Call for a planning inquiry into hotel demolition move

HERITAGE CHARITIES SAY IT CAN BE MADE SAFE WITHOUT BULLDOZING

- By DAVID POWELL Daily Post Reporter

CAMPAIGNERS are calling for a planning inquiry into moves to demolish part of the 200-year-old Corbett Arms Hotel in Tywyn.

A coalition of heritage charities, led by SAVE Britain’s Heritage, is urging the Welsh Government to hold a planning inquiry into plans to demolish large parts of the town centre hotel. SAVE says Cyngor Gwynedd believe it is unsafe but SAVE itself thinks only a little needs to be done to save it.

The national heritage charities are urging Jack Sargeant, the Minister for Culture, to “call-in” the controversial plans which campaigners fear could “destroy” the hotel.

Along with the local chamber of tourism and commerce, they have requested a public inquiry so that “a detailed and independent investigation into the serious issues raised by the proposals can take place’

This would include appointing an independent planning inspector to conduct a thorough examination of what SAVE alleges is the “insufficient structural justification” submitted by Gwynedd Council as grounds to bulldoze the building.

It added: “Currently the council are acting as judge and jury.”