Issue - meetings

7.1 FPL/2019/217 – Craig y Don Estate & Cherry Tree Close, Benllech

https://ioacc.force.com/s/papplication/a1G4H000

00JsykpUAB/fpl2019217?language=en_GB

7.2 FPL/2019/322 – Christ Church, Rhosybol

https://ioacc.force.com/s/papplication/a1G4H000

00Ixw9OUAR/fpl2019322?language=en_GB

7.3 FPL/2020/166 – Cymunod, Bryngwran

https://ioacc.force.com/s/papplication/a1G4H000

00MiVHYUA3/fpl2020166?language=en_GB

7.1  FPL/019/217 - Full planning application for the erection of 17 affordable dwellings, construction of two new vehicular and 3 new agricultural accesses, installation of a pumping station together with soft and hard landscaping on land adjacent to Craig y Don Estate and Cherry Tree Close, Benllech

It was resolved that a virtual site visit be conducted.

7.2 FPL/2019/322 – Full application for the conversion of a church into a dwelling together with the construction of a new vehicular access at Christ Church, Rhosybol

It was resolved to approve the application in accordance with the Officer’s recommendation and report subject to the planning conditions contained therein

7.3 FPL/2020/166 – Full application for the conversion of the outbuildings into 4 Holiday Units at Cymunod, Bryngwran, Holyhead

It was resolved to reaffirm the Committee’s previous decision to approve the application contrary to the Officer’s recommendation for the reason given.

7.1 FPL/2019/217 – Full planning application for the erection of 17 affordable dwellings, construction of two new vehicular and 3 new agricultural accesses, installation of a pumping station together with soft and hard landscaping on land adjacent to Craig y Don Estate and Cherry Tree Close, Benllech

The application was reported to the Planning and Orders Committee having been called in for the Committee’s determination by two of the Local Members. Welsh Government Ministers had received a request to call-in the application for their own determination and the application had previously been deferred pending this decision. Welsh Government Ministers had now reviewed the application and decided not to call it in.

The Legal Services Manager read out a statement by Tom Woodward, a resident of Craig y Don Estate in opposition to the application as follows -

Thank you for the opportunity to comment directly to the Planning Committee, although those of you who have read all the objection letters may already be aware of some of the points I am making.

I would like to point out that the information supporting the application is not correct due to it being used by the Developer to support another affordable home development in the village of Benllech of 27 homes which was passed several months ago by yourselves. Thus, the demand forecast is incorrect.

This proposed development is outside the current development plan area and is being built on an AONB. I realise that there are allowances for small developments to take place outside the Local Development Plan, but there is no definition of small or the maximum development that could be undertaken in these instances. It is open to interpretation in different locations. This is not planning but the erosion of boundaries.

The number of properties sought originally was 29, this has suddenly dropped to 17 – Why? If the supporting data for the application was correct requiring 29 affordable homes how can it suddenly reduce to 17? Probably because the discussions being undertaken by the applicant with Planning Officers reveals that 29 was too big to meet the TAN2 ill-defined SMALL definition, so make a reduced development application to ensure that some development is allowed and open the way for additional units at a later date.

The developer plans to provide more field access points than the farmer previously enjoyed, each gate with a tarmacked road to the field gates. The revised drawings for the 17 properties reveal a total of 3 field accesses, labelled for farm use, but it seems quite obvious, again, that the ultimate objective of this planning application, if successful, is to allow extension of the development at some future date.

With the increase in housing of the area of the new planning that has been passed, I am led to believe that we will exceed the Local Development Plan by over 60%.Our local services and facilities are going to be further stressed with those dwellings already given planning permission plus this application.

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