An agricultural contractor and his family have won permission for a rural enterprise home in Ceredigion after councillors rejected officers’ recommendation to refuse it for a second time.

Daniel Morris and Elin Adams-Lewis sought permission for a TAN 6 rural enterprise home, shed and yard at Penrhiwdulais, Brongest, Beulah, despite officers again recommending refusal at the Ceredigion County Council meeting on October 14.

The application was recommended for refusal in July, but councillors deferred a decision for a site visit before it returned in September with the same recommendation.

But councillors rejected the recommendation and backed the plans.

The committee gave the scheme ‘minded to’ approval under the council’s ‘cooling off’ policy, meaning it had to return in October for a final decision.

A previous application for a TAN 6 dwelling with an associated shed and yard was refused by the committee back in late 2024.

Beulah Community Council backed the latest application, saying the local applicants support the rural economy by providing a vital service to agriculture.

An officer’s report recommended refusal, saying the scheme failed the TAN 6 criteria because it “does not demonstrate that the business requires this countryside location, that a full‑time worker must live on the site, or that suitable accommodation elsewhere is unavailable,” and “would materially harm the landscape character of this prominent rural setting”.

At the October meeting, members voted against the officer recommendation of refusal, backing the scheme; Cllr Hugh Hughes expressing concerns the application could potentially be ‘called in’ for a Welsh government decision if backed, that backing giving the applicants “a false hope”.

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However, he said: “We do need to try and support our rural enterprises, there’s a ‘rub’ between looking after our countryside and being mindful to supporting our rural enterprises.”