A LLYN craft brewery will be raising a glass after being granted permission to expand its operations in Gwynedd.
Cyngor Gwynedd planners have approved with conditions a full application by Cwrw Llŷn to develop a new bar.
The brewery is based at Parc Eithin, an industrial park on Ffordd Dewi Sant in the tiny fishing village of Nefyn.
The planners have agreed this week (November 21, 2024) to a full application for “an extension to the existing brewery to provide an additional ancillary bar and external alterations to the landscaping.”
The application was made by Euron Griffiths of Cwrw Llŷn through agent Mari Evans of Saer Architects.
The established brewery and bar which employs six full-time and five part time staff describes itself on its website as “a small independent brewery producing delicious, characterful beers from rich malty bitters to light golden ales.”
“Inspiration” for the local brews, it claims also comes from local people, places, Welsh legends, landscape and food.
The planning application concerns a 1635.06 square metre area at the industrial site.
During the application , the council transport unit and Nefyn Town Council had both confirmed they had no objections to the scheme.
But among conditions applied to the permission, the planners insisted that “the proposed external finish of the extension and any external alterations should match that of the existing building in both colour and texture.”
The plans must also be carried out in “strict conformity” with policies and must start “no later than five years,”
It was also a condition that “no development shall take place until a scheme for biodiversity enhancement has been submitted to and agreed in writing by the local planning authority.”
The matters had been considered “in the interests of visual amenity” and in the interests of “maintaining and enhancing biodiversity,” planning documents noted.
The plans also describe the brewery’s use as Class: A3 – for food and drink, and listed the start times for the business to run from Monday to Friday, from 8:30am until 9pm, and on Saturdays a start time of 1pm, ending at 9pm.
The planners had also encouraged the applicants to heed comments made by Welsh Water.
It had added a condition that “no surface water from any increase in the roof area of the building /or impermeable surfaces within its curtilage shall be allowed to drain directly or indirectly to the public sewerage system.”
The reason given was to to “prevent hydraulic overloading of the public sewerage system, to protect the health and safety of existing residents and ensure no pollution of or detriment to the environment.”