Plans to build homes in Kilgetty, previously refused for not having a high enough housing density, have been resubmitted with more homes in the hopes of addressing that reason for refusal.

In an application to Pembrokeshire County Council, Robert Bowen, through agent Matthew Hitches, seeks permission for a residential development of four houses on land adjacent to Westaways, Station Road, Kilgetty.

The application, in outline only, is a resubmission of a previously-refused scheme, turned down by planners back in 2025, itself a follow-on to a 2024 refused scheme.

The 2025 scheme refusal saw an unsuccessful appeal to the Welsh government’s Planning and Environment Decisions Wales (PEDW), which was dismissed at the start of this year.

That scheme, for three houses, which was again supported by Kilgetty/Begelly Community Council, was refused on grounds including an indicative density of 19 dwellings per hectare rather than a policy requirement of 25.

A supporting statement accompanying the latest housing call attempts to address that reason for refusal by increasing the number of proposed dwellings, hitting the policy requirement level through two detached and two semi-detached buildings.

Of the scheme, it says: “The application site comprises a broadly rectangular piece of land between two residential properties, namely The Laburnums to the South and Westways to the North. The site forms a piece of land within a row of residential dwellings fronting onto Station Road at the southern end of the settlement of Kilgetty.”

It adds: “There is no doubt that the siting of four dwellings at this location would introduce built form at an otherwise undeveloped site, however, it would not represent a prominent or conspicuous form of development.

“While the proposed development would inevitably change the character of the site itself, the proposed changes would not be to the extent that would result in an unacceptable impact on local amenity in terms of visual amenity. The proposal would make beneficial use of an otherwise redundant site. It is asserted that to introduce residential development at this location would represent an efficient use of under-utilised land.

“Given the aforementioned, it is considered sensitively designed dwellings would ensure any resultant development would not be inappropriate or disproportionate in scale compared to existing road frontage properties. It is on this basis that it is considered that the development would represent a sensitive form of infill development, commensurate with the existing built form, hence would not adversely affect the spatial character of the settlement.”

The application, as previously, offers a contribution towards affordable housing through a commuted sum.

The latest proposal will be considered by county planners at a later date.

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