Former St Katherine's Church Bryn Pydew Road Llandudno Junction Conwy LL31 9JZ Data via plota.co.uk

0/53365 - Full Refused

Proposal

Proposed demolition of existing vacant church and the erection of a new dwelling house on the site with a new vehicle access and detached garage, treatment plant and associated landscaping works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
7 Apr 2026
✓
Validated
24 Apr 2026
✗
Refused
11 Jun 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 11 Jun 2026 · DC East Team Leader · Last checked 19 Sept 2026

Site constraints 4

Special area of conservation about 39 m away: Coedwigoedd Penrhyn Creuddyn / Creuddyn Peninsula Woods
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
Agricultural land, grade 3b
Not best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.
Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.
SSSI about 39 m away: Creuddyn
Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.
Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.
Also on the record
Radon affected area, class 4.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Conwy
Application type
Full
Postcode
LL31 9JZ
Received
7 Apr 2026
Validated
24 Apr 2026
Ward
Penrhyn
Parish
Cyngor Tref Llandudno Town Council
Case officer
Show
Decision
Refused 11-06-2026
Decision date
11 Jun 2026
Decision level
DC East Team Leader

How this decision compares

Decided in 48 days from validation, about the council's usual 48 days. Refused, as 16% of demolitions here are.

69%decided within 8 weeks
84%approved
9%go to committee

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