Plans for the second stage of an affordable housing scheme, which will deliver 28 homes in a north Pembrokeshire seaside village have been given the go-ahead by the national park.
In an application recommended for approval at the September meeting of Pembrokeshire coast National Park’s development management committee, housing group Ateb sought permission for the second stage of a previously-approved scheme for affordable housing on land adjacent to Bro Dawel, Solva.
Back in 2025, in a hybrid application, Ateb, in partnership with Solva Community Land Trust, was granted permission by the committee for 17 social-rented dwellings, the reinstatement of a junior football pitch and associated works, along with outline planning permission for a second phase of a residential development of 11 dwellings.
The 2026 application, covering 11 affordable housing dwellings, was before the committee as it constituted a major development; the proposed 11 units consisting of two one-bedroom units, four two-bedroom units and five three-bedroom units.
An officer report said: “The outline planning permission established the acceptability in principle of 11 social rented dwellings within phase 2 and reserved the following matters for subsequent approval: appearance, landscaping, layout, scale and access.
“This reserved matters application was valid on May 18, 2026 which is within the three-year expiry of the outline permission. The current application therefore relates to the consideration and approval of the details reserved by the outline permission.
“The principle of the development has already been established by the extant outline planning permission and is not a matter for determination under this application. The assessment of the current proposal is consequently focused on whether the submitted details satisfactorily address the reserved matters and whether they accord with the parameters and requirements of the outline permission and its conditions.”
Speaking at the meeting agent Elene Gegeshidze of Amity Planning said the scheme would proved “much-needed socially rented housing accommodation,” and, unlike many schemes currently in the county, were not impacted by the ongoing Natural resources Wales guidance on nitrates, which is limiting many developments that have foul water drainage in other parts of the county.
Pembrokeshire County Council has previously backed sending a letter to the First Minister, conveying the authority’s “great concern over Natural Resources Wales’ recent river nitrates guidance,” which has “essentially placed a moratorium on certain types of development in Pembrokeshire”.
It says the area which development is required to demonstrate nitrogen neutrality is approximately 75 per cent of the county, including Haverfordwest, Narberth, Pembroke and Pembroke Dock, and amounts to approximately 35 per cent of the council’s future housing land supply.
Approval of the second phase of the Bro Dawel scheme was unanimously supported by committee members.
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