Change of use of four office units (Use Class B1) to residential dwellings (Use Class C3), with associated minor external works including garden fencing, paving, and landscaping. One office unit will be retained in B1 use. No new buildings are proposed.

1. The development hereby approved shall be commenced before the expiration of five years from the date of this permission. REASON: To comply with the requirements of Sections 91 to 93 of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1990.
2. The development shall be carried out in accordance with the following approved plans and documents: Application Form - Received 18/06/2026 Change of Use Statement - Received 18/06/2026 Green Infrastructure Statement - Received 18/06/2026 Location Plan - Dwg A.000 - Received 18/06/2026 Existing & Proposed Floor Plans - Cottage 2 - Dwg A.100 - Received 18/06/2026 Existing Elevations - Cottage 2 - Dwg A.102 - Received 18/06/2026 Existing Elevations - Cottages 3/4/5 - Dwg A.103 - Received 18/06/2026 Existing Floor Plans - Cottages 3/4/5 - Dwg A.101 - Received 18/06/2026 Existing Site Plan - Dwg A.001 - Received 18/06/2026 Proposed Site Plan - Dwg A.002 - Received 18/06/2026 Proposed Access, Parking & Turning - Dwg A.003 - Received 18/06/2026 Proposed Ecological Plan - Dwg A.004 - Received 18/06/2026 Proposed Elevations - Cottage 2 - Dwg A.300 - Received 18/06/2026 Proposed Elevations - Cottages 3/4/5 - Dwg A.301 - Received 18/06/2026 Proposed First Floor Daylight & Residential Amenity Review - Dwg A.401 - Received 18/06/2026 Proposed Floor Plans - Cottages 3/4/5 - Dwg A.200 - Received 18/06/2026 Proposed Ground Floor Daylight & Residential Amenity Review - Dwg A.400 - Received 18/06/2026 REASON: To ensure that the development is carried out in accordance with the approved details.
3. Facilities shall be provided and retained within the site for the loading, unloading, parking and turning of vehicles. Such facilities being completed prior to the proposed development being brought into use. REASON: To ensure that adequate parking and maneuvering space is made and to avoid the necessity for reversing movements into or from the highway in the interests of highway safety and maintaining the free flow of traffic on the adjoining highway in compliance with Policy PC5 of the Flintshire Local Development Plan.
4. The applicant's attention is drawn to the attached Highways Supplementary Notes with particular reference to Clause 8 and public footpath no 72 which crosses the land edged red. HIGHWAYS SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES Notwithstanding any planning consent which may have been granted, no work shall be executed within the highway without the prior approval in writing from the Head of Highways and Transportation and any of the following clauses, as deemed appropriate, or as specified on the planning consent notice shall be strictly adhered to:- (1) The Applicant must obtain approval from the Transportation Directorate to the design of the means of access to the site and internal estate roads prior to the commencement of any site works to ensure compliance with adoption standards. Such approval, given in writing by the Transportation Directorate will constitute authorisation to the Applicant to execute works within the highway associated with the forming of a new access in compliance with Section 184, Sub-Section 11, of the 1980 Highways Act. (2) Following the issuing of the notice of approval the Applicant / Developer is advised of the necessity to notify various Utility companies, in compliance with Section 184, Sub-Section 9, of the 1980 Highways Act, of his intention to carry out the works. Such notification shall be given at the earliest opportunity following approval and prior to the commencement of any works, to enable the Utility companies to advise of and programme any necessary alterations to their apparatus, the cost of which shall be borne by the Applicant. (3) Any required relocation of signage, street lighting or utilities equipment resulting from the installation of new or alteration to existing highway / footway works shall be undertaken with the prior written consent of the relevant Authority and at the expense of the Applicant (4) a. Under the provisions of the New Roads & Street Works Act 1991, Section 50, the Applicant may require a licence to excavate in the highway in order to place any associated apparatus in the highway. b. Any works carried out in or adjacent to the highway may require traffic management to be placed on the highway. NOTE: In relation to both 4a and 4b, contact should be made with the Street Works Section of the Environment Directorate (01352 704806) as soon as possible as both items may require extensive planning and will have lead-in times that may affect the programming of the proposed development. (5) The preferred procedure for the adoption of new estate roads by the County Council as Highway Authority shall be undertaken in accordance with section 38 of the 1980 Highways Act. The Developer shall provide all necessary information and plans to facilitate the processing of a roadmaking Agreement at the earliest opportunity following the granting of planning consent and the issuing of authorisation to construct the means of access. (6) As the development includes grassed service margins in lieu of footways adjacent to the carriageway the Developer must inform the plot purchasers that such margins are provided primarily to accommodate Utilities apparatus and will form part of the adopted highway area. The margins shall be design as an integral part of the garden areas and should be maintained as such by the property owners and shall contain no other forms of planting other than grass and no other obstructions such as walls, fences, rockeries etc. will be permitted. The developer must ensure that the margins are excluded from individual conveyances of affected properties and that a clause be inserted prohibiting any addition planting or construction works within the areas in perpetuity. NOTE: The County Council will require removal of anything other than grass within the margins prior to the adoption of the estate roads. (7) No water of any kind generated by the proposed development is to be allowed to flow from any part of the site, such as driveways and other hard paved areas, onto the highway or into the highway drainage system or be allowed to accumulate in such a way as to affect the highway surface or structure. The development must not interfere with any existing highways surface water drainage facilities whether within the existing highway boundaries or not. (8) A public right of way, described below, crosses / abuts the application site and should be safeguarded before development commences : - Public footpath no 72 which crosses the land edged red NOTE: In accordance with current policy any planning consent requiring diversion / extinguishment of a public right of way to enable development to be carried out will not be processed by the County Council. The Developer / Landowner shall make application for such an Order to the Secretary State for Wales under Section 247 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
5. No surface water and/or land drainage shall be allowed to connect directly or indirectly with the public sewerage network. REASON: To prevent hydraulic overloading of the public sewerage system, to protect the health and safety of existing residents and ensure no pollution of or detriment to the environment.
6. Advisory Notes The applicant is advised that some public sewers and lateral drains may not be recorded on our maps; some sewers were originally privately owned and were transferred into public ownership by nature of the Water Industry (Schemes for Adoption of Private Sewers) Regulations 2011. The presence of such assets may affect the proposal. In order to assist us in dealing with the proposal the applicant may contact Dwr Cymru Welsh Water. Under the Water Industry Act 1991 Dwr Cymru Welsh Water has rights of access to its apparatus at all times. The applicant may also need to apply to Dwr Cymru / Welsh Water for any connection to the public sewer under S106 of the Water industry Act 1991. If the connection to the public sewer network is either via a lateral drain (i.e. a drain which extends beyond the connecting property boundary) or via a new sewer (i.e. serves more than one property), it is now a mandatory requirement to first enter into a Section 104 Adoption Agreement (Water Industry Act 1991). The design of the sewers and lateral drains must also conform to the Welsh Ministers Standards for Gravity Foul Sewers and Lateral Drains, and conform with the publication "Sewers for Adoption"- 7th Edition. Further information can be obtained via the Developer Services pages of www.dwrcymru.com. In accordance with Planning Policy Wales (Edition 12) and Technical Advice Note 12 (Design), the applicant is advised to take a sustainable approach in considering water supply in new development proposals, including utilising approaches that improve water efficiency and reduce water consumption. We would recommend that the applicant liaises with the relevant Local Authority Building Control department to discuss their water efficiency requirements. The planning permission hereby granted does not extend any rights to carry out any works to the public sewerage or water supply systems without first having obtained the necessary permissions required by the Water industries Act 1991

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