor, 19 on the first floor, and 16 on the second floor, together with store rooms and office space.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/multi-million-pound-plans-transform-26422882?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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Developer's plea to drop ?52,000 payment for affordable homes is rejected
The developer argued the project in Rhos on Sea is now unviable due to rising building costs
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/developers-plea-drop-52000-payment-26430145
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Credit where credit is due so well done Cllr Mandy Hawkins for saying "This Section 106 money should absolutely not be discharged. It is, after all, a legally binding contract and one we as a committee and council should not back down on in order to give those who have entered into the agreement larger profits
Cllr Carr and the planning officers should be ashamed of themselves for suggesting that the project is no longer viable, it's a complete nonsense. It's the ratepayers money that they were happy to forfeit
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I totally agree with you Hugo & pleased to see the Planning Committee members challenging the Planning Officers decision to discharge the 106 of ?52,000, as Cllr Mandy said, it is just a drop in the ocean for these developers. This has been going on for years & it's about time it was stopped. CCBC have spent millions on an LDP that tells us these charges should be paid to help build descent homes for less fortunate residents. It's morally wrong of the developers to try & get out of paying it to line their pockets. There are over 200 people in B&B waiting for a decent affordable home, many of them young children & it's costing CCBC ?85 per person per night.
The same thing happened not so long ago at the Odstone site on the same road & the 106 was discharged, now those apartments are selling for ?595,000 to ?950.000. You can't tell me they couldn't afford the 106 they should have paid.
There have been dozens more incidents of the same, loosing hundreds of thousands of pounds & resulting in a loss of many affordable houses & it's shameless that the Planning Officers are allowing this to happen & shame on you Cllr David Carr for encouraging them.
It was Cllr Joe Nuttall who first challenged this in last months planning meeting & very pleased Cllrs Mandy Hawkins & Stephen Price continued the challenge to refuse to discharge the 106, a pat on the back to you all.
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Meleri, what you have said has really shocked me. I have heard about one or two cases where the Section 106 payment has been waived but I never realised that it was done on such a large scale and that CCBC was agreeing to it.
It's totally absurd, have you ever heard of a developer building a house on a non profit basis? In fact with the builders the case was always that the third house they built was all profit. As for Cllr Carr and all that nonsense about high spec kitchens etc. the builder just puts up his price accordingly
The Section 106 is a legally binding contract and therefore enforceable in law so there is no excuse to write off money due to the ratepayers
The question needs to be asked why do the Planning officers do it? It's an abuse of power amongst others things
I'll give an example of this type of thing that was widely reported in the paper some years ago. Boris Johnson was Mayor of London at the time and a developer who was building Luxury apartments in London had agreed to pay a fee in respect of affordable houses. Boris intervened and the fee was waived.
Lo and behold a short time later a donation of 25 thousand pounds was made to the Conservative Party. it stinks
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Isn't there a right of appeal against the Committee's decision, under S106B, to the Planning Inspectorate ? If so, the agreement may not be a contract as such. Possibly this weighed in the officers' recommendation.
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If that is the case then the Planning Officers have taken the easy way out and that soft line approach should be stopped. Thank goodness that the Planning Committee over ruled the Planning Officer decision, you can't just wipe out ratepayers money just like that
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No Cambrian they don't have a right to appeal in this case. If the permission was granted over 5 years ago then they could have appealed, but it has only been one year so there is no chance.
Now we will wait & see what happens & I can't see them not building as there is too much money involved to loose for the sake of ?52,000. A case of 'Pulling a fast one' as they know there is this loophole & it's about time it was closed.
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As for the development of 12 luxury apartments on the Odstone site again on Marine Drive, built not long ago. The Agent submitted a Affordable Housing Viability Assessment Pro-forma & it showed a negative gross development value & it also stated no affordable housing units or contribution are proposed. The Planning Officers acknowledged that the planning obligations of a 106 should not be discharged or varied without robust justification. They then said there was a risk the site could be left vacant for a prolonged period if the 106 wasn't discharged so discharged it. Unbelievable isn't it if it wasn't there in black & white on the planning application you wouldn't believe it when you think of the profit those 12 apartment have made.
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Very interesting Meleri, the developers can sell duplex apartments for 1.2 million pounds but can't afford the payment that they signed up for.
