Dol-wen A466 Wye Valley Hotel To Catchmays Court Tintern Monmouthshire NP16 7NX Data via plota.co.uk

DM/2026/00791 - Non Material Amendment Approved

Proposal

We request an amendment to the window and door layout of the approved workshop and dwelling, including changes associated with revisions to the internal layout. This amendment relates solely to the building drawings, replacing drawings on pages 105-108 and 117-118. There are no changes to the location, height, dimensions, or external finishes of any buildings, nor to the overall scale or character of the approved scheme. As noted in the approved LVIA, the buildings will be screened from public and residential viewpoints; accordingly, the proposed amendment would affect views only from within the site. For completeness, we also note that the dwelling's ground floor construction has been revised from a suspended timber floor to an earthen (cob) floor laid on natural ground. This allows greater use of on-site subsoil, further reducing the dwelling's ecological footprint and improving thermal performance. As this change occurs entirely below internal floor level, it has no impact on the approved elevations, dimensions, or finished floor level relative to external ground level. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
30 Jun 2026
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Validated
2 Jul 2026
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Approved
29 Jul 2026

Approved on 29 Jul 2026 · Delegated Officer · Last checked 6 Sept 2026

Site constraints 6

Wye Valley National Landscape
Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.
Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.
Agricultural land, grade 2
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.
Special area of conservation 195 m away: River Wye / Afon Gwy (Wales)
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.
Radon affected area, class 5
An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.
From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.
UKHSA radon ↗
SSSI 195 m away: River Wye (Lower Wye) / Afon Gwy (Gwy Isaf)
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
5 listed buildings within 150 m.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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

Application type
Non Material Amendment
Postcode
NP16 7NX
Received
30 Jun 2026
Validated
2 Jul 2026
Ward
St Arvans
Parish
Wye Valley Community Council
Target decision
30 Jul 2026
Decision
Approve
Decision date
29 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Officer
Applicant
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Decided in 27 days from validation, 23 days faster than Monmouthshire's median of 50 for extensions. Approved, as 96% of extensions here are.

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15048124
Planning Portal ref
PP-15048124
Statutory expiry
30 Jul 2026
Env. assessment
No