Amendments to a holiday chalet scheme granted by Pembrokeshire councillors last year after being repeatedly recommended for refusal are expected to get the go-ahead from county planners next week.
Last summer, Pembrokeshire councillors backed plans for holiday chalets at a trout fishery, despite them being recommended for refusal on multiple occasions.
Plans to provide nine accommodation cabins and ancillary works at a former fishery business at Millbrook, Manorwen, Fishguard, were backed at two meetings of Pembrokeshire County Council planning committee, despite them being recommended for refusal.
The application was backed for a second time at the committee’s May meeting, after a ‘minded to approve’ decision at the previous meeting.
The decision, a departure from the adopted Local Development Plan, meant the application would need to be referred to full council for a final decision.
Officers had repeatedly recommended Messrs L & C Williams’ application – diversification of an existing agricultural holding and trout fishery business – be refused on the grounds it would have an unacceptable adverse impact on the character and appearance of the countryside.
The application was then considered at the July 2023 meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council, with a recommendation that the council did not endorse the resolution of the planning committee on the grounds it went against Development Plan policies which directed that planning permission should not be granted.
The application was conditionally approved by 48 votes to eight, with one abstention.
The applicants have now submitted amendments to the granted scheme, asking for revisions to the plans to include a lower carbon footprint through for both heating and hot water and the use of solar panels, along with larger decking areas and hot tubs to lodges.
It also includes making these lodges disability-friendly.
An officer report ahead of the meeting says: “The proposed amendments are essentially refinements to the approved scheme, enhancing accessibility, increasing the use of renewable energy; and improving the facilities offered by the scheme for visitors. Officers consider that environmental, social and economic benefits will accrue from the proposed revisions to the approved scheme.”
The application is recommended for conditional approval at Pembrokeshire County Council’s planning committee meeting of October 8.
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