The same case worker was involved in another planning application and not only over ruled a previous rejection of an appeal by a Welsh Inspector she ignored the conditions that the Planning Committee imposed when they granted the planning application. Now that you have brought the abuse to light I'll investigate and see if they waived the 30,000 plus that was agreed to be paid in lieu of building affordable houses
If it has been waived then there might be some explaining to do
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A lot of good information there, well done all involved.
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Isn't there a right of appeal against the Committee's decision, under S106B, to the Planning Inspectorate ? If so, the agreement may not be a contract as such. Possibly this weighed in the officers' recommendation.
You are of course correct in saying that there is a right of appeal under S106B but the developers have costed things out before they have applied for Planning permission so there is no excuse for trying to renege on the Legal Agreement they have signed
Whether the contract is enforceable is a matter for the Legal Eagles at CCBC but personally speaking I feel that CCBC has a moral obligation to resist these developers from getting out of their responsibilities.
It has happened too often to be a coincidence and I feel that something is amiss at CCBC Planning,
For the Reserve in Glan Conwy, the Pier Pavilion, Odstone and the former Art Deco house not paying a contribution towards affordable housing is morally wrong and the practice should be stopped. Odstone has 12 luxury apartments up for sale ranging in prices up to 1.2 million and yet CCBC say it's not viable, it's a joke
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Colwyn Bay venue says 'there will be nudity' as it applies to host adult entertainment
The new Ink. Gallery on Abergele Road has submitted a licensing application to stage a variety of events
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/colwyn-bay-venue-says-there-26554473?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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Update on Re: CCBC: Latest planning applications.........Colwyn Bay
? Reply #50 on: February 09, 2023, 10:49:22 am ?
PLANS to transform a vacant church in Old Colwyn into a caf? and gallery have been withdrawn.
A Hertfordshire-based developer had submitted an application to the County Council?s planning department, seeking to transform St Catherine Parish Church on Abergele Road into a new residential unit, multi-purpose caf?, and gallery.
Conwy County Borough Council has confirmed the applicant has now withdrawn the application. ref pioneer
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PERMISSION for new semi-detached houses at a former Llandudno Junction car park was unanimously agreed by a planning committee, despite concerns from neighbours and the town council.
Conwy?s planning committee granted permission for two new homes on vacant land at the junction of McKinley Road and Roosevelt Terrace.
The land was originally occupied by housing ? which was cleared ? and recently used for car parking.
Conwy Town Council recommended that the committee rejected the plans due to the houses being ?unsuitable? and neighbour objections.
https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23462277.plans-homes-former-car-park-site-llandudno-junction-approved/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
PERMISSION for a Rhos-on-Sea dental practice was agreed by Conwy?s planning committee, despite concern from residents about parking and congestion.
The detached home at 2 Allanson Road will now be converted to a dental practice, following councilllors voting unanimously in favour of the application made by Mr and Mrs Wesley and Claira Davies.
https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23462230.rhos-on-sea-dental-practice-plans-approved/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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A Llandudno golf club applying for permission to erect netting to protect residents and children from stray balls will be refused planning consent ? if council officers? advice is followed. Philip Beard has submitted a planning application to Conwy County Council, seeking permission for the erection of a specialist golf-course netting along a boundary at North Wales Golf Club House on Bryniau Road.
The matter is due to be discussed at next week?s planning committee meeting at Bodlondeb. The site relates to a triangular parcel of land to the south-west of the club house and to the north-west of residential properties on and around Fairways.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/golf-club-net-plan-protect-26852071?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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Updates
A LLANDUDNO golf club will put up netting to protect residents from stray balls after councillors voted in favour of a planning application against officers? advice.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23517133.councillors-go-advice-approve-netting-plan-golf-club/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
PEOPLE living in the village of Gwytherin could soon enjoy better phone connectivity after Conwy councillors backed a planning application for a 65-foot-tall telecommunications tower.
Councillors said the mast would improve connections and keep rural residents safer in the case of an accident.
The planning application for the 20-metre-high lattice tower at Merddyn Farm, Gwytherin, Abergele, was submitted by Cornerstone Telecommunications Infrastructure Ltd.
https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/conwy/23517146.65-foot-mast-conwy-farm-keep-rural-community-safer-approved/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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I'm not sure what the issue was with the net for the golf club - I'm neither a golfer nor do I live in Parr's Cottages. I seem to recall for at least 40 years there has been a net fence along the line of the public footpath to protect the cottages. True it has decayed over the years. As the golf course is council-owned (on a long lease to the club) it was probably erected by the UDC and did not need planning consent under permitted rights to local authorities. Conwy Planning officers' inconsistencies again!! Good for Cllr Hawkins taking a common sense view.
