Town council objects to Penarth scheme
The Planning Committee of Penarth Town Council has voted to object to a proposal by local award-winning architect Chris Loyn to construct a residential development that would be accessed from a back lane at the rear of his Victoria Road home within the Penarth Conservation Area.
The Victoria Road/Victoria Square scheme, which was to be called ‘Victoria Mews’, proposed the building of three new dwellings with rear gardens that would be accessed via the path known colloquially as Jack’s Lane.
Jack’s Lane is named after Chris Loyn’s son Jack, a wheelchair user with cerebral palsy, who from a young age became well-known in the area for regularly doing a circuit of the lane, where he would strike up conversations with locals and passers-by.
The buildings would face inward rather than out onto the lane, and would involve the demolition of three existing garages.
A vote was taken by Penarth Town Council’s planning committee on a proposal to object to the application. Four councillors voted in favour of objection, three abstained, and none voted against the objection.
Cllr Mike Cuddy (Labour, St Augustine’s), the Deputy Leader of Penarth Town Council and deputy chairman of the planning committee declared an interest in the matter. He did not participate in the discussion.
The final decision on the planning application for Victoria Mews is ‘delegated’, which means it will be adjudicated by a Vale Council planning officer, though it will not come before the Vale Council’s planning committee.
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