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| 'Hobbit home' loses Pembrokeshire demolition vote | |
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| An eco-friendly "hobbit-style" home faces demolition after being refused retrospective planning permission by Pembrokeshire council. | |
| Megan Williams and Charlie Hague built the house using local materials in the garden of her parents' home on land at Glandwr near Crymych in 2012. | Megan Williams and Charlie Hague built the house using local materials in the garden of her parents' home on land at Glandwr near Crymych in 2012. |
| More than 100,000 people had signed an online petition supporting the couple. | More than 100,000 people had signed an online petition supporting the couple. |
| They lost an appeal against a 2013 demolition order and on Tuesday councillors refused permission. | They lost an appeal against a 2013 demolition order and on Tuesday councillors refused permission. |
| Pembrokeshire council officials had recommended refusal, for breaking rules for developing homes in the countryside. | Pembrokeshire council officials had recommended refusal, for breaking rules for developing homes in the countryside. |
| Last week planners visited the house before making their final decision. | Last week planners visited the house before making their final decision. |
| Sculptor Mr Hague and Ms Williams argue that the straw-walled roundhouse, which took a year to build, has a low impact on the environment. | Sculptor Mr Hague and Ms Williams argue that the straw-walled roundhouse, which took a year to build, has a low impact on the environment. |
| They lived in a caravan for four years, before moving into the new home just before their son was born. | They lived in a caravan for four years, before moving into the new home just before their son was born. |
| The couple had asked the council to reconsider the issue. | |
| Nine of the planning committee members voted to refuse the planning request, while four voted in favour of allowing the application. | |
| Martletwy ward councillor Rob Lewis told the meeting there was no option but to follow the report's recommendation to refuse the planning request. | |
| Pennar ward councillor Tony Wilcox said it would be wrong and immoral to knock down the building. | |
| Megan Williams told the committee she and her partner wanted to live "an older and simpler way of life". | |
| But planning officer David Popplewell said the property fell short of the guidance in the Welsh government's One Planet Development (OPD) policy. |