The lure of growing your own produce, building your own home, and living a low-impact life appeals to many people but few relish the "daunting" process of applying for a One Planet Development in Wales, a report has said.
Only 63 applications have been made between 2010 and 2021 on the back of a One Planet Development policy aimed at encouraging light-touch living in the open countryside. A total of 39 of them have been approved. A report by One Planet Council - a voluntary body which promotes such development - has recommended changes to the policy to get more people to apply.
It said: "The daunting nature of the policy for potential applicants is evident from the fact that there have been only a few dozen applications for One Planet Development planning permission in the whole of Wales in over ten years since the policy was introduced."
