A ‘staycation’ dog boarding and day care centrenear Kilgetty, refused on multiple occasions and dismissed on appeal, has now been granted after a fourth call for it to go ahead.

Applicant Michelle Bramwell had submitted re-sited plans for a commercial dog boarding and day care centre at Little Langdon.

A supporting statement by agent Hayston Developments & Planning Ltd said: “The application involves the erection of a single boarding kennels building providing a total of 12 kennels together with various ancillary facilities, with upgrading of the existing vehicular access together with parking, landscaping and biodiversity enhancements. The application follows on from three previous applications for a similar form of development, which were refused by the council.

“This planning practice has been brought in to seek a solution for the development of the site. Having reviewed the previous applications and the appeal decision, the scheme has been reviewed with a materially different proposal now being presented for consideration by the council. The revisions made are significant and have significantly reduced the impact of the development with additional planting and provision of a hedgebank.”

It said that, while dismissing the appeal, “the Inspector concluded that such a business in this location could be acceptable in principle, the Inspector expressed concerns over the scale, siting and visual impact of the proposed development and how possible outdoor noise disturbance from associated activities could be satisfactorily controlled, such as through mitigation measures”.

It concluded: “In our view, the changes made are such to in effect to represent a materially different scheme from that which was before the Inspector in 2023. Further, certain aspects of the proposal, including its layout and operation, have been clarified by the applicant.”

The latest proposal was granted conditional approval by Pembrokeshire County Council planning officers on December 23.