Social Value Ideas for Denbighshire County Council

Call-in of gypsy site decision

The committee reviewed a call-in of a delegated decision approving a planning application for a permanent residential gypsy and traveller site. The challenge centred on governance, member involvement …

“members are today to consider whether it needs to ask the decision -maker to review the original decision and I will now hand back over to Karen the s…”

Coach depot approved with controls

The committee approved a coach depot/garage use at Burley Hill Garage, but only with conditions limiting working hours, vehicle numbers, noise management, lighting details and drainage/washdown arrang…

“What we've now got is a garage that wants to work on their busses during the day but they also operate as a depot. So the question is can they drive o…”

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…”

2022/23 accounts approved with qualification

The committee approved the audited 2022/23 statement of accounts and the associated letter of representation, despite an Audit Wales qualification arising from historic asset valuation and reserve acc…

“The report also presents the audit Wales reports and includes details of any significant issues arising from the audits, together with recommendations…”

Finance team capacity gap

Officers said the finance team had previously been under capacity dealing with the accounts issues and had already increased resources, advertised an additional accounting role and sought external sup…

“So we have in front so the committee is being presented with the audited version of the statement of accounts for 2223 financial year. So that that co…”

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 …”