Gates Farm, Holly Bush, Bangor On Dee, Wrexham, LL13 0BH
Refused on 19 November 2025
Delegated (officer decision)7 reasons for refusal
Proposal
SITING OF ONE STATIC AND ONE TOURING CARAVAN
- Received
- 5 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Bangor Is-y-Coed/Bangor-is-y-coed
- ReceivedReceived5 Sep
- ValidatedValidated26 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided19 Nov
Decided in 54 days (council typically 70)
About this application
This is a full planning application at GATES FARM, HOLLY BUSH, BANGOR ON DEE, WREXHAM, LL13 0BH. Wrexham has handled 942 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 5 days longer than Wrexham's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 6 applications across Bangor Is-y-Coed/Bangor-is-y-coed. We hold 1,008 applications in total for the LL13 postcode area.
95% of full applications at Wrexham County Borough Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).
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Why it was refused
- The application site lies outside of a settlement and as such, the principle of development does not accord with Policy PS1 of the Wrexham Unitary Development Plan. Furthermore, it has not been clearly demonstrated that there is an essential need to house a full time agricultural or forestry worker, and the proposal does not accord with Policy H5 of the Wrexham Unitary Development Plan or with section 4.6 of TAN 6 - Planning for In pursuance n of its powers under the Acts an Orders referred to below, the County Borough Council as Local Planning Authority, hereby determines your application in accordance with the particulars and plans comprising the application Applicant Mr Philip Clarke Reference P/2025/0696 Agent Mr Glyn Roberts Date Received 05/09/2025 Westfield, Gamford Lane, Rossett, Decision Date 19/11/2025 Wrexham, LL12 0EW
- The site is in an unsustainable location in terms of transport and is not served by public transport or readily or safely accessible on foot, owing to the lack of pavements and street lighting. The proposal does not therefore facilitate increased journeys by more sustainable modes of travel and is contrary to Policy GDP1 (e) of the Wrexham Unitary Development Plan
- Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the proposed foul drainage arrangements would not result in adverse impacts to the River Dee and Bala Lake Special Area of Conservation.
- Insufficient information has been submitted to demonstrate that the development would provide adequate provision for the parking and turning of vehicles on site.
- Access to the site has inadequate visibility in both directions. The development is likely to increase the vehicular movements using the access and would therefore have a detrimental impact on highway safety, thus conflicting with policy GDP1 of the
- The application fails to demonstrate that flood risk could be adequately managed and as such, does not accord with Policy GDP1 (i) of the Wrexham Unitary Development Plan and Para 6.1 of TAN 15 - Flood risk.
- The application does not demonstrate that adequate amenity space would be afforded to the proposed residential units and as such does not accord with Local Planning Guidance Note 21 - In pursuance n of its powers under the Acts an Orders referred to below, the County Borough Council as Local Planning Authority, hereby determines your application in accordance with the particulars and plans comprising the application Applicant Mr Philip Clarke Reference P/2025/0696 Agent Mr Glyn Roberts Date Received 05/09/2025 Westfield, Gamford Lane, Rossett, Decision Date 19/11/2025 Wrexham, LL12 0EW Ian Jones Prif Swyddog Dros Dro Yr Economi a Chynllunio Interim Chief Officer Economy and Planning Refer to Statement of Applicant's Rights and General Information on our planning web site at:- Planning and building control | Wrexham County Borough Council
From the council's decision notice.
Application details
- Postcode
- LL13 0BH
- Application type
- Caniatâd Cynllunio Llawn / Full planning permission
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Willington Worthenbury/Willington Worthenbury
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 26 September 2025
- Decision issued
- 20 November 2025
- Application expires
- 21 November 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Wrexham
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