Owner of luxury Welsh Airbnb blighted by partying ‘rowdy visitors’ told to turn it back into a home

The owner of a luxury converted barn, refused retrospective planning permission, has a month to submit an appeal or face returning the property to its original use.

The owner of a luxury barn conversion, which was declined retrospective planning permission, faces a deadline in one month to lodge an appeal or return the abode back to its original state.

The barn, known as Plas Coch Barn in Penisarwaun, Gwynedd, listed on Airbnb, became a topic of concern among locals who complained that their peace was disrupted by “rowdy visitors playing loud music” and disturbances from the “noisy” use of a hot tub. Cyngor Gwynedd’s planning committee dismissed the retrospective application in December, and consequently, owner Karl Jones received an enforcement notice instructing the dismantling of the barn’s striking roof to floor window and reverting the rental back to its “ancillary use” accompanying the…