A wooden ‘floating houseboat’ is likely to remain on a pond near Lawrenny with retrospective planning approval recommended.

Members of Pembrokeshire County Council’s planning committee will discuss the application at its meeting next week.

The floating holiday unit with a kitchen/living area, one bedroom and bathroom along with an external deck area is chained to a wooden pontoon on a pond at Little Pencoed Farm.

Advertised on glamping sites as Dragonfly Camping, the houseboat also has a shepherds hut nearby as well as standard camping facilities in use on the 300 acre organic dairy farm.

A report to the committee on December 10 adds that the diversification of the farm and the unit “offers a unique form of holiday accommodation that would support both tourism within the County and the farm business through additional income.”

A previous application to retain the houseboat was refused in June but it is now recommended for approval subject to a section 106 legal agreement preventing the separation of the houseboat from the agricultural unit and it must be for holiday occupancy only.