The Flintshire Council Planning Committee met on 24 September 2025 to discuss planning applications. The committee was scheduled to consider an application to vary a condition relating to the Brookhill Landfill Site, and another for the construction of a new building at Cornist Park Primary School.

Brookhill Landfill Site

The committee was scheduled to discuss an application relating to Brookhill Landfill Site, Pinfold Lane Industrial Estate, Buckley. Paul Murphy of Flintshire County Council applied to vary condition 4 of planning permission 051604. The application concerned the retention of an existing transfer compound and a waste transfer slab for green and food waste.

Condition 4 of the existing planning consent stated:

The development hereby permitted shall cease on an agreed date with the Local Planning Authority to coincide with the opening of the North Wales Residual Waste Treatment Plant facility and the site shall be cleared of all stockpiles, materials, debris, plant, machinery and structures related to this development within 6 months of the cessation of the development.

The proposed change to condition 4 was:

The development hereby permitted shall cease 20 years from the date this permission is granted and the site shall be cleared of all stockpiles, materials, debris, plant, machinery and structures related to this development within 6 months of the cessation of the development.

According to the report pack, the North Wales Residual Waste Treatment Plant, known as Parc Adfer, Deeside, had now opened. However, the report stated that the Brookhill site was still required to support the council's waste collection, specifically for street sweepings and gully waste from within the Flintshire local authority area. The liquid waste from these operations is processed through the on-site Leachate Treatment Plant, which, having been in operation for over 10 years, received a lawful development certificate in August 2025. It is anticipated that the Leachate Treatment Plant will be required for a further 20 years to process leachate from the restored landfill.

The report noted that Ramblers Cymru had provided a strong holding objection , as they stated that Public Footpath No. 5, which crosses the application site, had been obstructed for many years. They also noted that an application to extinguish the path had previously been refused. Highways (Rights of Way) commented that regularising the position of the footpath would require a public path order under the Highways Act 1980, irrespective of the proposal to amend the condition.

The Chief Officer (Planning, Environment and Economy) recommended that conditional planning permission be granted, subject to conditions.

Cornist Park Primary School

The committee was also scheduled to discuss a full application for a new standalone building to provide early years and wraparound childcare facilities with additional site improvement works at Cornist Park Primary School, Flint. Mr David Jones of Wynne Construction submitted the application.

The local authority proposed to construct a standalone building to accommodate the increasing number of pupils enrolling in nursery. The new building would create an indoor and outdoor environment with the necessary accommodation for 40 early year places, suitable for children aged 2 – 3.

According to the report pack, six letters of objection were received, citing overshadowing and loss of view, and exacerbation of existing parking issues.

Highways Development Control commented that the parking demand in connection with the new facility was likely to occur outside peak times and the overall parking provision exceeds the requirements set by SPGN 11¹.

Ecology stated that the Dee Estuary SSSI/SAC/SPA/Ramsar² is over 1km to the north east, primarily designated for estuarine habitats and migratory and wintering waders and wildfowl, which will not be impacted.

The Chief Officer (Planning, Environment and Economy) recommended that planning permission be granted, subject to conditions.