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We need more Councillors like Cllr Hawkins to take a stance against decisions made by the CCBC that display no logic or common sense
I can never remember the wire fence not being there, accidents can happen anyway but it's best for everyone's sake if things can be put in place to prevent it happening
They could have done with netting on the 7th tee at Maesdu Golf Club because many years ago i drove my first two tee shots down Maesdu Avenue but luckily no person was injured or vehicle damaged unlike one unlucky motorist some time later.
The motorist was driving down Maesdu Avenue when a wayward golf ball went through his rear screen. He was obviously irate and went to the club house where the secretary reassured him that any damage or costs would be paid for by the club
Anyway the motorist was not happy and said that he had to go somewhere and would be back later to sort the club out
On his return journey to Maesdu G C a stray golf ball went flying through his front windscreen, neither golf ball was driven by me I must add
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Plans for glamping pods on the grounds of a Llanrwst holiday cottage have been submitted to Conwy?s planning department. Hughes Lettings Ltd has submitted the planning application for land at Tan y Fordd, Abergele Road, Llanrwst.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/firm-hopes-glamping-pods-can-27075956
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Plans for a three-day rave at a country house have kicked up a stir. Residents in leafy Dolwen, Conwy are up in arms at the news that revellers could be partying until 4am at Coed Coch, a Georgian manor house.
The event, organised by event company OK, is called On-Kilter 2023. It will DJs Kyle Toole, Katya, Pluralist, Kincaid, and Softi amongst many more and takes place on Thursday 13 July, Friday 14 July, Saturday 15 July, and into the early hours of Sunday 16 July.
A similar event was held by OK at Coed Coch in 2021, in which Conwy Council served noise abatement notices. Event organiser Archie Fetherstonhaugh has submitted an application for the event to Conwy County Council?s licensing department.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife-news/country-house-rave-dolwen-conwy-27108844?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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A Welsh-language secondary school will be extended after Conwy?s planning committee granted permission for the building to be developed, despite fears about parking. Construction of a two-storey extension will now go ahead at Ysgol y Creuddyn on Derwen Lane in Penrhyn Bay.
The plans for three new classrooms, toilets, storerooms, and five new car parking spaces were granted by Conwy ?s planning committee. New external doors will also be constructed leading to the existing toilets.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/welsh-language-school-development-conwy-27153116
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Former Llandudno club on busy road could be demolished and replaced with apartments
The West Shore Social Club has been empty for a number of years after the club closed down
Last October it went up for sale for offers over ?300,000 with Jones Peckover. They said the site is considered suitable for a wide range of alternative uses, including residential, commercial and leisure.
Now plans have been submitted by Cynwyd Enterprises Limited. These are for the club to be demolished and replaced with 12 apartments.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/former-llandudno-club-busy-road-27197494?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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Llandudno cafe wants balcony seating above town's high street
Planning application submitted for the site on Mostyn Street
Diners in Llandudno could soon enjoy a slice of cake or cup of coffee on an outdoor first-floor balcony - if plans get the go-ahead. Jamilla Dickens has applied to Conwy County Council, seeking planning permission to allow her to install an external seating area at Caf? Culture at 79 Mostyn Street.
The plans for the four-storey grade-two listed building will go before Conwy?s planning committee. But Llandudno Town Council has already objected to the proposals and has written to Conwy council, insisting the plans are ?not in keeping with the street scene of the conservation area?.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/local-news/llandudno-cafe-wants-balcony-seating-27322470?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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A Llandudno builder's yard will be converted into a home, despite concerns about flooding. Applicant Probuild Ltd submitted an application to Conwy's planning committee, seeking to convert a builder's yard at Jubilee Passage into a home.
The matter was discussed at a previous planning committee meeting in which councillors granted the application, subject to a condition requiring "safe refuge" from flooding on the first floor. But planning officers advised that the committee should refuse planning permission, due to Natural Resources Wales' (NRW) concerns about potential flooding.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/llandudno-builders-yard-converted-home-27501838
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A commercial estate agent says property in Llandudno Junction is difficult to lease out due to low footfall ? with prospective business owners even asking for free rent. Mr K. Islam from Deganwy has applied to Conwy County Council?s planning department, seeking to convert a shop at 163 Conway Road into a restaurant and takeaway.
