A PROPOSAL to convert a building in Dyserth formerly used as a public toilet and as a bus stop into a one-bedroom house has been refused planning permission.

Kia Darlington, from Towyn, lodged a planning application regarding this building, known as Dyserth Castle Bach and based on the village’s High Street, at the start of this year.

But on June 27, Denbighshire County Council’s planning committee rejected the application.

The plans included proposals for parking provisions, and a first-floor extension.

Dyserth Castle BachDyserth Castle Bach (Image: Deb Moore)

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Extracts from a statement included in the application read: "The proposal will much improve the street scene on Dyserth High Street, to how the existing building looks at present.”

Dyserth Community Council, after being consulted on the application, said: “Whilst the community council wish to see refurbishment of this eyesore building, the council are concerned with the parking aspect.

“The area surrounding the property is highway-adopted and utilised regularly by pedestrians.

“There would be difficulty in placing a dropped kerb to the frontage of the property, as the adjacent highway has both yellow line parking restrictions, including layby access for bus services.

“Any parking access would cause a serious impact on highway safety in the area.”

Inside Dyserth Castle BachInside Dyserth Castle Bach (Image: Deb Moore)

Similarly, Denbighshire County Council’s highways department said it could not support the application due to its perceived lack of “adequate provision for the parking of vehicles clear of the public highway”.

Cadw, which works to protect old buildings and structures in Wales, raised no objections.

But the council’s planning committee chose to refuse the application planning permission, its reasons for which were twofold.

It felt that the proposals depicted a “contrived and cramped form of development, out of character with its surroundings and harmful to the amenity of proposed occupiers”.

In addition, it added that the development would have been “likely to result in increased parking pressure in an area where there are existing parking issues”.