RESIDENTS and community leaders in Llanbedrog say they will fight plans to put 25 beach huts on an ‘iconic’ beach.

A pre-application advice form has been submitted to Gwynedd Council requesting a meeting with officers to discuss a proposal to place 25 beach huts along Mynydd Tir y Cwmwd in Llanbedrog (pictured).

The applicant, James Nichols, who is a director of The Llanbedrog Headland Company alongside well-known adventurer Bear Grylls, also wishes to discuss further ideas for a tourism scheme at the same site.

The application has angered local residents, and Llanbedrog Community Council has strongly opposed any developments being carried out on the beach.

Cllr John Jones said: “All the members of the committee that were present at the meeting on 7 November were very concerned that a pre-application had been submitted to the planning department for beach huts at such an iconic location as the quarry or Tyn Tywyn beach.

“What else are they going to propose in the future?

“The headland and beach is safeguarded as a site of Special Scientific Interest and no-one wants to see any development at all in this corner and we will fight by any means necessary to stop any development – large or small.

“We don’t want our beach ruined by beach huts.”

Read the full story in today’s Arfon/Dwyfor edition of the Cambrian News