Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes
Existing Supplementary Planning Guidance
The Council reviewed and updated the majority of the existing Local and Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes to support the continued use of the adopted Flintshire Unitary Development Plan (UDP). The guidance notes were updated following public consultation for 8 weeks (from Dec 18th 2015 to Feb 12th 2016 and from 10th June to 22nd July 2016 for the SPG No 23) and changes have been approved by Members through the Planning Strategy Group. This process has followed the Welsh Government guidelines and the new Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes were formally adopted by Council Cabinet on 17.01.17.
All development proposals will take account of Adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance where relevant, which includes detailed guidance concerning individual sites, development issues, and particular types of development and will be a material consideration in determining planning applications. In terms of material considerations, greater weight can be attached to a guidance note if it has been formally adopted as Supplementary Planning Guidance.
The UDP has been superseded by the Local Development Plan which was adopted on 24th January 2023. The LDP provides the basis for making planning decisions. The Council is now working towards reviewing existing SPG’s and other existing guidance notes but in the interim, weight should still be attached to existing SPG as set out in this table.
Review of Supplementary Planning Guidance – click here
The existing Adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance notes are as follows:-
SPGN No1. Extensions and Alterations to Dwellings
SPGN No 2. Space Around Dwellings
SPGN No 3. Landscaping
SPGN No 4. Trees and Development
SPGN No 5. Conversion of Rural Buildings
SPGN No 6. Listed Buildings
SPGN No 7. Conservation Areas
SPGN No 8. Nature Conservation and Development - SPG 8a - Great Crested Newt Mitigation Requirements
SPGN No 9. Affordable Housing
SPGN No 10. New Housing in the Open Countryside
SPGN No 11. Parking Standards
SPGN No 12. Access For All
SPGN No 18. Telecommunications
SPGN No 20. Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy for Householders and Small Businesses
SPGN No 21.Environmental Impact Assessments
SPGN No 23. Developer Contributions to Education
SPGN No 24. Retention of Local Facilities
SPGN No 25. Development Brief for the Housing at the Compound Site, West of Broughton Retail Park
SPGN No 26. Development Brief for the Housing at Land off Ffordd Eldon, Sychdyn
AN No 27. One Planet Development (this is an informal, Advice Note, rather than a Supplementary Planning Guidance Note)
SPGN No 28. Archaeology
SPGN No 29. Management of Surface Water for New Development
IMPORTANT SPGN No. 29 Management of Surface Water for New Development will be superseded from the 7th January 2019 by the National Standards for sustainable drainage (SuDS). Please refer to this link for further information.
SPGN No 30. Public Art
SPG Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
SPGN - Planning for the Dark Night Sky in the AONB
Local Planning Guidance Notes
There are also 5 informal Local Planning Guidance Notes which have been approved for development management purposes and are material considerations but which carry less weight than the Supplementary Planning Guidance Notes. These Local Planning Guidance Notes will be reviewed, updated and be the subject of public consultation and Council resolution in order for them to be adopted as formal Supplementary Planning Guidance.
SPGN No 19. Sustainable Drainage Systems - Under review
PGN No 13. Open Space Requirements - Original
SPGN No 13. Open Space Requirements (renamed - Outdoor Playing Space and New Development) Revised Draft - Under Review
16. Advertisements - Under review.
31. Areas of Search for New Waste Management Facilities - Under Review
HMO Developer Advice Note Consultation
The Council have produced a new Developer Advice Note on Flats and Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) (PDF) that supports the policy context within the UDP. This guidance is for prospective developers of flats/HMOs and includes the key standards, assessments and evidence that the LPA require to properly consider and assess planning applications.
This Advice Note is not a formal Supplementary Planning Guidance note because there is no policy in the adopted UDP which relates directly to Houses in Multiple Occupation. However this note is a material planning consideration as it sets out what supporting information and studies are required when making a planning application for flats and HMOs.
Although the expiry date of the UDP is December 31st 2015, the UDP is still to be used as the most up to date adopted plan for development management purposes and it will be an important material consideration in any planning decisions until superseded by the adopted Local Development Plan. Comments on the note are now welcomed and it is available for public consultation on this Website, flintshire.gov.uk/planning/HMODeveloperAdviceNote from Wednesday 13th February 2019 for a period of 6 weeks until Wednesday March 27th 2019. Any comments received will be considered and any proposed changes will be reported to Planning Strategy Group and the amended note will be taken to Cabinet in order for it to be approved as a Developer Advice Note. The advice note will be further reviewed following adoption of the LDP and, following consultation and Cabinet resolution, be adopted as SPG.