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Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
The Planning Committee considered four planning applications. Members granted permission for four glamping pods at Bodlonfa Lodge, Rhuallt, a two-storey side extension at Hyfrydle, Llangollen, and a children's home at Wymore Villa, Rhuddlan. They also granted permission for five houses on land behind The Paddock, St Asaph, subject to a legal agreement securing a higher affordable housing payment.
The Planning Committee met on 2 September 2026 to consider an application to build 59 affordable homes on land south of Ffordd Elsie, Rhyl. The minute for this meeting records no decision on the application. The officer report recommends that planning permission be granted.
The Planning Committee considered two planning applications on 15 July 2026. It granted permission for a coach depot with maintenance facilities at Burley Hill Garage, Eryrys, Mold, despite objections from residents. It refused permission for a hot food takeaway at Helens, 45 Trellewelyn Road, Rhyl, against officer advice.
The Planning Committee considered three planning applications and an information report on tree preservation orders. It granted planning permission for a rural enterprise dwelling at Bryn yr Orsedd, Bryneglwys, against officer advice. It approved the construction method statement for the Royal Alexandra Hospital in Rhyl, and it refused a commercial storage building at Meifod, Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd, in line with officer advice.
It considered seven planning applications: it granted five, refused one against officer advice, and deferred one for a site visit. Councillor Jon Harland declared a personal interest in the Prestatyn High School application.
The committee met on 15 April 2026 and considered three planning applications. It granted permission to convert a listed engine house at Nant Lead Mine, Eryrys, into a home. It deferred decisions on a salad bar in Llangollen and a changed house design at Awatea, Rhewl, to later meetings.
The committee gave a three-year temporary permission for a rural worker's home at Bontuchel, against officer advice. It granted permission for five shepherd's huts at Waen, and refused 33 homes at Meliden, also against officer advice, over surface water flood concerns. It also agreed to protect four pine trees in Ruthin with a tree preservation order.
The committee refused plans to demolish the house Haulfan and build two homes at Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd, and refused 33 homes at Maes Meurig, Meliden, against officer advice. It granted permission for a lambing shed at Tyddyn Isa, Llanarmon yn Ial, with an added condition on manure management. The meeting also discussed how local members are told about planning applications.
Cancelled
The Planning Committee met on 10 December 2025. It granted two planning applications: 20 affordable homes on the former Rhos Street School site in Ruthin, and a permanent home for a Romany Gypsy on land at Cae Newydd, Llanynys. Members also noted an update to the Site Inspection Panel Protocol and a report on new planning fees.
The Planning Committee made decisions on six applications, four of them in Llangollen. It granted flats at the Royal Hotel, listed building consent for that work, a new home on land near Glascoed, and a leisure building at Parc Farm Caravan Park. It refused four terraced houses in Prestatyn against officers' advice, and it kept a condition stopping a Birch Hill house becoming a holiday let or second home.
The Planning Committee considered a report on the council's local development plan, an urgent matter on a proposed windfarm at Gaerwen, and several planning applications. It granted one application for 13 homes at Graigfechan and refused two others, one of them against officer advice. The committee also noted the 2025 annual monitoring report for the local development plan and asked for a draft Local Impact Report on the Gaerwen windfarm to be sent to all members.
On 3 September 2025 the Planning Committee considered an application to build four houses on land next to Bryn Derw in Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd. The committee refused the application in line with officers' recommendation. Officers' reasons were the mix of house sizes, the low number of homes per hectare, and the lack of a safe walking route beside the A494 main road.
The committee refused an application to extend limestone extraction at Burley Hill Quarry near Eryrys, against officer advice. It recorded 15 votes against and 3 for, citing the effect on tranquillity in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). It also confirmed Tree Preservation Order No. 7 (2025) on a group of trees opposite White Waters Hotel in Llangollen, after an objection, by 18 votes to 0.
