Owner of 'rowdy' let has a month to appeal ruling

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

- 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 to its "ancillary use" to the main house.

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

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