{"id":777024,"date":"2026-09-20T18:04:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T18:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777024\/"},"modified":"2026-09-20T18:04:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T18:04:13","slug":"gwynedd-calls-for-action-over-inappropriate-campervan-parking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/777024\/","title":{"rendered":"Gwynedd: Calls for action over &#8216;inappropriate&#8217; campervan parking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There are a rising number of campervans being parked in &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; locations across Gwynedd, a councillor says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cae Larsen has called for the local authority Cyngor Gwynedd to take action to bring the situation &#8220;under better control&#8221;, amid a reported increase in the number of motorhomes and campervans staying in lay-bys, car parks, and scenic areas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Larsen acknowledged the contribution made by campers to the county&#8217;s tourist economy, however, adding that responsible van owners were welcome.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Concerns have also been raised on social media about campervans causing road and access issues, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/lnp\/ldrs\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cyngor Gwynedd has four specific sites in which motorhomes can be parked up overnight, called Arosfan sites, at a cost of \u00a316.50 per night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Problems have been reported at Llyn Padarn in Llanberis, where an eight-space Arosfan site has been outnumbered by campervans parked in adjacent bays. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Larsen is set to call on Cyngor Gwynedd to consider what action can be taken at the next full council meeting on 24 September.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">In a written report to councillors, he said he was concerned about vehicles staying &#8220;for extended periods in places not intended for that purpose&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There are a rising number of campervans being parked in &#8220;inappropriate&#8221; locations across Gwynedd, a councillor says. Cae&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777025,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-777024","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777024"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777025"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777024"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777024"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777024"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}