Mr Islam hopes to convert the shop One Six Three store, a former Post Office and card shop, which has been vacant since it closed. But according to agent St David's Commercial, finding a use for the building has been difficult, despite it being on the letting market for ?8,500 per year since August 2022.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/restaurant-plan-north-wales-shop-27968102?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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Interesting story...........
Banker who helped sell Manchester United on mission to build 1,000 homes in North Wales
Helen Pittaway played a central role in multi-billion pound deals but is now back in North Wales
A former banking high flyer who played a part in the sale of Manchester United is now on a mission to build 1,000 new homes in North Wales. In a stellar career in the City of London, Helen Pittaway played a central role in multi-billion pound deals like the sale of Manchester United Football Club to the American Glazer family.
She?s now applying her skills and financial acumen as the new chair of housing association Cartrefi Conwy. It?s brought life full circle for the mother-of-two who was raised in a former council house on the Elwy estate in Rhos-on-Sea which is now run by Cartrefi. After moving there in 1979, her parents bought the house three years later.
full article https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/banker-who-helped-sell-manchester-27974840
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PLANS to build 94 homes at a private school in North Wales could be called in by the Welsh Government.
Plans to build on land at Rydal Penrhos in Colwyn Bay were submitted to Conwy Council by Castle Green Homes in the spring of 2022.
They sought permission to demolish school buildings and replace them with 63 homes and 31 apartments.
The developers want to knock down an extension to Pwllycrochan House as well as the Preparatory School Science and IT building, the Assembly Hall, and associated outbuildings to make room for the homes.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/23883131.94-homes-plans-colwyn-bay-private-school-called/
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Proposal for extra 350 homes in Conwy village as potential LDP sites announced
Fears over traffic, strain on GP services, and loss of agricultural land
Plans to build up to 350 new homes on farmland in Old Colwyn have been slammed by angry councillors and residents. Those against the proposals for Peulwys Farm say the plans will cause traffic congestion, put a strain on services such as GP surgeries and schools, and lead to the loss of agricultural land.
Conwy is currently consulting the public over its new replacement Local Development plan (RLDP), which governs what can be built and where from late 2024, including five sites set aside for significant development. The council, which is in the middle of a serious housing crisis, has also come under fire from objectors who say the ongoing public consultation is ill-thought out and lacking in information.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/proposal-extra-350-homes-conwy-28119409?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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Alarm on North Wales coast over future use of historic quarry next to A55
Some would like it to become a green space used by climbers - but the quarry has been earmarked for solar energy and waste recycling
Worried residents near a landfill site fear smells and noise could become unbearable if new plans are green-lighted. Public meetings are expected to be packed this week as agents for Conwy Council set out future ideas for Llanddulas Quarry.
Site operator FCC Environment is aiming to develop a brownfield section of the former quarry, which once exported limestone across Europe. Conwy Council wants to include the site in its next Local Development Plan (LDP) and is considering allocating it for employment and solar energy. FCC is also aiming to relocate its existing waste transfer station.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/alarm-north-wales-coast-over-28149065
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Proposals that could see up to 150 homes built in Llanrhos have been slammed by a residents? group. The Llanrhos Local Residents? Group have written to councillors in opposition to the plans for land off Pentywyn Road and Bryn Lupus Road.
Conwy Council is currently consulting the public over its new replacement Local Development Plan (RLDP), which governs what can be built and where from late 2024/early 2025. Conwy is in the middle of a housing crisis, and five sites have been set aside for significant development, including Llanrhos.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/fears-150-homes-proposal-destroy-28147722?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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This is just the investment Colwyn Bay needs....................
Plans to build 94 homes on land at a North Wales private school have been given the green light. Castle Green Homes submitted their plans to Conwy County Council in the spring of 2022, requesting planning permission to build on land at Rydal Penrhos Preparatory and Pre-School on Pwllycrochan Avenue in Colwyn Bay.
