Issue - meetings

13.1 Land and Lakes, Penrhos Coastal Park, Holyhead

13.2 Traffic Regulation Order – Cemaes

13.3 Traffic Regulation Order – Rhostrehwfa

13.1 Land and Lakes Ltd

It was resolved to endorse the position as detailed within the Officer’s report.

13.2 Traffic Regulation Order – Cemaes

It was resolved –

·           To approve the proposals in accordance with the advertised orders and plans and

·           To agree that the length of road between Gwelfor estate and the roundabout on the A5025 shall remain as a 30mph limit as detailed in the draft Order and for this and the other draft orders listed in the report to be confirmed.

13.2 Traffic Regulation Order – Rhostrehwfa

It was resolved to approve the proposal in accordance with the advertised Order and plans and for the Authority to proceed to confirm the Traffic Regulation Order and plans.

13.1      Land and Lakes, Penrhos Coastal Park, Holyhead

The matter was brought back to the Planning and Orders Committee following its consideration at the meeting held on 7 June 2023 in light of a letter received from Richard Buxton Solicitors for a local resident alleging that the Committee had been misdirected on a number of matters.

The Development Management Manager reported that a letter from Richard Buxton Solicitors had been received following the Committee’s approval of the Land and Lakes applications on 7 June, 2023. The letter alleges that the Committee had been misdirected on a number of matters. Whilst Officers are confident that the matter was properly reported to the Committee and that Members were fully aware of the issues before them for consideration this opportunity is being taken to address some of those matters and to confirm the decision made and the material on which that decision was based. As it is apparent that the objectors will challenge the decision the report is an opportunity to deal with some of the matters raised by the letter. Members are asked to endorse the report as a reflection of the decision they have already taken.

Councillor Robert Ll. Jones said that a matter had been brought to his attention in a letter by a former employee of Anglesey Aluminium which he wished to read out to the Committee. He had informed the Development Management Manager of the letter and was awaiting his response. 

The Chair declined for the letter to be read out saying that the Land and Lakes applications had been discussed at length over more than one meeting and a decision had been made. The contents of the letter are not relevant to the matter under consideration at today’s meeting which was for the Committee’s members to confirm that they had understood what they were voting on at the meeting on 7 June 2023.

Councillor Jeff Evans said that he did not think it right nor just that Councillor R. Llewelyn Jones was not allowed to read out the letter to which he had referred. He also thought that the kind of mistrust created by the prevention of certain people from speaking is contributing to the prolonging of the matter and whilst personally he believed the letter should be allowed to be read out, he would be guided by the Chair’s view. He referred to the Land and Lakes application and what it had involved in time, discussions and various legalities and opinions and said that he believed the information presented by the Isle of Anglesey County Council had been understood regardless of whether or not one agreed with it and had been fairly put out. Because of the major difference of opinion between those for and against the Land and Lakes application he believed it would inevitably be determined by the courts. However, he would like to see both sides coming to a determination regarding a positive way forwards and the sooner the matter can be taken  ...  view the full minutes text for item 13