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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Flintshire County Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
697 approved · 89 refused · 75 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Oct 2022 to 30 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
BAY TREE COTTAGE, Gresford Road, Hope, Wrexham, LL12 9SB
Received 9 Apr 2026116, Phoenix Street, Sandycroft, Deeside, CH5 2PE
Received 29 Jul 2026Belmont, Gadlys Lane, Bagillt, CH6 6EH
Received 24 Sept 2026SHELL, FILLING STATION, Access Road To Garage Off A494 Roundabout New Brighton, New Brighton, Mold, CH7 6LQ
Received 25 Jun 2025Unit 3, 31 - 33, Church Street, Flint, CH6 5AD
Received 15 Oct 2025Bryn Y Pys Farm, Well Street, Buckley, CH7 2PQ
Received 1 Dec 2025Hynet Carbon Dioxide Pipeline
Received 10 Nov 202512-20 LLYS Y BRENIN, Holywell, CH8 7TH
Received 9 Jul 2026Land adj. Old Miners Rest, Pen y Ball Hill, Holywell, CH8 8SU
Received 1 Sept 202525, Ffordd Bryn Gwynant, Bryn Y Baal, Mold, CH7 6FX
Received 14 Nov 202591, Mold Road, Buckley, CH7 2JA
Received 18 Aug 202536 First Avenue, Sealand, Deeside, CH5 2NU
Received 26 Jun 2026Land at Gladstone Way and Ash Lane, Hawarden, Deeside
Received 13 Mar 2026Land Adj. 41-43 Chester Road West, Shotton, CH5 1BY
Received 10 Feb 2026Roundabout, A55 NW Expy/Caeau Gleision Lane, Halkyn, Holywell, CH8 8DF
Received 14 May 2026Plas Ifan Hotel , Northop Hall, Mold, CH7 6HS
Received 30 Jun 2025ROSE COTTAGE, Trelawnyd, Rhyl, LL18 6EB
Received 8 Jun 2026THE MEADOWS, Tan Y Lloc Lane, Lloc, Holywell, CH8 8RW
Received 13 Nov 2025OAKLANDS, Bryn Gwyn Lane, Northop Hall, Mold, CH7 6JT
Received 1 May 2026100, Coed Onn Road, Flint, CH6 5QE
Received 19 Jun 202636, Ffordd Glynne, Penymynydd, Chester, CH4 0TW
Received 1 Jun 20262 Brookes Avenue Broughton Chester CH4 0RD
Received 1 May 2026Bryn Haul, Moel Y Crio, Mold, CH7 6PY
Received 19 Jun 2025Aberdo Quarry, ABERDO QUARRY, Buxton Lane Junction To The Ranch Junction, Brynford, Holywell, CH8 8HP
Received 29 Oct 2025Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Flintshire County Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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