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Oakenholt Papermill, Chester Road, Oakenholt, Flint, CH6 5PU

Granted Flintshire DEM/000856/25 Prior Approval Demolition

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within five years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

PM1 is a 12m high commercial brick building which houses a redundant paper machine with secondary structures of brick and metal cladding. PM1 and the secondary structures are within a secure site.

As published by the council, reference DEM/000856/25

Application record

Reference
DEM/000856/25
Type
Prior Approval Demolition
Status
Notice of Decision Issued
Decision
Granted As published: Z03 Prior Approval Not Required
Received
7 Oct 2025
Validated
6 Nov 2025
Decided
2 Dec 2025
Ward
Flintshire Ward Flint Oakenholt
Parish
Flintshire Community Flint Town Council
Decision by
DEL Delegated - Officer
Postcode
CH6 5PU

Site history

Applications at this address on the Flintshire register

This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.

  • DET/000466/26 Granted

    Oakenholt Papermill , Chester Road, Oakenholt, Flint, CH6 5PU

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 & 5, Planning Permission FUL/000982/25

    Submitted 27 May 2026 Conditions
  • FUL/000982/25 Granted

    OAKENHOLT PAPERMILL, Chester Road, Oakenholt, Flint, CH6 5PU

    Demolition of existing industrial paper mill building (PM1). Minor works including new drainage infrastructure; installation of doors and windows; installation of gantry/pipe bridges and associated hard and soft landscaping works.

    Decided 11 Feb 2026 Full applications

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 7 Oct 2025

    Received by Flintshire

  2. 6 Nov 2025

    Validated

    Checked as complete and ready for consideration.

  3. 2 Dec 2025

    Decision issued: Z03 Prior Approval Not Required

  4. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

7 documents on file for this application

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What this grant of permission means

Flintshire granted permission on 2 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within five years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About prior approval applications

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

Nearby applications

Within 0.3 miles

  • OAKENHOLT PAPERMILL, Chester Road, Oakenholt, Flint, CH6 5PU

    FUL/000982/25 Submitted 17 Nov 2025 50 yards away

    Demolition of existing industrial paper mill building (PM1). Minor works including new drainage infrastructure; installation of doors and windows; installation of gantry/pipe bridges and associated hard and soft landscaping works.

    Granted Full applications Demolition Windows or glazing 41 docs
  • Oakenholt Papermill , Chester Road, Oakenholt, Flint, CH6 5PU

    DET/000466/26 Submitted 27 May 2026 50 yards away

    Application for Approval of Details Reserved by Conditions 3 & 5, Planning Permission FUL/000982/25

    Granted Conditions 6 docs
  • 419A, Chester Road, Oakenholt, Flint, CH6 5SF

    OUT/000021/26 Submitted 13 Jan 2026 100 yards away

    Outline application for construction of new affordable dwelling.

    Refused Outline 10 docs
    Domestic
  • Land north of Chester Road, Flint, Flintshire, CH6 5SF

    DET/000799/25 Submitted 17 Sep 2025 300 yards away

    Application for Approval of Details reserved by Conditions 4 and 5 following planning permission FUL/000192/25

    Withdrawn Conditions 5 docs
  • Land north of Chester Road, Flint, Flintshire, CH6 5SF

    FUL/000469/26 Submitted 28 May 2026 300 yards away

    Change of use of land from stables and the keeping of horses to a mixed use comprising stables and the keeping of horses along with a 6 pitch traveller family site, along with the erection of boundary fencing and access improvements to the 2 No existing openings from Chester Road and the raising of the land - Retrospective

    Withdrawn Full applications 6 docs
  • Land opp. 12, Paper Mill Lane, Oakenholt, Flint, CH6 5SX

    FUL/000721/25 Submitted 21 Aug 2025 350 yards away

    Change of use of storage building for holiday accommodation purposes, including insertion of 2 no. dormers, revised access, boundary treatment and siting, including vision splays

    Refused Full applications Loft or dormer 6 docs

In Flintshire

  • DEM/000804/26 Awaiting decision

    COUNTY CIVIC CENTRE, Raikes Lane, Mold, CH7 1AE

    Application for prior notification of proposed demolition

    Received 23 Sep, published by the council 30 Sep 2026 Prior approval
  • AGN/000791/26 Awaiting decision

    Land off Ffordd Pennant, Maes Pennant, Holywell

    Installation of a sub-surface irrigation and water management system

    Received 22 Sep, published by the council 24 Sep 2026 Prior approval
  • AGN/000788/26 Awaiting decision

    Groesffordd Bach, Whitford, Holywell, CH8 8SD

    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.

    Received 22 Sep, published by the council 24 Sep 2026 Prior approval
  • AGN/000684/26 Granted

    Land off Ffordd Pennant, Maes Pennant, Holywell, CH8 9PJ

    STEEL FRAME AND CLAD STORAGE SHED

    Received 12 Aug, published by the council 24 Aug 2026 Prior approval
  • DEM/000725/26 Granted

    CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, Old Aston Hill, Ewloe, Deeside, CH5 3BF

    Application for prior notification of proposed demolition. The building is a church hall within the curtilage of The Church of the Holy Spirit. It is built of sectional concrete with corrugated aluminium roofing.

    Received 28 Aug, published by the council 9 Sep 2026 Prior approval