A call to amend plans for a new estate of 54 homes in a south Pembrokeshire seaside village to allow the first of them to be occupied unhindered by plant vehicles while works continue has been submitted.
Back in September 2023, the Morgan Construction (Wales) Limited and Barcud Housing Association application for the estate, which includes a mix of 19 affordable properties, on land north of Whitlow, Saundersfoot, was approved by Pembrokeshire Coast National Park planners.
No objection to the plans was received by local community council Saundersfoot, other than concerns regarding the possibility of properties being sold as second homes, but several letters of objection were received, raising concerns including the potential for the new dwellings to become holiday lets, loss of privacy to neighbouring properties, loss of views, and the impact on existing property values.
The applicants are now seeking to amend two of the long string of conditions which accompanied approval to improve access for new home-owners while they build the estate by extending the time allowed for a construction vehicle access route, a condition of which was it would be ‘stopped up’ when the site reached a certain size.
The applicants say the proposed main access is now in place, and four detached dwelling are “at an advanced stage of construction,” and “It is anticipated that the first occupation on the site will take place in the forthcoming two months”.
The application adds: “Those new residents will of course be provided with uninterrupted access via the new estate road arrangements onto Narberth Road. The existing, northern access remains in place at this time and has served the scheme well in providing access for all construction vehicles,” adding: “The applicants wish to continue this arrangement, which will ensure that construction traffic and operatives do not have to use the newly formed main access and estate road, and thus potentially come into conflict with new residents on this first phase of development and also the next subsequent phase which will involve the construction of the affordable units on the site for the local registered social landlord.”
It stresses: “It should also be pointed out that the existing access will only be used by construction traffic, and at no time by new occupier traffic.”
The amendment will be considered by park planners at a later date.