Current, rejected and proposed plans for Tan y Mynydd, Mynydd Nefyn. Screengrab from planning documents. A decision on plans to extend a house dubbed “more suited for Beverly Hills than Mynydd Nefyn” has been kicked into the long grass for now. Meeting on Monday, members of Gwynedd Council’s Planning Committee was asked to approve the refurbishment and extension of Tan-y-Mynydd on Mynydd Nefyn. This follows the refusal of earlier proposals for the same property last September, with the committee going against the advice of officers after citing the visual impact and claiming that approval would “open the floodgates” for similar developments.
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Residents in Pistyll, North Wales, claim they had no chance of competing for the Capel Bethania, built in 1875, which had a reserve of £120,000 - but in the end went for £257,000.
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Fury as holiday home row chapel sells for £257,000 at auction - double the asking price
Capel Bethania on the Llŷn Penisula was listed at £120,000 but was snapped up by a bidder from outside the area provoking an angry response from local politicians
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Capel Bethania, in Pistyll, Gwynedd , secured more than double its asking price at auction but the local MP Liz Saville Roberts is concerned it will be used as a holiday home
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