The developer sought permission to demolish school buildings and replace them with 63 homes as well as 31 apartments in the existing Pwllycrochan House building, which dates back to the early 1800s. They applied to knock down a modern extension to Pwllycrochan House as well as the Preparatory School Science and IT building, the Assembly Hall and associated outbuildings to make room for the homes.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/plan-build-94-homes-north-28338196?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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Council rejects proposal for boutique hotel at Marle Hall
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/24005407.council-rejects-proposal-boutique-hotel-marle-hall/
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Boreholes hundreds of metres deep at site near A55 get approval
They will be drilled at the new Tre Morfa Enterprise Park in Conwy, but pollution concerns have been raised
Robertson Geologging Limited were granted permission for the boreholes that will be used as geophysical sensors at the north-west side of the new Tre Morfa Enterprise Park in Conwy, at a meeting at Bodlondeb.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/boreholes-hundreds-metres-deep-site-28385168?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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A vacant Colwyn Bay nursing home could be converted into 23 affordable apartments. Wales and West Housing Association has applied to Conwy County Council?s planning department, seeking permission to develop the former Guy?s Cliff Nursing Home on Conway Road.
The nursing home?s former owner retired and sold the building before Christmas 2022. The plans will include pedestrian access and parking but won?t create any employment in the town.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/plan-23-affordable-homes-former-28417590?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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New recycling plant proposed for Llandudno Junction
Planning application submitted to transform a former scrapyard on Ffordd Maelgwyn
A former Llandudno Junction scrapyard could be transformed into a council waste transfer station. Conwy County Council has applied to its own planning department, seeking permission for the waste transfer station at Plot 2, Ffordd Maelgwyn, Llandudno Junction.
If granted permission, the station will be used as a collection point in which collection vehicles and containers are emptied and the waste checked. The site is now vacant but was formerly used as a car-breaking yard.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/new-recycling-plant-proposed-llandudno-28512969
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PLANS to convert a retail space above a popular restaurant and bar in Llandudno into a hotel have been approved by the council.
The application, submitted by Ormo Lounge owners Loungers UK, will see the retail, storage and staff space above the restaurant, at 4-6 Gloddaeth Street, become a hotel as an extension of the business.
The site is part of the old ?Cornerhouse Apartments?, a Grade II listed building and a dominant feature of the area.
Approval of the application will see the first and second floors be converted into a 10-bed hotel operated in conjunction with the restaurant, which opened last year.
The project will include slight internal and external alterations, and the maintenance of the largely disused building.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/24105645.new-hotel-popular-llandudno-restaurant-given-go-ahead/
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Residents in Glan Conwy fear plans to demolish a home and build nine new homes will be overbearing and cause drainage and traffic problems. Applicant Mr W Williams has applied to Conwy County Council?s planning department, seeking permission to demolish Glynton on Top Llan Road.
The planning application is set to go before Conwy?s planning committee at a meeting at Bodlondeb next week. The developer wants to build on the land as well as two strips between 1 Tyn Celyn and Top Llan Road as well as land between Glynton and Glydar.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/plans-demolish-bungalow-build-nine-28601937
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Llandudno set to host two-day music festival with famous acts promised
Thousands of people will descend on the town if the plans get the green light
Llandudno is set to host a two-day music festival which would see thousands of people descending on the town. Pine Festival promises famous music acts as well as a fairground, comedy tent and silent discos.
Around 5,000 people would be able to camp at the festival, at Bodafon Farm on Bodafon Road in Craig y Don, if Conwy Council gives the green light. Pine Festival Ltd has applied to the council's licensing department, seeking permission for a premises licence at the site.
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look out for the next post on the council being incompetent, when they sell it for sixpence and a bag of comics ;)
Council's HQ to be offered to developers as 'hotel' or 'leisure' site
At this stage, Conwy Council only wants to gauge the level of interest in its Bodlondeb office
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/councils-hq-offered-developers-hotel-28757043
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Former Llandudno social club could be demolished to make way for apartments
Plans to build 12 apartments on the site of the West Shore Social Club have been submitted
A former Llandudno social club could be transformed into 12 apartments. Mr W. Ward of Clwyd Enterprises, Chester, has applied to Conwy County Council, seeking planning permission to demolish the existing West Shore Social Club, on Bryniau Road, Llandudno.
Mr Ward wants to knock down the buildings and outbuildings and erect 12 apartments with a new internal access road. The applicant wants to build with red-brick cladding and a grey slate roof and provide parking.
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Three children/nine jobs......?
A dormer bungalow could be converted into a home for vulnerable children, if a planning application is approved. A Mr K Rothwell from the Inspired Homes Network has applied to Conwy County Council, seeking permission to convert 17 Cefn y Bryn in Llanrhos into supported accommodation for children mainly, but also adults.
The house is currently used as a regular home. If granted, the proposal would generate nine full-time jobs. According to the application, neighbours have not been consulted.
