'OUR PRISON WATCHTOWER NIGHTMARE LINGERS ON'

'INTRUSIVE' STRUCTURE REMAINS PENDING PLANNING APPEAL

- By RICHARD EVANS

A RHOS-on-Sea dad has told of his family’s distress after a planning appeal is set to extend the life of a “prison watchtower” built overlooking his property.

In June the owner of a Conwy Airbnb was ordered by the council to tear down the structure built in the property's garden.

The tower was built at the site of the holiday let on Tan y Bryn Road, Rhos on Sea, without planning permission in January 2024. Neighbours claimed the structure was intrusive and blighted their lives, following JAM Domestic Properties Ltd submitting several retrospective planning applications to retain the “garden room”

All were refused, and in June Conwy threatened enforcement action. But the Airbnb owner has now appealed to the Welsh Government's Planning Inspectorate.