TOLD HER KENNEL BID WOULD BE TOO NOISY ...NEAR RAF VALLEY:

PLANS to open a kennels close to a busy RAF runway have been turned down over claims the business would be a ‘noise nuisance.’

Rhiannon Binyon, 36, (pictured), first applied for permission to start the business at her home in Anglesey in 2017.

Miss Binyon intentionally bought the house in Llanfair yn Neubwll, which is just 500 metres from the runway at RAF Valley, so she could open the kennels without bothering neighbours.

But, in a letter to her, Anglesey council said they rejected her application on the grounds that the noise produced by the dogs would have an ‘unacceptable impact’ on residential and commercial properties in the area.

Her plans for a cattery have been approved, but the application for the kennels has now been rejected three times by the council.

Miss Binyon says she has paid thousands of pounds to carry out sound tests in a bid to allay fears about the noise.

The former teacher, who taught animal studies at Glynllifon college for 10 years, is also a fulltime carer for her 92-yearold grandmother and her mother, who was left brain damaged after a fall from a horse in 1976.

She said: “We’ve had a horrendous time of it. It really has been a major issue.

“It’s been 15 months of stress trying to get the planning application accepted, but now even the appeal has been rejected.

“We would only have enough room for six dogs at one time and that would only be for day kennels.

“Anglesey council made me apply for sound tests, which cost thousands of pounds, to result in still no kennels.

“I had to stop teaching and make a career where I could work from home, as I am the primary carer for my grandmother and mother and I need to be near my home to be able to help them with day-today tasks.

“I could have just sat at home and lived off the carer’s benefits, but I didn’t want to do that. I want to work and Anglesey council have made this a nightmare.

“I have done a great deal of research and know there is a great demand for kennels, especially next to the camp.

“It would work well for nurses, for example, who have dogs but work 12-hour shifts.

“It seems that they’re rejecting it using ‘what ifs’ rather than any actual evidence.” Miss Binyon says that, after the council first rejected her application, she drafted a management plan and made alterations to the kennel’s construction in an attempt to make them sound-proof, but the application was rejected again in June last year.

After that rejection, Miss Binyon set up a “doggy day care” business at her home so that she could look after four dogs in her house rather than in outdoor kennels.

She added: “Someone is willing to invest money into starting a business on Anglesey and silly barriers have been put in the way.”

Anglesey Council have been approached for a comment.