Overview

• A planning application to Cyngor Gwynedd proposes rock nailing, gabion baskets and a rock revetment to secure the slope at Cefn Castell near Criccieth.
• Plans state a significant February 2024 landslip was caused by a land drain outside the property boundary that directed water onto the cliff face.
• The submission warns of an immediate threat at the entrance, with a boundary wall overhanging the cliff and the Wales Coast Path below at risk.
• The modernist home, designed by Stephenson Studio and featured on Grand Designs, previously received coastal protection works with boulders around 2015.
• The property is an award-winning local draw that was rented for 196 days in 2024, and it is currently listed for sale at about £1 million according to a Rightmove listing cited by the Daily Mail.