The Gwynedd Council Planning Committee met on Monday, 29th September 2025, to consider several planning applications. The meeting was scheduled to include discussion of applications for a replacement extension in Caernarfon and a change of use application to site holiday lodges in Pwllheli.

Here's a breakdown of the key items listed on the agenda:

Land at Y Ffor, Pwllheli, LL53 6UT

The committee was scheduled to consider an application for a change of use to site 12 holiday lodges on land at Y Ffor, Pwllheli.

The application was submitted as a diversification project on a 280-hectare livestock farm. The proposed wooden cabins would be timber clad and stained in a conservation colour, each including sleeping rooms, a bathroom, living room, and kitchen/dining room. The units would be located in the corner of an agricultural field abutting a narrow and winding class 3 road.

Documents submitted as part of the application included an ecological assessment, green infrastructure statement, design and access statement, drainage strategy, and transport statement.

The Planning Manager's report noted that the site is in the countryside, of an undeveloped appearance and rural character landscape. A residential property, not in the applicant's ownership, is located around 110m to the east and south-west of the site. The site's topography slopes down from the land towards the county road. It was proposed to develop a private clean and foul water drainage system for the proposal. The landscaping scheme submitted with the application shows a proposal to plant a vast number of trees along the south-western and south-eastern boundary of the site, as well as to reinforce the current hedge along the county road; however, details of that scheme were not received with the application. The site is served by an existing access to the adjacent county road. The developer had not submitted the results of any porosity / percolation tests in relation to the private sewerage system.

The Planning Manager's report recommended that the application be refused. Reasons given were:

1. The proposed lodge site and associated works due to the number of units, their setting, design, sitting and appearance in the landscape, increase in the use of hardstanding areas, will result in a feature that is prominent and intrusive feature within the open countryside and would have a detrimental impact on the landscape and on the visual amenities of the rural area and lead to a significant intensification in the provision of permanent sites in the locality. The proposal is therefore contrary to criteria 1.i and ii. policy TWR 3 and policy PCYFF 3 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan (July 2017) and the Supplementary Planning Guidance: Holiday Accommodation.
2. The scale of the proposal would create excessive manoeuvres and general activities along the adjacent highway and within the site creating noise and disturbance to the detriment of nearby residential properties. The proposal is therefore considered contrary to policy PCYFF 2 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan (July 2017).
3. There is insufficient information in the form of details on the location and size of the drainage area as well as the results of the percolation tests in connection with the proposed Sewerage Treatment System. Therefore, the proposal is contrary to the requirements of policy ISA 1 of the Gwynedd and Anglesey Joint Local Development Plan (July 2017), which ensures adequate infrastructure.
4. Insufficient information has been submitted with the application to note how consideration has been given to the Welsh language when drawing up the proposal. To this end, it is not possible to reach a conclusion regarding the proposal's compliance with Policy PS1 of the Gwynedd and Anglesey Joint Local Development Plan (July 2017), as well as Supplementary Planning Guidance 'Maintaining and Creating Distinctive and Sustainable Communities' (adopted July 2017), relating to the Welsh language.
5. Insufficient information including a geophysical survey has been received as a part of the application, therefore, it is not possible to reach a conclusion about the proposal's compliance with policy AT4 of the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan (July 2017), which safeguards undesignated archaeological sites and their setting.

Councillor Richard Glyn Roberts was listed as the local member.

Strade, 65 Cae Gwyn, Caernarfon, Gwynedd, LL55 1LL

The committee was also scheduled to discuss an application for the demolition of an existing sun-room extension to the rear of the property at Strade, 65 Cae Gwyn, Caernarfon, and the construction of a new one-storey extension in its place.

The proposed rear extension would have a flat roof and measure approximately 8.4m x 4.8m. There was an intention to finish the extension with timber cladding. High windows would be installed on the side appearances of the extension and bifold doors and large windows in terms of size would be installed on the rear appearance of the property. There was also an intention to finish the existing property with white render.

The property is a detached house in an estate of other detached houses and within the Caernarfon development boundary as noted in the Anglesey and Gwynedd Joint Local Development Plan 2011-26. The property is not located within any special land designations.

The Planning Manager's report recommended that the application be approved with conditions.

Councillor Ioan Thomas was listed as the local member.

Other items

The agenda for the meeting also included:

• Apologies for absence.
• Declaration of personal interest and protocol matters.
• Urgent items.
• The minutes of the previous meeting of this committee, held on the 8th of September 2025, for signing as a true record.