Planning permission sought for Wrexham dog park

Ryecroft Meadow, a dog exercise area on private land in Gresford, Wrexham, has applied for retrospective planning permission.

The business owners have made the application to change the use of the land in the village at Caia Farm, Old Wrexham Road, from agricultural to sui generis, which means ‘of its own kind’.

A statement accompanying the application said: “At no time are users’ dogs unattended or unsupervised on the land and all dogs are on a lead outside the fields.

“There will be minimal changes required to the land, and this proposal will continue to offer an exclusive space in the Wrexham area for dog owners.

“Planning Policy Wales also states ‘local authorities should encourage the growth of self-employment and micro businesses in rural areas by adopting a supportive and flexible approach to home working and associated change of use applications’, in line with this statement we would hope that WCBC [Wrexham Council] would be supportive of the proposed change of use.”