Groesffordd Bach, Whitford, Holywell, CH8 8SD Data via plota.co.uk

AGN/000788/26 - Prior Approval Agriculture Under Consideration

Proposal

The proposed building is for agricultural use as the agricultural business is expanding and the number of livestock increasing. The building will be used for the storage of hay, straw and feed and will be located within close proximity of the existing buildings on the holding. As the number of cattle in particular has increased the purchase of greater quantities of straw and feed is necessary. The business also prefers to make hay rather than silage as the applicant's view is that it is more environmentally friendly as there is no wrap and less tractor operations to make it. To be able to store a greater number of bales and tonnage of feed another building is required. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 7 Oct 2026, 11:23

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Application progress

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Received

22 Sept 2026

Decision

Expected by 19 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 19 Oct 2026 and 13 Nov 2026, from Flintshire's recent agricultural works.

Documents

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Site constraints 10

Development Control North TeamCounty Boundary Flintshire Unitary Authority County BoundaryWindfarm Consultation Area Consult National Air Traffic Services.Existing Waste Management Site Consult Environmental HealthAreas of Advertisement ControlAncient woodland

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

National infrastructure project 501 m away: HyNet Carbon Dioxide Pipeline

The site is 501 m from the project boundary. Pipeline, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: Hynet North West Hydrogen Pipeline (at pre-application, 501 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Radon affected area, class 5

An estimated 10 to 30% of homes reach the radon action level. Indicative for the 1 km square, which takes the highest class found in it; a radon test gives the answer for a building.

From the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency indicative atlas. Under building regulations, as the BRE guide BR 211 (2023) sets out, new buildings and extensions need basic radon protection from class 3 in England and Wales and from class 2 in Scotland, and full protection from class 5. The class at the site itself, from the detailed BGS map, decides which.

UKHSA radon ↗

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