£2m plans for wheelchair accessible holiday lodges at the site of a Pembrokeshire deer park attraction on the outskirts of Tenby have been resubmitted after they were previously withdrawn on the eve of a meeting recommending they be refused.

In an application submitted to Pembrokeshire County Council, Mr and Mrs Evans seek permission for 15 lodges at Great Wedlock, Gumfreston - the site of a 176-acre deer farm attraction, opened last year, and a recently-granted market traders’ barn.

An earlier application was recommended for refusal by officers at the July meeting of PCC’s planning committee, but, at the start of that meeting, members heard the application had been withdrawn at the agent’s behest.

Reasons for refusal given to members included it was outside of an identified settlement boundary in a countryside location, it was considered to have an adverse impact on visual amenity and did not include a Green Infrastructure statement.

Following the withdrawal, amended proposals have now been submitted by the applicants through agent Atriarc Planning, following a consultation recently held with St Florence Community Council, who did not support the previous application.

A supporting statement by the agent says: ‘Following the meeting, the plans have been revised to create a less linear arrangement with further landscaping provided on site. The new lodge arrangement has been revised to create a less structured environment whilst also providing for a higher degree of natural landscaping.

‘Along with proposed new hedgerow planting, the placement of the units also creates a site layout, which would limit further access to the wider lands under the applicant’s ownership’.

It says the amended plans were re-presented to the Community Council in October, and it ‘noted to the applicant it was now in a position to support the proposed development’.

The amended application will be considered by county planners at a later date.