Construction method statement for Royal Alexandra Hospital, Rhyl
Decided: The committee approved the construction method statement, in line with officer recommendation. The vote was 15 for, none against and none abstaining.
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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 committee approved the construction method statement, in line with officer recommendation. The vote was 15 for, none against and none abstaining.
Decided: The committee refused planning permission, in line with officer recommendation. The vote was 13 for refusal, 1 against and 1 abstaining.
Decided: The committee approved application P2026/0259, subject to the conditions in the circulated report and the amendment sheet.
Decided: The Committee approved the proposed governance changes, with its own amendments. The main points are: (1) Applications to vary conditions, make small changes, discharge conditions or approve reserved matters (details left for later) will be decided by officers, unless the Committee formally asks for one to come back to it. (2) Applications go to Committee if they are for 250 or more homes, more than 2,500 square metres of commercial floorspace, sites over 10 hectares, or major developments with an Environmental Impact Statement. (3) Requests from members to refer an application will be decided by the Chair, who must keep a record of decisions and reasons and report it regularly to the Committee. (4) The Chair can ask for an application to come to Committee. (5) The Chair will be consulted where five or more objections come from five or more households. (6) All applications from officers in the Planning Service who make planning decisions will go to Committee. Each speaker gets 4 minutes, and more than one ward member may speak at the Chair's discretion. (10) An updated Members' Planning Code of Good Practice and a single Planning Guide will be prepared. On petitions, the Committee voted to recommend to Cabinet that petitions with 50 or more signatures no longer automatically send an application to Committee. These would instead go to the Head of Planning, in consultation with the Chair, and the Petition Scheme would exclude subsequent or technical applications. Officers were given delegated authority to finalise the Constitution amendments, which go to the Constitution Committee and then full Council. The Petition Scheme changes go to the Constitution Committee and then Cabinet. The Head of Planning was given authority to finalise the other procedure notes and protocols. Confirmation of the final arrangements will be sent to all members.
Decided: Cabinet considered progress on meeting the GTAA requirements. It agreed that officers should proceed with a nine-pitch expansion of Beddau Caravan Site, including a site office and a play area as part of Phase 1, and submit a planning application. Subject to a successful planning outcome, Cabinet agreed that officers should submit a funding application to Welsh Government. It also agreed that officers should continue investigating land north of Beddau Caravan Site for future pitches.
Decided: The committee deferred the application so that officers and the applicant could hold further talks and members could visit the site.
Decided: The committee deferred the application so that members could visit the site.
Decided: The committee refused the application to remove the Section 106 agreement. This agreement is a legal promise that the house will be kept as an affordable home.
Decided: The committee approved the application, against officers' advice. Conditions include a five-year time limit, an archive record of the old house before it is demolished, and biodiversity improvements.
Decided: The committee approved the application with conditions. Conditions include a five-year time limit, homes-only use, limits on building hours, an affordable housing condition and a Welsh name for the building.
Decided: The committee agreed to give officers delegated powers to approve the application, which means officers issue the decision rather than the committee. Conditions include ending operations by 31 December 2028, a limit of 50,000 tonnes of waste a year and no more than 20,000 tonnes stored on site at any time.
Decided: The committee approved the application with conditions. These limit the site to 25 touring caravans and 10 tents, allow holiday use only with a register kept, permit use only from 1 March to 31 October, ban storing caravans on site, and require a lighting plan to protect bats.
Decided: The committee approved the application, in line with the recommendation of the Director, Prosperity and Development.
Decided: Members received the report of the Service Director, Planning on appeal decisions, delegated approvals and refusals, enforcement cases and enforcement delegated decisions for 11 May to 29 May 2026.
Decided: Reserved matters consent granted, subject to the conditions in the report. Reserved matters are the details of appearance, landscaping, layout and scale, approved after outline permission has been given.
Decided: Consent granted, subject to the conditions in the report and a Section 106 legal agreement to secure off-site compensatory planting, meaning replacement trees planted elsewhere. Authority delegated to the Chair and Vice-Chair, with the Lead Professional, to determine the application once the agreement has been drafted, consulted on and signed.
Decided: Members unanimously approved the application, subject to the conditions in the report. Conditions are the terms the approval must follow.
RESOLVED to note the schedule of planning applications dealt with the Report of the Corporate Lead Officer – Economy and Regeneration.
Decided: Cabinet approved the new criteria for selecting Sites of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINCs) in Blaenau Gwent and Torfaen.
Decided: The Committee granted dispensations to Councillors C.E.A. Champion and H.M. Payne, up to the next Local Government Elections. Councillor Champion may speak and vote on the Replacement Local Development Plan at Vale of Glamorgan Council and Cowbridge Town Council, but may only speak, not vote, on a matter about land subject to planning application 2022/00958/FUL.