Luxury Airbnb barn owner has month to appeal ... or it faces being shut down

THE owner of a luxury converted barn, refused retrospective planning permission, has a month to submit an appeal or face returning the property to its original use.

- By DALE SPRIDGEON

Plas Coch Barn, in Penisarwaun, Gwynedd, which is still listed on Airbnb, hit the headlines after villagers claimed their lives were being ruined by 'rowdy visitors playing loud music' and the 'noisy' use of a hot tub.

The retrospective bid was thrown out by Cyngor Gwynedd's planning committee in December and the owner Karl Jones was then hit with an enforcement notice, which would see its huge roof to floor window being removed and the let being reverted back to its 'ancillary use' to the main house.

Plas Coch Barn has until October 2 to comply with enforcement notice.

A council spokesperson said it was continuing to 'monitor' the situation at the property.