Former Weighbridge Building, Maesyffynnon Road, Minera, Wrexham, LL11 3DE Data via plota.co.uk

P/2026/0475 - Full planning permission Under Consultation

Proposal

Demolition of Former Weighbridge Building and erection of Building for use as a welfare Building for staff/users of the quarry Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

22 Jul 2026

✓

Validated

12 Aug 2026

Decision

Target date was 7 Oct 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 30 Oct 2026; it is now day 79.

Documents 26

Consultation & comments 10

Site constraints 7

Nutrient neutrality catchment: River Dee

New homes and overnight accommodation must show nutrient neutrality before approval.

Natural England advice: extra wastewater in these catchments harms protected habitats, so schemes must offset their nutrient load, usually through credits.

Bryniau Clwyd A Dyffryn Dyfrdwy/Clwydian Range and Dee Valley National Landscape

Great weight to conserving the landscape; major development restricted.

Previously an area of outstanding natural beauty, which is still the designation in law. Since 2023 authorities must seek to further its purpose, not merely have regard to it.

Agricultural land, grade 3b

Not 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.

Special area of conservation about 84 m away: Berwyn a Mynyddoedd De Clwyd / Berwyn and South Clwyd Mountains

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

SSSI about 28 m away: Ruabon / Llantysilio Mountains and Minera

Natural England may need consulting, depending on what is proposed.

Sites of special scientific interest are the best wildlife and geological sites in the country. Development likely to harm one is rarely permitted.

Radon affected area, class 6

An estimated 30% or more 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.

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Also on the record

Coalfield, development low risk area.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Wrexham
Application type: Full planning permission
Postcode: LL11 3DE
Received: 22 Jul 2026
Validated: 12 Aug 2026
Ward: Minera/Mwynglawdd
Parish: Minera/Mwynglawdd
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 7 Oct 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: - BHB Architects

Decision outlook

Day 79, past the statutory target. 76% of commercial premises in Wrexham are decided within thirteen weeks, which runs to 11 Nov 2026; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 28 Oct 2026.

target

predicted

Day 7923 days past the 56-day target

53%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

57decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Wrexham in the last twelve months, from validation. Wrexham decision record →