A plan for a cafe on the coastal path in Aberporth will mark the fifth generation of a local family to go into business on the site.

Gethin James - the village's local county councillor - has drawn up plans for a hillside cafe at his long-standing family home Glanmordy.

Cllr James' great grandfather David James opened a steam bakery at the site in 1911 and his grandfather Reggie turned the business into a general stores where two more generations of the family worked.

"The shop closed in the early 90sand my family went through some difficult times which led to the building falling into disrepair for over a decade. There are three houses now where the shop once was and in the past year I've been doing some major works to the gardens which run down to the beach," said Cllr James.

"In 2003 we allowed a new footpath to be created across the bottom of Glanmordys garden and this path has since become part of the all Wales Coast Path. This has become very popular with walkers and locals. Whilst working on the garden people continually enquired what was I going to do in the new garden and I joked maybe I'll put a little cafe here. The number of positive responses was amazing and an idea that started out as jest started to take seed in my mind. The idea is to create a coffee shop style premises with a beach hut style design. The beach huts will ensure that there is wet weather capacity to the business. I am very exited about the prospect of bringing this new business forward and having a fifth generation of James's in business at Glanmordy. The success of the coastal path in drawing more visitors and the fantastic location will hopefully be a recipe for success."

The scheme will be put before Ceredigion planners later this year.