The applicant, in a planning statemen, said: "In terms of the operation of the proposed care home, the property would be used to accommodate a maximum of three children who would live at the property on a long-term basis. "It is expected that they will be in need of care due to their social or educational needs or to be provided with support for their behaviour.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/bid-convert-conwy-house-home-28802849?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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Controversial plan to demolish bungalow and build nine 'overbearing? homes approved
Concerns about drainage and traffic problems were also raised
Conwy?s planning committee backed controversial plans to demolish a bungalow and build nine new homes in its place in the village of Llansanffraid near Glan Conwy. Applicant Mr W Williams applied to Conwy?s planning department, seeking permission to demolish Glynton at Top Llan Road and build on the land.
The application was granted at this week?s planning committee meeting at Bodlondeb after the matter was deferred at a previous meeting, due to the details being amended late on by the developer. The new homes will be two storeys and varying between two, three, and four bedrooms.
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A HOTEL in Llandudno is to undergo an extensive refurbishment project, which will see the creation of a spa and the demolition of a section of the building.
Llandudno Bay Hotel and Spa, on the promenade, will see the partial demolition of some of its rear structures and a refurbishment of the existing building after plans were approved by the council.
One- and two-storey sections will be added to the building, along with the creation of new spa facilities and the installation of solar and thermodynamic panels.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/24201125.extensive-plans-refurbish-llandudno-hotel-approved/
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PLANS have been revealed for a new sushi takeaway in Craig Y Don, Llandudno. ref pioneer
Edvard Ivanian has applied to Conwy County Council, seeking planning permission for the Japanese style take-away at 57b on Mostyn Avenue, Craig y Don.
There is no parking provision included in the planning application, but the sushi takeaway will create two full-time jobs and three part-time positions if granted.
The takeaway would be open 4pm to 9pm Monday to Friday and 1pm to 10pm on Saturdays.
Sunday and bank holiday opening hours would be 1pm until 9pm.
The planning application will likely be debated at a future Conwy County Council planning committee meeting at Bodlondeb.
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A Conwy Valley outbuilding could soon be converted into holiday accommodation. Lucy Weis has applied to Conwy County Council?s planning department, seeking permission to convert an outbuilding at Esgair Ebrill at Ffordd Dyffryn in Eglwysbach.
The building?s use is currently described as redundant. The site lies to the south-eastern edge of Eglwysbach and is accessible by a private driveway, which also serves two other holiday lets also owned by the applicant, as well as the family home.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/unused-outbuilding-could-converted-holiday-28930991
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Major homes development close to A55 at Conwy coastal town opposed by some residents
Residents' fears for wildlife, traffic, and sewage
Why can't CCBC insist on 100% affordable housing and for local people? If the developer thinks that it's not viable to do that then they could always look elsewhere.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/major-homes-development-close-a55-28943845
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Conwy council backs proposal that could stop people from turning property into holiday let or second home
Cabinet back report on a new power on offer from the Welsh Government
Conwy?s cabinet has backed a new Welsh Government power that would give the council the ability to stop people converting homes into holiday properties. At a meeting this week, Conwy ?s cabinet discussed ?article four?, a Welsh Government direction that means homeowners would need planning permission to use a property as a second home or holiday let.
The power is intended to stop Welsh communities being reduced to holiday home villages owned by people living away by raising house prices to unobtainable levels for locals. Consequently, Conwy?s cabinet debated whether the new power should be accepted as policy to be included in the council?s next replacement local development plan.
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Holiday let owner says Welsh Government rule has 'killed' his business
He said he will now have to switch his 'tourist' house to 'full-time family rent'
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/holiday-owner-says-welsh-government-28969072
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Controversial plans to demolish a bungalow and build nine new homes in its place have been approved.
Residents in Glan Conwy objected to the proposals to knock down Glynton on Top Llan Road, fearing the development could cause drainage and traffic problems, amongst other issues.
The applicant, named in documents as Mr W. Williams, wanted to develop two strips of land between 1 Tyn Celyn and Top Llan Road as part of the development, as well as land between Glynton and Glydar.
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PLANS TO convert a former chapel building in Conwy into a holiday home complex have been withdrawn, following concerns about the project.
The Grade II listed Capel Carmel building, a former Welsh Presbyterian Church, and the adjacent schoolhouse, on Chapel Street, would have become residential holiday properties.
The proposal would have seen an area of the site surrounding the buildings demolished, with sections of the buildings converted into gaming, bar, lounge and terrace deck areas, among other uses.
