The Council is undertaking this consultation in order to understand the experiences of local Welsh speakers when accessing council services in Welsh and how the Welsh language is used on a daily basis. For this consultation we want to gather information and views from Non-Welsh Speakers, New Welsh Speakers and pupils in our Welsh schools to get a broader picture of how the language is being used in Wrexham.  We will run this consultation again in 2025 and 2026 to compare the findings.   We would also like your views and suggestions on what you would like to see at the National Eisteddfod Wrecsam 2025!            

To share proposals for changes to the way that traffic moves around the city-centre.

Wrexham County Borough Council are consulting on the re-introduction of car park charges in council operated car parks in Wrexham city centre (excluding Tŷ Pawb) from 1st April 2024.

Disabled badge holders will still be able to park free of charge at all Council operated car parks in Wrexham city centre.

The proposed car parking charges from 1st April 2024 are as follows for all council operated car parks in Wrexham city centre (excluding Tŷ Pawb):

Long stay car parks

From midnight to 11am

0 - 2 hours - £1.50

All day - £3.00

From 11am – midnight

0 - 2 hours - £1.50

All day - £2.00

Short stay car parks 

From midnight to 11am

0 -2 hours - £1.50

0 -3 hours - £3.00

From 11am – midnight

0 - 2 hours - £1.50

0 - 3 hours - £2.00

*Maximum stay three hours

The Council received a considerable number of responses to the consultation regarding the re-introduction of parking charges in the Council’s city centre car parks. We want to thank everyone who took the time to share their thoughts and views on the matter.

A number of suggestions/comments made were for things that are already in place in the car parks or city centre and are available to the public now such as season tickets for long stay parking in Waterworld and Crescent Road car parks, both of which give a modest saving if used 5 days a week and short stay free parking in limited waiting bays that can be found at a number of conveniently placed locations across the city.  Pay and display tickets are already transferable between the short stay car parks and disabled can park for free without a time limit in any car park which is remaining the same.

There are ongoing discussions in relation to Freedom Leisure membership concessions and discussions are already occurring in relation to Council staff and member parking arrangements. It was also noted that there is support for future considerations such as park and ride and other parking management schemes.

Whilst the majority of respondee’s wanted the free parking arrangements to remain unchanged, that is simply not possible given the financial situation being faced by Wrexham Council and the decision has been made to –re-introduce the parking charges as proposed from 1 April 2024.

Once again thank you for taking the time to share your views and thoughts.

Wrexham Archives hold records relating to the history of the County Borough of Wrexham since its creation in 1996 and records relating to the area when it was part of the old counties of Denbighshire and Flintshire.

The service actively collects and preserves historical records and makes them available to the public for research purposes. We are happy to add records to the collections, which relate to the history of the County Borough.

The records that we hold include maps and plans, photographs, newspapers, pamphlets and business and family collections. We also hold a large collection of local studies library books as well as providing internet access to a wide range of local and family history sources.

We value your comments and they will be used to inform decisions on the development of the service going forward, and in applications toward funding to improve the Archive Service in the long term.

Free period products are available at various locations across Wrexham County Borough, we would like you to take a few minutes to complete this survey to tell us if you have been accessing them, and to tell us what you think.

Wrexham County Borough Council is required to produce a Flood Risk Management Plan every six years as a part of its statutory duties as a Lead Local Flood Authority. The plan outlines a series of assessments, strategies and actions to deliver flood risk on a local scale which assists in providing a clear and consistent approach to managing flood risk.

This consultation is for increasing pupil capacity at St Mary's, Brymbo.

The Council wishes to seek the views of interested parties regarding the proposal to increase the pupil capacity at St Mary’s Church in Wales (CIW) Voluntary Aided (VA) School, Brymbo from 154 to 210 from September 2025, with the potential to increase further to 315 if required as a result of future housing developments. The new school will be designed in a way that will allow future expansion easily if the need to increase numbers to 315 is realised.

Thank you for taking the time to give us your views.  Please note that whilst we welcome and take account of all views received, we are not able to reply to individual questions or comments sent in response to the consultation.

Your comments will be made available to Elected Members for decision making purposes and they will also be responded to via publication of a post consultation report.

Comments received during this period will be taken into consideration before the objection report is finalised.

The consultation period for this proposal starts on 23^rd October 2023 and ends on 12th January 2023.

Please note: There will be a FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) sheet available during the consultation this will be updated during the consultation period.

Following feedback through the public consultation to date and further discussions with the Welsh Language Commissioner, we have reviewed elements of the Welsh impact assessment working document that underpins this area of the consultation.

The revised document can be found below. Hard copies are available on request.

The Department for Transport (DfT) standards and the Welsh Government’s Harmonisation of Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing document were published in July 2020 and March 2021 respectively. Both publications focus on the imperative to ensure that licenses are held only by those who are fit and proper to do so.

The DfT publication sets out detailed standards against which individuals with previous convictions should be assessed. The Welsh Government harmonisation document endorses the same standards.

An analysis of Wrexham council's existing standards for taxi drivers and operators shows that they are not consistent with the DfT standard with differing rules applying in the same circumstances with regard to previous convictions of applicants for driver licences.

Revised suitability criteria are therefore needed in order to comply with the DfT standard and Welsh Government guidelines.

A consultation on this draft policy was conducted earlier this year and closed on 2nd April. However, following review, a further opportunity is being made for interested parties to provide feedback and comments before the draft policy is considered by full Council.

In accordance with the Gambling Act 2005, the statement of licensing policy is a very important part of the architecture of local gambling regulation and it is expected that licensing authorities will use it to set out the local issues, priorities and risks that inform and underpin its approach to local regulation.

It provides the opportunity for licensing authorities to agree and set out how gambling is to be managed in different parts of the local authority area to deal with local concerns and issues. It provides clarity of expectation for licensees and prospective licensees about how their businesses are likely to be treated in different localities. The existence of a clear and agreed policy statement will provide greater scope for licensing authorities to work in partnership with local businesses, communities, and responsible authorities to identify and mitigate local risks to the licensing objectives.

Once published the Statement of Licensing Policy shall (subject to any further reviews and consultation) be in force for a further period of three years.

Where the policy statement is reviewed and changes proposed, licensing authorities must consult on any revision.