PLANS to build 30 homes on the edge of a village on Anglesey have sparked objections.
Clwyd Alyn Housing Ltd and DU Construction Ltd have submitted proposals to build 30 “affordable” homes on a field to the north-east of Gwel y Llan at Llandegfan.
Planning officers have recommend the scheme is permitted.
The plan is set to be debated during the next meeting of Anglesey County Council’s planning and orders committee on Wednesday, October 6.
The proposal is coming before the committee at the request of local member, Councillor Alun Roberts due to “local concerns”.
The Cwm Cadnant community council had objected, saying the “main issues were an unacceptable extension to the village, biodiversity and highway safety.”
Planning documents noted 12 web comments and 12 letters had been received in relation to the proposal.
Seven were in support, and the remaining five web comments and 12 letters had raised objections.
The main issues were said to be around “highway safety, local school and doctors’ surgery unable to cope with the additional population [and] too many holiday lets in the village which is why there is a need for additional housing”.
Others cited loss of land and biodiversity features, the impact on environment and wildlife, loss of sunlight, privacy, light and noise pollution, impact on the character of the village, flood risk, the scale of development being too large for the village and works undertaken to trees on the site before the submission of the application.
The plans noted that the ecological and environmental advisor, following receipt of additional biodiversity measures from the applicants, had confirmed that the scheme was considered “acceptable”.
The highways and transportation unit and Natural Resources Wales also had no objections.
At the planning meeting on October 2, 2024, the committee members decided to undertake a site visit on October 23, 2024.
The plans described how the residential estate of Gwel y Llan lay to the south-west with “access to the site through Gwel y Llan”.
The Gwel Eryri residential estate also lay to the south-east, but with “no direct access from Mill Bank Estate to the site”.
“The landowner of the application site benefits from right of access to the application site from Gwel Eryri. Land to the north-east and north-west is agricultural land,” plans stated.
They added: “There is an access track to the north of the site’s north-eastern boundary which provides access from the village to the neighbouring property (Cytir Bach) directly to the north of the application site.”
The types of homes would include social rented housing and intermediate housing comprising four one-bedroom flats, 13 two-bedroom houses, eight three-bedroom houses, one four-bed house and four two-bed bungalows.
Each would have parking with a small area of front/side garden with the main garden behind.
A patio area and garden shed would be provided within each plot, the plans stated.
Vehicular access to the proposed development would also be from the residential estate of Gwel y Llan and Gwel Eryri, with an internal access road and pedestrian pavements within the site linking the proposed development to both existing residential estates.
