Reintegrating the 2017 Statement of Common Ground into the local plan
Decided: The meeting voted 43 to 17 to suspend the debate until the next meeting. No decision was taken on the motion.
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Councils have been deciding individual planning applications and progressing local development plan work, including annual monitoring reports due with Welsh Government by 31 October 2026.[1][3]
Written in November 2026 from council records since 20 September 2026, open consultations and official sources. Written automatically, then checked: every point names its sources and every figure appears in them. Follow the links to check anything before relying on it.
Councils decide planning applications for new buildings, extensions and changes of use, and write the local development plan that says where new homes and jobs can go. National parks decide applications inside their boundaries.
Planning officers decide most applications. Larger or disputed ones go to the planning committee of councillors, which meets in public.
Anyone can comment on an application while it's open, usually for 21 days. Stick to planning matters such as traffic, design, noise and overlooking.
| Council | Items | With a decision |
|---|---|---|
| Rhondda Cynon Taf | 99 | 89 |
| Caerphilly | 95 | 0 |
| Gwynedd | 65 | 51 |
| Wrexham | 59 | 43 |
| Pembrokeshire | 58 | 51 |
| Denbighshire | 38 | 32 |
| Carmarthenshire | 25 | 21 |
| Bridgend | 24 | 0 |
| Powys | 21 | 11 |
| Ceredigion | 20 | 11 |
| Neath Port Talbot | 20 | 18 |
| Blaenau Gwent | 19 | 17 |
| Cardiff | 18 | 17 |
| Newport | 18 | 12 |
| Conwy | 18 | 18 |
| Swansea | 16 | 16 |
| Vale of Glamorgan | 15 | 11 |
| Torfaen | 14 | 13 |
| Monmouthshire | 13 | 10 |
| Flintshire | 10 | 6 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 5 | 5 |
Decided: The meeting voted 43 to 17 to suspend the debate until the next meeting. No decision was taken on the motion.
Decided: The committee refused the application, against the officers' recommendation. It agreed the two refusal reasons: that the proposal would intensify residential activity and harm the character of the area and neighbours' amenity (Policy GP1), and that it would add to concentrations of HMOs without enough off-street parking (Policy H3).
Decided: Application P/2023/0156 was granted unanimously, subject to the conditions in the report. Officers were given delegated powers to amend the conditions to remove the need for a full tree survey and arboricultural impact assessment. Application P/2025/0183 was granted by 8 votes to 1, subject to the conditions in the report. Officers were given delegated powers to amend the conditions to define the scope of the permission for residential use (C3A, the planning class for homes).
Decided: The minute resolves that decisions be recorded as shown on the planning applications schedule (Appendix A), and that the Planning and Development Manager be authorised to draft any amendments to or additional conditions. The schedule is not in the papers provided, so the individual decisions cannot be confirmed from this record.
Decided: The committee resolved to approve planning application 2025/2137/FUL. The minute does not record any conditions.
Decided: The Committee gave the Head of Planning delegated power (authority to decide without returning to the Committee) to approve the application once a Habitats Regulations Assessment (a check on effects on protected sites) is finally approved, subject to the conditions in the report. The vote was 12 for, none against and none abstaining.
Decided: The Committee refused the application because it would harm visual amenity (the look and feel of the area), against the officers' recommendation to approve. Twelve members voted for refusal; none voted against and none abstained.
Decided: The Committee approved the application, subject to the conditions in the report. Eleven members voted for, none against, and Councillor Tony Wilcox abstained.
Decided: The Committee gave the Head of Planning delegated authority to approve the application, subject to a Section 106 planning obligation (a legal agreement) tying the pods to Vaynor Farm, and to conditions limiting use to short-term holiday use, keeping parking areas and securing landscaping and biodiversity enhancement. If the legal agreement is not completed within three months, the Head of Planning may refuse the application. Nine members voted for, none against, and none abstained.
Decided: The Committee said it was minded to approve the application, because of its economic benefit and the support it would give to the existing business as farm diversification (a farm earning income from a new activity). This was against the officers' recommendation to refuse. Ten members voted for, one (Councillor Michael Williams) against, and none abstained. A minded-to decision needs a cooling-off period before referral to Full Council, and would be advertised as a departure from the Development Plan.
Decided: The Committee approved the application, subject to a condition requiring biodiversity enhancements. The vote was nine for, none against, and none abstained. There was no debate.
Decided: The Committee deferred the application to its February 2026 meeting, to give the agent time to provide more information on the farm diversification element and on nutrient neutrality (making sure a development adds no net nitrogen or phosphate to protected waters). Seven members voted for deferral, three against, and none abstained.
Decided: The Committee approved the application, subject to a biodiversity enhancement condition. The vote was nine for, none against, and none abstained. There was no debate.
Decided: The item was removed from the agenda so the agent could respond to an updated consultation response from the Council's Ecologist. It will return to a future Planning Committee.
Decided: The committee approved application DM/2021/01781 for a new three-bedroom detached house with off-street parking, subject to the report's conditions (including revised condition 12) and a Section 106 Agreement, a legal agreement that sets out what the applicant must do. The vote was 10 for, none against and none abstaining.
Decided: The Council approved the Statement of Licensing Principles for 2025 to 2028.
Decided: Permission was granted in line with the officer's recommendation.
Decided: Permission was granted in line with the officer's recommendation.
Decided: Permission was granted in line with the officer's recommendation, with an extra condition requiring external lighting to be installed before the flats are occupied.
Decided: Permission was granted in line with the officer's recommendation.
RESOLVED – That Agenda Items b) Application No. P/2025/0093 – 67 King Street, Wrexham, LL11 1HR, c) Application No. P/2025/0607 – 96 Erddig Road, Wrexham, LL13 7DR and d) Application No. P/2025/0611 – The Stables, Burton, Rossett, Wrexham, LL12 0HU be brought forward for consideration at this time.
Decided: The Committee approved the application. Approval is subject to a Section 106 agreement (a legally binding agreement with the developer) for an off-site affordable housing contribution and a Grassland Habitat Management Plan.
Decided: The Committee approved the application.
Decided: The Committee approved the application. This also discharges (signs off) conditions 5, 6, 7, 8 and 11, which are requirements set in the earlier outline permission.
Decided: The Committee approved the application.
Decided: The Committee approved the application.
Decided: The Committee approved the application.
Decided: The Committee approved the application.