Pembrokeshire holiday let granted permission to be used as permanent home

A call to allow a Pembrokeshire holiday let, part of a 1979 conversion scheme, to be used as a home for a recently married couple has been given the go-ahead by county planners.
In a certificate of lawfulness application to Pembrokeshire County Council, Ethan Tyrer sought permission for the use of holiday let The Cottage, Llangloffan Farm, Castlemorris, as a residential dwelling.
A supporting statement accompanying the application said: “We are seeking a Certificate of Lawfulness to permanently live in the above address. My wife and I got married last October and we are trying to buy our home.
“Our offer has been accepted by the seller of The Cottage and we have a mortgage approved. The only thing that is holding up our exchange and completion is the planning issue.
“We just need legal certainly that we can live in the property as our permanent place of residence for the mortgage company. All the other properties at Llangloffan Farm are permanent dwellings so it makes sense that the cottage would be too. There is ample parking and a good-sized garden and the property is fully serviced and all ready to live in.
“We run a small local business (window cleaning) so our main work is in the vicinity of Fishguard, Goodwick and Porthgain so this property is the perfect location for our work.
“We are currently living with my parents which isn’t ideal and creating a bit of a strain on both of us. We just desperately want to be in our own home.”
It says an original 1979 application was granted to convert a range of outbuildings at Llangolffan Farm to form four units of holiday accommodation.
“We have taken pre-planning application advice and understand that it is considered that planning permission would not be required for the use of the building as a permanent dwelling house. However, for legal certainty a submission of a section 73 application [to vary or remove a condition of that scheme] would be needed.”
An officer report recommending approval said the 1979 permission had a condition that read “none of the holiday units hereby approved shall ever be occupied during the first two weeks of February in any year.”
Of the 2026 application, it said: “However, the condition only applies where the unit is occupied for holiday purposes and does not otherwise restrict residential occupation.
“As such, the lawful use of The Cottage as a permanent dwelling would not require a separate planning application.”
The lawfulness application was approved. ‌​‌​‌​​​‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍‌​‌‌​​‌​‍‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‍‌​‌‌‌‌​​

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