Overview

• Conwy Council issued an enforcement notice on June 17 requiring the dismantling of the 40-foot structure at the £5,000-a-week Gardd y Llys holiday let after finding it lacked valid planning permission.
• Officers halted construction in February 2024 and refused a retrospective application in June 2024, then rejected a near-identical bid submitted in March 2025.
• The enforcement notice gives the owner ten weeks from its serving date to lodge an appeal or begin demolition of the oversized garden tower.
• Neighbors complained that the elevated platform peers into private spaces and generates noise and light pollution, dominating surrounding homes.
• Planning policy approved only a smaller outbuilding in 2016, and council planners say the new tower significantly exceeds scale limits intended to preserve local character.