An appeal against a decision to turn down part-retrospective plans for a family home near Kilgetty, has been dismissed.

The appeal was made by Mr Rhys Cadogan under section 78 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 against the decision of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority to refuse planning permission for side and rear extensions with ecological enhancements and the creation of off road car parking for a family home at 4 Pisgah Cottages, Cresswell Quay, SA68 0TD.

The application [Ref: NP/24/0517/FUL] was refused by notice dated January 31. A site visit was made on June 18.

A report from the planning inspector appointed by the Welsh Ministers which will go before PCNPA’s development management committee on September 3, states that some reprofiling works have taken place at the appeal property and part of the front boundary wall has been removed.

Inspector C D Sweet stated: “The appeal seeks part-retrospective planning permission, and I have dealt with it on that basis.

“The appellant provided a plan with their appeal which shows potential visibility splays and suggests that further alterations could be made to the front boundary wall.

“However, article 26C of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (Wales) Order 2012 prevents the variation of applications at the appeal stage, other than for the purposes of addressing a correctable error.

“As that is not the case here, that plan does not fall to be considered, and I have determined the appeal based on the plans that informed the National Park Authority’s decision.”

The appeal property is one of a pair of traditional, semi-detached cottages within and close to the boundary of the Cresswell Quay Conservation Area, and within the Milford Haven Waterway Historic Landscape.

The inspector stated that the main issues are whether the proposal would preserve or enhance the character or appearance of the Cresswell Quay Conservation Area, with regard to the appeal site’s location within the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park; and the effect of the proposal on highway safety.

The inspector continued: “The proposed extensions, due to their scale and degree of projection to the side and rear, would nonetheless appear as overly large, dominant additions that would overwhelm the simple form of the original cottage and reorientate its massing away from its neighbour.

“This would give the pair a notably unbalanced appearance and materially erode their retained original symmetry.

“Irrespective of the fact that other nearby cottages may have been extended previously and that such extensions may have been accepted by the National Park, this would cause the appeal property to appear incongruous when viewed against the largely unaltered form of its attached neighbour and would significantly diminish the sense of historic built form within the street scene at this point.

“The proposal would therefore fail to preserve the character or appearance of the conservation area or the cultural heritage of the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park and would result in unacceptable harm in this respect,” they added.