The Planning Committee considered two planning applications. It refused permission for one house on land at 121 Cwm Road, Dyserth, because the site lies outside the development boundary and the policy requires affordable homes. It granted permission for access, hardstanding and ground works already carried out at Tyn yr Ardd, Rhuallt, with a change to a lighting condition.
The Planning Committee met on 14 May 2025 and appointed a new Chair and Vice-Chair for 2025/26. It granted four planning applications in line with officer advice and asked for an update on a Section 106 agreement, a legal deal tied to planning permission, for the North Wales Hospital site. It also noted an information report on Technical Advice Note 15 (TAN 15), new national guidance on flooding and coastal erosion.
The Planning Committee met on 9 April 2025 to consider two applications. Members deferred (put back to a later meeting) a plan to extend Burley Hill Quarry near Eryrys, and granted permission for a visitor hub at Moel Famau car park with three extra conditions.
The Planning Committee deferred a decision on extending Burley Hill Quarry near Eryrys for 15 years, so that a site visit can be held first. It granted permission to extend a house at Manninagh, Bodfari, and approved planning conditions for a glamping site on the site of the former Rhyl Rugby Club, Rhuddlan.
The Planning Committee considered five planning applications and an update on the Graig Quarry appeal in Denbigh. It granted all five applications, although the Rhuddlan glamping site was granted against officer advice. On the quarry appeal, it agreed to follow officer advice and defend the appeal on one of the three reasons for refusal.
The committee granted planning permission for 14 homes at Gellifor, Ruthin, in line with officer advice, by 18 votes to none. On the Graig Quarry appeal in Denbigh the vote was tied at nine each, so the Chair used his casting vote, an extra vote to break a tie, against the officer recommendations. The committee then instructed the Council to defend the appeal.
Cancelled
The committee considered three planning applications and one tree protection order. It granted permission to convert the former Tremeirchion chapel into a house and to build a stable at Bro Fair, Rhewl. It refused a hot food takeaway at 1 Wellington Road, Rhyl, on highway safety grounds against officer advice, and confirmed a Tree Preservation Order on a larch at Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd.
The Planning Committee considered five planning applications and one monitoring report at its meeting on 9 October 2024. The minutes record that it granted all five applications and noted the report. For The Warren, Bodfari, the minute and a planning conditions report to the same meeting do not agree, as item 8 explains.
The Planning Committee met on 4 September 2024 to consider planning applications and reports. It granted permission for three coaches to park at Burley Hill Garage, Eryrys, and for a rural enterprise dwelling at The Warren, Bodfari, the latter against officer advice. It also noted an information report on an appeal decision at Kynsal House, Rhyl.
The Planning Committee granted all four planning applications on its 17 July 2024 agenda. Three were granted in line with officer advice, and at Bryn Morfa a motion to refuse was defeated, with four votes for and 12 against. The New Vision Business Park application was granted against officer advice, with a condition limiting its use to health services.
The Planning Committee granted four planning applications on 19 June 2024, each in line with the officer recommendation. They covered 12 homes at Erw Goed in Llanarmon yn Ial, one house beside the Lych Gate in Rhuddlan, a house on Birch Hill in Llangollen split into two homes, and a wider range of crops at the Biogen Waen anaerobic digestion plant near Rhuallt. Every application was carried with votes in favour and none against.
The Planning Committee granted planning permission for two linked applications at the former Clwyd Gate Motel in Llanbedr Dyffryn Clwyd. It also put off a decision on the legal agreement for the former North Wales Hospital in Denbigh, confirmed a tree preservation order in Llangollen, and approved planning conditions for a cow shed conversion at Hafod y Parc. Two councillors were also asked to support the council at the Graig Quarry planning appeal.
Cancelled
The Planning Committee met on 20 March 2024 and considered four planning applications. It granted two applications for roof works with solar panels at the former Buttermarket (Crown Workshop) in Denbigh, and an application to convert a cow shed at Hafod y Parc, Bodfari, all contrary to officer recommendation. It also granted an application for seven houses at Land at Llys Heulog, Cyffylliog, in line with officer recommendation.