But the plans were met with concern by residents, with one saying the building's conversion into an AirBnb-type holiday home was "dangerous" for traffic, the local economy and housing.
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Last week, McCarthy Stone announced that they planned to submit a planning application to build retirement flats on Maelgwyn Road Car Park.
They have launched a Pre-Application Consultation asking for feedback, and we'd encourage everyone to share their views - McCarthy Stone will be expected to detail how they've addressed the points raised when they submit their planning application to Conwy County Borough Council.
You can respond to the consultation by emailing feedback@mccarthystoneconsultation.co.uk or writing to McCarthy Stone, Llandudno Consultation, Cavendish, Dalton Place, 29 John Dalton Street, Manchester, M2 6FW by 8th June 2024. You can find full details of McCarthy Stone's proposals online here.
Maelgwyn Road car park is one of Llandudno's largest pay and display car parks and is currently leased by Conwy County Borough Council. Parking is a huge challenge in Llandudno, so this car park is an important public asset. As a pay and display car park it generates revenue, which supports important local services including education and social care.
McCarthy Stone first expressed an interest in building on the car park in 2021. We ran a petition against their plans at the time, which hundreds of people signed. Their new plans are little different to those put forward three years ago.
McCarthy Stone's latest plans are for 57 apartments with 36 car parking spaces - they're already 21 car parking spaces short whilst losing 134 existing public car parking spaces.
That means a net loss over 150 car parking spaces near the town centre. We all know how difficult parking is in Llandudno, and this will have a big impact on residents, people working in the town centre and tourists.
We would encourage everyone who is concerned about this development to click here https://mccarthystoneconsultation.co.uk/llandudno/proposals/ to view McCarthy Stone's proposals and participate in the consultation. When McCarthy Stone submit their formal planning application they will have to list the issues raised in the Pre-Application Consultation and explain what steps they are taking to mitigate them.
VIEW & COMMENT ON THE PLANS
Please feel free to email us a copy of your comments at llandudnogogarth@gmail.com.
Kind regards,
HARRY SAVILLE
LOUISE EMERY
COUNTY COUNCILLORS FOR GOGARTH MOSTYN, LLANDUDNO
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THE FORMER Halifax branch in Colwyn Bay will be converted into apartments and a commercial unit, after plans were approved.
The plans, submitted by Kaleem Ahmed, of Knightsbridge Property Development, will see the building’s ground floor become a shop, and the upper floors two apartments.
According to the planning application, the building currently houses three vacant flats, one flat on the first floor and two on the second.
The 7 Penrhyn Road site was previously home to the Halifax bank, which closed in 2019 citing a lack of footfall as a result of increased online banking.
A revision of the plans appears to have alleviated these fears, with Conwy County Borough Council conservation consultation stating: “The introduction of a traditional designed shopfront and matching doors will vastly improve the street scene.
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A CONVERTED coach house on the Little Orme which is valued at almost £2million could be converted into holiday lets, after a planning application was submitted.
The Stables, on Colwyn Road, Craigside is a former listed building which has since been converted into a luxury home, located on its own private enclave on the headland.
A detached four-bedroom property, the old coach house and stables is surrounded by beautiful gardens.
With views overlooking the Little Orme, the property went on the market for £1,795,000 in 2022.
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PLANS for new “Energy Centre” and “Generator Compound” buildings at Llandudno General Hospital have been turned down.
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board lodged these proposals to Conwy County Borough Council’s planning committee in April, but the application was refused earlier this month.
The health board wanted to use the Energy Centre Construction building to house HV switch rooms, transformers, generators and a DNO room.
There would also have been a fully bunded fuel tank and a new fuelling bay, located along the existing access road.
At the Generator Compound building, generators and transformers would be housed, as well as another fully bunded fuel tank.
The health board also wanted a new rain garden and path to be created east of the existing car park.
Llandudno Town Council, when consulted on the application, recommended that it be granted planning permission.
But Conwy County Borough Council’s Environmental Health department recommended that, if approved, no construction takes place until a “full construction method” was approved.
It recommended that construction hours be Monday to Friday, 8am-6pm, Saturdays from 8am-1pm, on not on Sundays or bank holidays.
The council’s planning committee decided to refuse the application on the basis that it was not supported by a noise assessment, biodiversity enhancements, and a green infrastructure statement.
