Social Value Ideas for Denbighshire County Council

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…”

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…”

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…”

ALN demand and case complexity rising sharply

The ALN service reported substantial growth in demand, with more complex cases, staff absences and tribunal work increasing pressure. Officers gave hard data, including a 239% rise in statutory educat…

“The need for ALN services continues to increase. The growing number of learners presenting with more complex needs is out there, so we know that capac…”

ALN support funded from reserves

The council agreed and used £1.7 million from reserves to strengthen ALN support, including in-house provision, additional classes and specialist support. Officers said the amount could be spent sever…

“We were very, very grateful that Council acknowledged the pressure in ALN last year and obviously we were awarded 1 .7 million from reserves. Obviousl…”

Lobby Welsh Government for ALN funding

Members agreed to write to the Minister, with the leader and lead member committing to press Welsh Government for more money for ALN. The discussion linked additional funding to prevention of later co…

“I would like to add to recommendation that the executive of this council writes to the minister in charge and asks for the necessary money to be avail…”

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…”