A call to allow a Pembrokeshire village garage, which once housed an NHS worker during the Covid pandemic, to stay as an Airbnb holiday let has been given the go-ahead.
In an application to Pembrokeshire County Council, Mark and Ann Pugh, of Wolfscastle, sought retrospective permission on behalf of their son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Natalie Pugh, for the conversion of a single storey garage to a self-catering holiday let ‘Meadow View’ within the grounds of Little Longhouse, Wiston.
A supporting statement said, during 2017 the garage was converted into a habitable space, used by family and friends between July 2017 and March 2020, before being let to an NHS worker up until December of that year during the Covid lockdown.
It added: “In 2021 it continued to accommodate family and friends. In 2022 and 2023, the property was used as a self-catering holiday unit, advertised on Airbnb under the name Rose Cottage. Since the beginning of 2024, it has been marketed as Meadow View on Airbnb and Booking.com, continuing its role as a self-catering holiday unit.”
It added: “Meadow View is the second holiday rental at Little Longhouse, following the successful establishment of Clover Cottage, which has been operating as a holiday let since 2013. This application seeks retrospective consent for Meadow View as a second unit of holiday accommodation within an established holiday enterprise at Little Longhouse.”
It went on to say: “Meadow View further contributes to local accommodation diversity by offering a small, one-bedroom, ground-floor unit, making it particularly suitable for individuals with limited mobility.
“The holiday letting business at Little Longhouse is operated and managed primarily by the applicants’ daughter-in-law, who resides at Little Longhouse. The business is her primary source of income/employment and helps ensure that residing in the rural community of Wiston is viable.”
The application was conditionally approved by county planners.
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