Plans to create a glamping site in a field in Flintshire have been refused amid claims the land has been turned into a "waste tip." An application was submitted in October 2023 to install five wooden glamping pods and five tent pitches on land near Bryn Morgan House in Northop. The proposals put forward by Darren and Kelly Skillin would also have seen an amenity building with showers, toilets and washing facilities built at the site on Starkey Lane.
The scheme was recommended for approval by a senior official from Flintshire Council ahead of a planning committee meeting last week. However, councillors raised concerns after visiting the site and discovering work had already been carried out to remove topsoil and vegetation. They said large amounts of rubble had also been left on the field and a pond had been filled in.
A recent picture of the proposed site (Image: Flintshire Council) Speaking at the planning meeting at County Hall in Mold, local councillor Marion Bateman said: “I was shocked to see the amount of work that had been done without any permission. “All the topsoil, subsoil, clay and shrubbery had been stripped and taken from the site. “Drainage had been installed, although it couldn't be seen as the entire area had been covered with tonnes and tonnes of rubble, which we're told is inert builders’ rubble.
There was not a blade of grass to be seen. “There are no conditions that can restore this land. It's been changed beyond all recognition.
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