CRYNIERTH BACH, Cefn Ddwysarn, Y Bala, Gwynedd, LL23 7LN Data via plota.co.uk

Pending C26/0583/04/LL - Full Planning

Change of use

Council

Gwynedd

Date received

25 Sept 2026

Postcode

LL23 7LN

Type

Full Planning

Description

Newid defnydd caeau amaethyddol i greu ardal ymarfer corff i gwn sydd yn gaeedig / Change of use of agricultural fields to create an enclosed dog exercise area. Data via plota.co.uk

Get alerts nearby Council site ↗

Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 08:20

Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision between 2 Feb 2027 and 28 Mar 2027, from Gwynedd's recent changes of use.

Day 9 of the 56-day target. Gwynedd usually decides changes of use by day 155.

target

prediction

Day 9146 days to the predicted decision (day 155)

13%decided within 8 weeks

80%approved

8%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Gwynedd in the last twelve months, from validation. Gwynedd decision record →

Site constraints 4

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Dee

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Agricultural land, grade 4

Poor quality farmland, not best and most versatile. 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 about 151 m away: River Dee and Bala Lake / Afon Dyfrdwy a Llyn Tegid (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.

SSSI about 151 m away: Afon Dyfrdwy (River Dee)

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.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 3 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 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.