A CALL for a timber holiday cabin at a Pembrokeshire seaside village owned by a couple for 50 years to be granted that formal designation has been given the go-ahead.
In an application to Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, Graham and Lauris Ashton, through agent C2J Architects & Town Planners, sought permission for the retention of 33 Timber Hill, Broad Haven as seasonal holiday accommodation.
A supporting statement said the applicants had owned the property “located on an established family run holiday park of Canadian cedar-wood lodges in the heart of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park” since 1975; the site advertised on Pembrokeshire’s official website for tourism information, visitpembrokeshire.com.
It added: “The use of the seasonal holiday cabin is restricted to nine months of the year by the site owner and detailed in the lease for the site. The cabin has been used within the parameters of this lease for in excess of 10 years. A full year-round occupancy of the cabin is not permitted by the site owner, although there is no planning condition restricting occupancy.
“When the site was first proposed for development as a caravan site in 1969, permission was granted subject to restricted occupancy conditions. However, when the site was changed to cedar lodges, the restricted occupancy condition was omitted by the local authority in error.”
It went on to say: “In terms of the assessment of whether the premises could properly be regarded as a permanent dwelling house, the cabin is a timber-built structure, unsuitable for occupancy during the winter months and does not meet the building regulation requirements for a permanent dwelling.
“The applicants seek to retain its lawful use as seasonal holiday accommodation,” adding they considered a suitably-worded condition restricting its use to seasonal-only should be attached to any permission.
It concluded: “The use of the seasonal holiday cabin would not have any land use consequences that would lead to the conclusion that a material change of use would occur. Accordingly, we conclude that in accordance with the said statutory framework, planning permission should be approved for the use of the property as proposed in this application, namely seasonal holiday accommodation.”
The application was conditionally approved by park planners.
