A proposal has been put forward to turn a former hotel in Barry into interim accommodation for the homeless. Vale of Glamorgan Council has received a planning application to turn the former Olive Lodge hotel, next to the Brynhill Barry Golf Club, into accommodation that would provide 10 studio flats.
A covering letter attached to the planning application says that the purpose of the development is to "meet the immediate need for this type of accommodation in the local area". Planning permission was given for the building - number 2, Port Road East - to change from a residential home for the elderly to a guest house in 1990. The current application is not the first time a proposal has been lodged to change the use of the building.
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