A scheme for eight holiday lodges on the outskirts of Tenby in the village of Penally has been given the go-ahead by Pembrokeshire planners.

In an application recommended for conditional delegated approval when it came before the October 8 meeting of Pembrokeshire County Council’s planning committee, Noel Flanagan sought permission to site the eight lodges at Penally Grange, Penally, adjoining an existing site.

The land immediately to the south of the site is comprised predominantly of dwellings on Holloway Hill, and to the east is the former Nightowl/DJs nightclub building, which earlier this year was granted a time extension for previous plans to convert the premises into a nursing home.

Penally lodges
“The application site is a vacant parcel of land in the countryside immediately adjoining the holiday park. (PCC webcast)

A report for planners said: “Penally Grange is an existing holiday park located within the settlement boundary of Penally, on the eastern side of the C-class highway. It consists of 50 self-catering holiday lodges and is accessible from the junction with the highway through Penally.

“The application site is a vacant parcel of land in the countryside immediately adjoining the holiday park. It is separated from the existing holiday park by a hedge bank boundary with an access leading from the existing internal road network.”

It added: “Each lodge would be supported by blockwork support walls and steel chassis to be welded to steel angle brackets fixed to a concrete foundation. As such the lodges are considered to be buildings.

“The lodges would be sited around a new internal road layout with a turning head and each would have two parking bays and a grassed amenity area. Access into the site would be from the existing road network within the holiday park to the east.”

Penally lodges plans
“The lodges would be of similar scale and design to the existing lodges on the site and would be accessible from the existing internal road network (PCC webcast)

It finished: “The lodges would be of similar scale and design to the existing lodges on the site and would be accessible from the existing internal road network. The proposal would be seen in context of the existing holiday park and is considered to be of a scale and nature compatible with the location.”

The application for delegated approval, moved by Cllr Brian Hall, was unanimously supported by planning committee members.