Plans to legitimise the use of tourist accommodation at a site near Ystradgynlais which has been in use for over 25 years have been approved by Bannau Brycheiniog planners.
In November 2024, Stephen Rose lodged an application to receive a lawful development certificate for an existing use or operation or activity (CPE) with Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority.
This is to legitimise the planning position for Rhongyr Isaf Centre, which is near Craig-y-Nos village in the Upper Swansea Valley, around six miles north of Ystradgynlais.
Rhongyr Isaf has been the base for Mr Rose’s company, Absolute Adventure Limited, and the “Sleeping Giant” bunkhouse there is capable of providing accommodation for up to 47 people.
Documents lodged with the application explain that the bunkhouse, camping and farmhouse there have been in use continuously for “more than 20 years” and that the use had started on January 1, 2000.
Mr Rose said: “At our address we have a bunkhouse, my domestic dwelling and a campsite.
“This has been the situation since my purchase of the property and has not changed at all during my ownership.
“We have always paid separate business rates for the bunkhouse and camping, and Band D council tax for my house.”
Mr Rose said he was advised to submit the application after a meeting with national park planners, attended by David Chadwick, MP for Brecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe.
Director of Planning and Place Gareth Jones said: “The authority grants permission for a certificate of lawfulness.
“It is concluded that the use of Rhongyr Isaf Centre has been continuously used for a period of 10 years or more as a campsite and bunkhouse open to the general public and for group bookings.”
He added that the farmhouse had been awarded a certificate of lawfulness from a previous application approved in 2022.
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