A FRESH planning application has been lodged with Powys County Council which could add an extra affordable home to an already agreed development in Caersws.
The application to add a two bedroom property and “reconfigure” the car park at a plot next to Plas Maldwyn in Caersws has been lodged by Newtown-based Mid Wales Property (MWP).
This will see the number of properties built at the site go up from 22 to 23.
The site is vacant having previously been used for construction material storage associated with the residential conversion of the neighbouring Victorian Workhouse and later, Llys Maldwyn Hospital.
The extra home is now possible after an Oak tree which “constrained” the site was chopped down.
In February 2024 MWP lodged an application with the council to build 22 units for the site.
There would be split into 13 two-bedroom properties and nine three bedroom properties and was approved by Powys planners in September.
The alterations will now see the site have 14 two bedroom homes in terraces, nine three bedroom homes, seven of these would be in terraces and two would be semi-detached.
Planning agent Dylan Green of Asbri Planning Ltd explained the new proposal in a planning and green infrastructure statement.
Mr Green said: “This dwelling will be an extension to the previously approved proposal thus increasing the overall number of residential
dwellings.
“Under the previous permission, this site was identified as an area to be delivered as community garden due to the presence of an Oak tree and its associated root protection area.
“However, this tree has recently been felled by the school (Caersws primary school) on safety grounds.”
“Consequently, this has removed a significant constraint on the design of the site .
“Although regrettable, it does provide an opportunity for the residential development to provide an additional affordable dwelling and there is sufficient need for an additional two bedroom property as part of the wider scheme.”
All 23 properties would be “affordable homes.”

Powys planners are expected to decide the application by March 12.
The Grade II listed Victorian era Plas Maldwyn opened in August 1843.
It was the workhouse designated for the Newtown and Llanidloes area and would have accommodated around 300 paupers.
In 1948 it was sold to the NHS and became Llys Maldwyn Children’s Hospital until its closure in 1999.
After being empty for several years, the building was converted into apartments.