Denbighshire residents have raised fears about light pollution, following two planning applications being submitted by a hotel to the council’s planning committee. Mr S Roberts of Clwyd Gate Ltd has applied to Denbighshire County Council, seeking planning permission to convert a former cowshed and generator outbuilding into a holiday accommodation unit at Clwyd Gate Motel at Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd. If granted permission, the holiday let would be a one-bed self-contained holiday let, including an open-plan kitchen, bedroom, living area, and separate en suite bathroom.
People renting the unit will have full use of the facilities in ‘the Manor’ including hot tub, swimming pool, games room, and parking. A paved pull-in/drop off area is proposed to the side of the building off the existing lane. The hotel has submitted a second retrospective application seeking permission for the provision of external alterations, including lighting and associated works, which are recommended by officers to grant.
READ MORE: Giant Chinese crabs invading North Wales waters READ MORE: 'Unbelievable' theft of two day old Highland calf But residents say the area is an Area of Natural Beauty and claim light pollution is already spilling from the hotel in a proposed Dark Skies Zone. Denbighshire’s planning officers have recommended councillors refuse the cowshed plans. Officers say the plans offer less than the minimum required amount of floorspace whilst the scale of the conversion is a 260% in.
