Social Value Ideas for Denbighshire County Council

Application Refusal Decision

Planning Committee voted 14-4 (with 2 abstentions) to refuse application 16-2023-0755 PF in accordance with officer recommendation. Refusal based on three grounds: (1) housing mix non-compliance with …

“Okay, so that has been approved along with officer recommendation to refuse. That's 14. With 4 and 2 against with no abstentions.”

Housing Mix and Density Policy Compliance

Officers raised concerns that 4 proposed dwellings (each 200 sq meters, 4-bedroom units) fail to meet adopted housing mix policy requiring 30% 2-bed, 35% 3-bed, and 35% 4-bed properties. Development a…

“What we're being proposed is 4 units, 4 dwellings. Each one has a footprint in around the area of 200 square meters, and each one would be 4 bedrooms.…”

Pedestrian Accessibility and Sustainable Transport

Critical planning policy issue: site lacks pedestrian footpath connection to village facilities (school, bus stops, village centre). A494 trunk road has no footway or cycle path at this location, crea…

“We're focusing on the fact that the site itself is not connected to the village by way of a suitable footpath, and we've looked at the site and there'…”

Residential Development - 4 Dwelling Scheme

Application for erection of 4 detached dwellings with associated works at land adjacent to Bryn Dewi, Clanbeder. Applicant proposed modest scheme following previous refusal of larger 7-unit developmen…

“The site is located within the settlement boundary of the village where the principle of residential development is supported. The proposal follows a …”

Rural dwelling approved against TAN 6

The committee approved a permanent rural enterprise dwelling for the farm at Brinegloos despite officers recommending refusal under TAN 6. Members accepted arguments that the existing caravan arrangem…

“We have a proposition and a seconder to go against the officer recommendation. I think listening to the debate there there's clearly the potential if …”

LDP Policy BSC8 & BSC9 - Affordable Housing Requirement

Local Development Plan policies BSC8 and BSC9 mandate that housing outside development boundaries must be affordable housing. This is a mandatory requirement, not optional. The policies have been in p…

“if you're going to provide housing outside a development boundary, it would have to be affordable, so it would have to meet our affordable housing cri…”

Retroactive rural storage refused

The committee refused a retrospective application for a commercial storage building and livestock accommodation at Mavod, Clamfair Dufferin, finding it to be a B8 storage/distribution use that should …

“It's quite clear to officers that it's for the storage and distribution to events of tents and marquees. Now in all planning definitions of that, that…”

New NJC Pay Table Policy - Mandatory Structural Reform

Denbighshire County Council approved a new 14-grade NJC pay table to replace the current structure, implementing 1 April 2026. Changes include: removal of Spinal Column Point 2 (nationally mandated), …

“The recommendation from this paper is to agree to the new proposed pay table and for this to be implemented from the 1st of April 2026.”

Compliance Pressure - Mandatory National Pay Table Changes

The National Joint Council (NJC) has mandated removal of Spinal Column Point 2 from national pay tables, effective from 1 April 2026. Denbighshire's Grade 1 is currently equivalent to Spinal Column Po…

“The review is necessary following the requirements to remove Spinal Cone Point 2 as part of the NGC pay award for 2025. This will be implemented from …”