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The UDP has been superseded by the Local Development Plan which was adopted on 24th January 2023.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:-
SPG Extensions and Alterations to Dwellings - Adopted 15/10/2024
SPGN No 2. Space Around Dwellings
SPGN No 3. Landscaping
SPGN No 4. Trees and Development
SPG Conversion of Rural Buildings - Adopted 15/10/2024
SPGN No 6. Listed Buildings
SPGN No 7. Conservation Areas
SPGN No 8. Nature Conservation and Development - SPG 8a - Great Crested Newt Mitigation Requirements
SPG New Housing in The Open Countryside - Adopted 15/10/2024
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
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 30. Public Art
SPG Retention of Local Facilities - Adopted 18/11/25
SPG Affordable Housing - Adopted 18/11/25
SPG Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
SPG - Planning for the Dark Night Sky in the AONB
Local Planning Guidance Notes
There are also 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 13. Open Space Requirements (renamed - Outdoor Playing Space and New Development) Revised Draft - Under Review
16. Advertisements - Under review.