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Saundersfoot traveller site planning dispute

Overview

In Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire, residents and the local community council have expressed ongoing opposition to a third planning application for a traveller site at Froghall Yard. Objectors have raised concerns regarding environmental impacts, specifically the clearing of broadleaved woodland, and alleged unauthorized occupation of the site despite previous enforcement notices.

Following these objections, the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority has recommended the refusal of the application. Previous rejections of the site, which includes a static caravan, a touring caravan, and a utility room, cited unacceptable landscape impacts and a lack of capacity for caravan development within the national park. The applicant has contested the authority’s position, stating that some site clearance occurred before the land was purchased in 2023.

Entities

Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority · Vale Holiday Parks Ltd · Ceredigion County Council · Saundersfoot Community Council · Shetland Islands Council

Timeline

  1. [POLITICS] 2 sources
    Planning committees recommend rejection of two Welsh caravan site proposals

    Planning committees in Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire have recommended the rejection of two separate caravan and traveller site developments due to environmental and sustainability concerns.

  2. [POLITICS] 3 sources
    Saundersfoot residents oppose third planning application for traveller site

    Saundersfoot residents and the local community council are opposing a third planning application for a traveller site in Pembrokeshire, citing environmental damage and lack of proper utility connections.

Sources

carmarthenshirenewsonline.com · exmouthjournal.co.uk · pembroke-today.co.uk · shetlandtimes.co.uk