Issue - meetings

12.1 10C130 – Cable Bay Car Park, Aberffraw

12.2 10C131 – Broad Beach Car Park, Rhosneigr

12.3 18C224A – Fron Hendre, Llanfairynghornwy

12.4 25C255A – Tan Rallt, Carmel

12.5 19LPA1028/CC – 5//5a Stanley Crescent, Holyhead

12.1 10C130 – Full application for the siting of a parking meter at Cable Bay Car Park, Aberffraw

REFUSED contrary to the Officer’s recommendation for the reasons given.

(In accordance with the requirements of the Council’s Constitution, the application was automatically deferred to the next meeting to allow Officers the opportunity to prepare a report in respect of the reasons given for refusing the application)

12.2 10C131 – Full application for the erection of a parking meter at Broad Beach Car Park, Rhosneigr

APPROVED

12.3 18C224A – Full application for conversion of outbuildings into two dwellings together with the installation of a package treatment plant at Fron Hendre, Llanfairynghornwy

APPROVED

12.4 – 25C255A – Outline application for the erection of a dwelling with all matters reserved on land at Tan Rallt, Carmel

SITE VISIT

12.5 19LPA1028/CC – Full application for the siting of an external plaque at 5/5a Stanley Crescent, Holyhead

APPROVED

12.1    10C130 – Full application for the siting of a parking meter at Cable Bay Car Park, Aberffraw

The application is reported to the Planning and Orders Committee as it has been called in for the Committee’s determination by a Local Member due to strong feelings within the local community.

Councillor Ann Griffith stood down as Chair of the Committee for this application in order to address the matter as a Local Member. The Vice-Chair chaired the item.

Ms Sioned Edwards, a Public Speaker addressed the Committee in favour of the application and she said that the application is to site a parking meter at Cable Bay car park the dimensions of which are 1.9m in height by 0.4 meter in width. In order to mitigate the visual impact of the parking meter on the surrounding landscape which is an AONB, the meter will be located near other such structures such as a private land sign and refuse bins. The meter will be screened from the wider landscape by sand dunes and vegetation. The meter will be in the car park in the private ownership of Bodorgan Estate and will be managed by the Estate. The application does not involved change of land use and the current usage of the land as a car park will continue. Neither does it involve changing the car park’s hours of use. The principle of charging for parking in car parks by beaches is accepted in several locations across Anglesey including Llanddwyn and Benllech. Bodorgan Estate has consulted on the intention to levy a parking charge in Summer 2015; the income generated will be used to improve the facilities available to visitors in the area including access to beaches and the coastal path. The Highways Authority has indicated it will prohibit parking on the highway. Letters of objection raise a concern that the car park will be closed overnight. That does not form part of the application.

Councillor Peter Rogers spoke as a Local Member and he emphasised the credentials of Bodorgan Estate as a landowner in terms of the way it services its communities and that the wish to improve standards is the reason for the application. The Highways Department does not object to the proposal. One of the biggest problems is camping by caravans overnight and for extended periods and the resultant debris that produces; the Bodorgan Estate is seeking to control that issue and to make improvements for visitors. The consultation on the intention took place 12 months ago and was carried out with a number of interested parties.

Councillor Ann Griffith also speaking as a Local Member confirmed that she had called in the application due to numerous expressions of concern regarding the proposal both local and from further afield from public users of the beaches. She had also asked for opinions via Facebook which had generated 8 late responses; those had been forwarded to the Planning Department. Councillor Ann Griffith clarified that the area in question is Cable Bay  ...  view the full minutes text for item 12