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Summary when the minutes are published, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
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The Planning Committee considered three planning applications at its meeting on 5 October 2026.
Cancelled
At its meeting on 7 September 2026, the Planning Committee refused planning permission for a McDonald's drive-through restaurant on the Tesco car park, Crescent Road, Wrexham, and for a change of a flat on Brook Street, Wrexham, into a house in multiple occupation (HMO). It deferred a decision on a sports training pavilion at Colliers Park, Gresford, and asked the applicant for more drainage information. It also noted a quarterly report on the performance of the planning service.
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The Planning Committee met on 27 July 2026. It granted permission for a concrete retaining wall and timber fence at Holly House, Gwersyllt, which had already been partly built, and noted a list of decisions made by officers in June 2026 under delegated powers.
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The Planning Committee noted an update on phosphorus limits in the Lower Dee and granted permission for three planning applications. It deferred one application, for Central Garage in Acrefair, to get more information on noise. The meeting was held on 6 July 2026.
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The Committee considered one planning application, from Mr Alex Loven, to turn five parcels of farmland near Francis Lane, Ridley Wood, into ecological mitigation areas and to build earth banks called bunds. It granted permission in line with the Officers' recommendation. The Committee also noted a quarterly performance report for the planning service and a list of delegated decisions.
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The Planning Committee met on 11 May 2026 to decide four planning applications. It granted permission for a farm worker's home at Higher Lanes, Iscoyd, and for an expansion of the Kronospan site in Chirk, with an extra condition on noise. It refused a change of use to a house in multiple occupation (a shared house) at 18 The Beeches, Wrexham, and gave officers delegated authority to approve a drainage and container scheme at Darland School, Rossett, once an amended plan is received.
The Planning Committee considered a planning application to change the use of farmland at Christmas Farm, Llay Road, Cefn y Bedd, to a Christmas tree farm with outdoor recreation, including a reindeer centre and water activities. Members refused permission because the development does not provide a safe way for pedestrians to reach the site.
The Planning Committee met on 13 April 2026 to decide planning applications and to note reports on planning policy and performance. It granted permission for an employment unit on Oak Road, Wrexham Industrial Estate, and for a mobile home at Moss Bank Farm, Borras, both subject to conditions or a legal agreement. It asked for a site visit before deciding the Christmas Farm application on Llay Road.
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The committee granted permission for a change of use at a former dairy in Minera and for a ground-mounted solar scheme off Hafod Road, Ruabon. It refused a change of use to a house in multiple occupation (HMO, a home shared by several unrelated people) at 18 The Beeches, Wrexham, against the officer's advice, over parking. It agreed the Council's position on a battery storage scheme north of Bronwylfa Road, Rhostyllen, which the applicant has appealed because the Council did not decide in time: the Council would have refused it.
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At its meeting on 2 February 2026, the Planning Committee considered two planning applications. It granted permission to change a shop on Poyser Street, Wrexham, to a food and drink use, with customers limited to 4pm to 10pm. It also granted permission for a footpath, cycleway and bridge near Rhostyllen, with the time allowed to start work cut to two years.
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The Planning Committee considered three planning applications, a performance report and a list of delegated decisions. It refused one application for a fuel chip hopper and biomass boiler at Queensway Industrial Estate over pollution concerns, granted two house extension applications where the applicants are linked to council staff, and noted the other reports.
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The Planning Committee granted permission for four planning applications at this meeting. Members also agreed the Council's position on a proposal for up to 1,450 homes at Lower Berse Farm, Bersham, which the applicant has appealed because the Council did not decide it in time.
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The Committee granted permission for a metal recycling sorting facility at Hydro Aluminium Deeside, Wrexham Industrial Estate, with an added condition on noise management. The meeting also noted a list of decisions that officers made under delegated powers in September 2025.
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The Planning Committee met on 6 October 2025 to decide three planning applications. It granted permission for a workshop and pergola at Maple Grange, Cross Lanes, and for 137 homes on land at Wrexham Road, Rhostyllen, with the homes subject to a legal agreement. It refused permission to turn 122 Rhosddu Road into a house in multiple occupation (HMO), a home shared by unrelated people. Members also noted a report on planning performance and a list of delegated decisions.
The Planning Committee considered an application to build nine homes on the site of the British Legion Social Club in Llay, Wrexham. Members voted to grant planning permission in line with the officers' recommendation. The Chair's casting vote decided the outcome.
The Planning Committee met on 1 September 2025 to consider three planning applications. Members agreed to visit the Llay site before deciding it, and granted permission for a community hub in Gresford and a replacement home in New Broughton.
Cancelled