A developer has been ordered to stop work on a controversial holiday camp near a children's hospice. Vale of Glamorgan Council issued the stop notice to Barry Island Pleasure Park owner Henry Danter after he started preparatory work for a proposed camp in Sully – allegedly without planning permission. The council says it has received evidence the work "may have led to the destruction of birds’ nests", which Mr Danter denies.
Some 7,788 people have signed a petition against Mr Danter's plans for a site with caravans and log cabins on a 20-acre coastline plot near Hayes Road. Many have complained the location is too close to Beechwood College, which supports young adults with autistic spectrum disorders, and to Ty Hafan Children's Hospice. The petition was started by Karen Maidment, whose late grandson spent time at Ty Hafan. "I can tell you that the very last thing we would have wanted to hear at that time would be holidaymakers loudly enjoying themselves, screaming, shouting, laughing, or heavy machinery digging and increased traffic noise when your world is ending or ended," she wrote in the petition.
Now the council has issued a stop notice to Mr Danter until he "gains consent for any intended works". A council spokesman said the developer has yet to submit a "satisfactory" planning application but preparatory work to change ground levels "still appears to have taken place". They added: "Accompanying documentation was not supplied with the invalid application that has been received – paperwork that is necessary as this would be classed as a major development due to the site area."
