Neighbours slam 'party cabin' plan

RESIDENTS FEAR BEING OVERLOOKED BY AIRBNB GUESTS 'LIKE ANIMALS IN A ZOO'

- BY RICHARD EVANS Local Democracy Reporter [e-mail]

The planned development would replace a structure that was previously likened to a 'prison watchtower'

A NEW structure - dubbed a "party cabin" by critics - could be built at a Rhos-on-Sea Airbnb after a socalled "prison watchtower" was dismantled following an enforcement order by the council.

Conwy County Council ordered Jim Oates of JAM Domestic Properties Ltd to demolish his garden structure at Tan y Bryn Road after the planning inspectorate threw out an appeal.

Mr Oates was criticised by neighbours for building what was likened to a "prison watchtower" overlooking neighbours' gardens in Rhos-onSea without planning permission, after several retrospective planning applications were refused.

But a smaller structure at the same location is set to be debated at a planning committee meeting at the council's Coed Pella HQ this week.

The applicant now wants to build a smaller "cube-shaped" structure on the remaining concrete platform with a flat roof and a footprint "measuring 4.2m by 3.6m and a total height of 2.5m".

Planning officers have advised councillors that they are "minded to grant" the proposals.

But the council has received several objection letters from neighbours.