Property Developer's Damage to the Welsh Language Triggers 20 Mile March

The struggle to protect Welsh from the adverse effects of continued migration into Wales is reaching a boiling point. Concerns steadily mount over the threat posed to the Welsh tongue by property development in Welsh speaking areas. For years the danger posed to the Celtic language of Wales wrought by property development in Welsh speaking areas has been a principle concern to language activists and is again in the forefront of news on the Welsh language.

The Cambrian news are reporting on mass demonstrations in opposotion to the avalanche of property development that is threatening to overwhelm traditional language strongholds: 

"Prompted by recent figures showing that 40 per cent of all house sales in Gwynedd are now for second homes, campaigners trekked from Nefyn to Caernarfon, urging the Welsh Government to implement emergency measures to stem their flow. Nefyn Town Council says 30 per cent of houses in Edern and 15 per cent in Morfa Nefyn are holiday homes, and claim prices have gone “through the roof” since lockdown, despite the average local annual wage being £16,000. According to Gwynedd Council’s housing department, an additional 811 houses are needed in the county every year to meet current local demand, but with 830 homes being “lost” as second homes, this creates a “gap” of 1,641."

Nefyn town councillor Rhys Tudur helped organise the march.He said “time was of the essence” despite areas like Llyn traditionally known as strongholds of the language.“We are being priced out of the very communities we were raised, it’s been made impossible thanks to the hike in house prices.”

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