New public path across private land approved

AIM IS TO AVOID BUSY A-ROAD ON COAST ROUTE BUT COUNCILLORS SAY 'DOOR STILL OPEN' FOR ALTERNATIVES

- By DALE SPRIDGEON Local Democracy Reporter

THE “door is still open” for landowners to offer an alternative route after a proposal for the creation of a 2.4km stretch of public footpath crossing private farm land was approved by planners.

The decision by Cyngor Gwynedd’s planning committee could eventually lead to the development of a route crossing the private property of Fferm Afonwen, Glanllynnau and Ty’n Morfa between Pwllheli and Criccieth.

The scheme aims to improve use of the coastal path in the Gwynedd region by avoiding a “significant” diversion along the busy A497.

The new route would follow closer to the coast than the existing route, avoiding a 5.3km detour.

It also would link a public footpath in the Llanystumdwy community and an unclassified road, referred to as the “road from the A497 Afonwen roundabout to the south towards the railway”.