Planning permission took some years to obtain, but has established a replicable template for similar future developments in Wales.

[1] The project had applied under an innovative local planning policy designed to support low-impact development.

[4] The project has been designed as a replicable template - with each household purchasing a 1000-year agricultural lease from the organisation which provides them with autonomy and security.

One resident utilises permaculture techniques for managing the land,[5] and electricity is generated by solar panels and a micro hydro turbine.

[10] Since Lammas, the Welsh Government introduced a national low-impact policy, "One Planet Development", which creates a framework for land-based smallholdings and ecovillage projects to be established in Wales.