Nature: Lammas Ecovillage, Swansea

The Lammas Ecovillage is a collective of smallholdings and dwellings in North Pembrokeshire. Plots contain a house, greenhouses and farmland, and barns or workshops.

The village was developed in line with the Welsh Government’s innovative ‘One Planet Development’ (OPD) policy and was partfunded by the Department of Energy and Climate
change (DECC), which paid for a Community Hub and learning centre.

The project was the first ecovillage in the UK to attain planning permission in 2009,
with initial proposals for nine smallholdings. Under the conditions of ‘One Planet Development’, residents submit annual progress reports to the Council, monitoring traffic generation, land-based productivity and ecological footprint.