It was felt that noise levels caused by the works had the potential to cause a nuisance to nearby residents, meanwhile. ref pioneer
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I'm really not understanding this article written by Mathew Chandler for North Wales Pioneer he really needs to get his facts correct when stating "The Council's Committee decided to refuse the application".
This application hasn't gone through any Planning Committee meeting or been refused by that Committee.
The application has been lodged with The Planning Department & most probably not come up to scratch with lack of a noise assessment, biodiversity enhancement & green infrastructure statement when Betsi Cadwaladr put the application in. CCBC planning Officers give pre application advice & should have made that clear, so why this has happen seems ridiculous & a disgrace.
Welsh Government have agreed funding of up to £29.4 million for the New Orthopedic Hub & refurbishment of Aberconwy Ward & 19 additional beds & this application for the Energy Centre & Generator Compound is vital for this to proceed.
Conwy residents in the meantime are experiencing pain & distress while waiting for this much needed treatment. Lets hope CCBC Planning Department & Betsi Cadwaladr can get their act together so this development can move forward for the benefit of Conwy residents.
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Well said, Meleri, lets hope this important matter does not get caught up in unnecessary red tape, this hospital needs to be modernised
and used by the community.
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You would have thought that something as important as this would have been checked very carefully before it was submitted to CCBC
I'm afraid that Llandudno Hospital has not been treated in the past with the priority that it deserves. In fact many years ago they had even considered closing the hospital down. Thank goodness that never happened
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A landmark building in Penmaenmawr could be converted into 20 affordable homes if planning permission is agreed. Applicants Mode Ltd and North Wales Housing have applied to Conwy County Council’s planning department, seeking permission to convert the Brookes Tarpaulins building on Bangor Road.
If the plans get the go ahead, the building will be converted to house 20 affordable homes. The site will also be extended and will include parking and landscaping.
https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/developer-wants-build-20-affordable-29458873?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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THE CONSTRUCTION of a glamping site in Llandudno has been given a final green light, months after plans were initially approved.
An application was made to Conwy County Council’s planning department in February for glamping changes to the Bodafon Hall site on Bodafon Road, Craigside.
The proposal, by applicant Ms A. Carri, sought partly retrospective planning permission for a wooden glamping pod, a yurt, wood-fired hot tub, decking area, and a toilet.
Both applications were backed by the council's planning committee, but have now been given a final go-ahead.
cont https://www.northwalespioneer.co.uk/news/24476053.glamping-site-plans-llandudno-approved-despite-fears/?ref=rss&IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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A major apartments development could be built in a seaside town. Plans have been put forward to develop land currently occupied by Robertson Geologging.
This would see existing buildings on Station Road demolished. In their place a 19 flat block would be built.
In a planning statement, director Jamie Bradshaw said: "This proposal would utilise a brownfield that is well located within Deganwy to provide a high-quality apartment scheme that would be suited to its setting and context within its locality.
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Update on above
'Ugly block of flats' sparks mixed reactions from readers
The proposed development of 19 apartments in a Welsh seaside town has garnered mixed reactions, with some expressing scepticism about the project's impact on housing supply and affordability.
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NHS withdraws planning application for drug centre - but only temporarily
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board will resubmit the plans
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board has withdrawn plans for a drug and alcohol centre in Llandudno – but will resubmit the application. Llandudno residents wrote to Conwy County Council’s planning department last month, objecting to the plans for Roslin on Nant y Gamar Road in Craig y Don, a former midwifery services building.
“We remain fully committed to delivering this much-needed refurbishment, which will enable us to provide a safe, welcoming, and recovery-focused environment for individuals who are actively working to address their substance misuse and improve their lives. Historically, this building hosted both mental health and substance misuse services, before being temporarily repurposed during the Covid-19 pandemic to support midwifery services.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/nhs-withdraws-planning-application-drug-29879260?IYA-reg=49560bcd-5a9c-47f0-8fc5-ba2e71710589
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Grand home on sought after North Wales street could be demolished to build mini housing estate
A proposal to demolish a grand home to build a small housing estate has been put forward on a sought-after street in North Wales. The plan is for a property known as Blentarn on Cadnant Park in the historic town of Conwy.
Under the scheme the property - on the edge of Eryri National Park - would be knocked down. There would be small estate of 13 homes built in its place - ranging from two bedroom to five bedroom properties.
cont https://www.dailypost.co.uk/news/north-wales-news/grand-home-sought-after-north-30170898