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Denbighshire: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

Denbighshire County Council: Welsh unitary authority (unitary), Wales. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code W06000004.

Council website · Publication scheme

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Average Band D council tax in Denbighshire for 2026–27: £2,339.03 a year. Of that, £1,872.37 is set by the council, £398.25 by the police and, on average, £68.41 by community councils.

Every band

Denbighshire: council tax by band, 2026 to 2027, including police and average community council
Band	A year
A-	£1,299.46
A	£1,559.35
B	£1,819.24
C	£2,079.14
D	£2,339.03
E	£2,858.81
F	£3,378.60
G	£3,898.38
H	£4,678.06
I	£5,457.74

Including the police and the average community council charge; band A− is for homes in band A that qualify for disabled band reduction. Source: Welsh Government, Council tax levels by billing authority and band (Open Government Licence).

Source: Welsh Government, Composition of average band D council tax by billing authority (Open Government Licence). Your own bill depends on your band, your community council and any discounts or reductions.

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as Denbighshire reported it to the Welsh Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in Wales.

Denbighshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
Service	Budget
Education	£138.2 million
Social services	£99.2 million
Council fund housing	£39.6 million
Local environmental services	£17.6 million
Roads and transport	£8.2 million
Libraries, culture, heritage, sport and recreation	£13.3 million
Planning, economic and community development	£2.2 million
Local tax collection	£2.5 million
Debt financing costs	£21.9 million
Law, order and protective services	none budgeted
Central administration	£12.3 million
Other revenue expenditure	£2.8 million
Revenue expenditure	£357.9 million

Revenue expenditure: the cost of running each service in the year, as the Welsh Government collects it.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Welsh Government, Budgeted revenue expenditure by authority and service (Open Government Licence).

Denbighshire in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population: 98,202 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age: 46 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head: £21,623 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay: £520 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs: 29.1% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count: 3.6% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price: £201,452 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Housing affordability ratio (residence-based): 6.0 affordability ratio 1 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsRatio of median house price to median gross annual residence-based earnings
Female healthy life expectancy: 59.2 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy: 59.9 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions: 6.3 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband: 81.8% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers: 179.2 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses: 3,285 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

48 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Labour and Plaid Cymru. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Independent / Other 15, Labour Party 14, Conservative and Unionist 8, Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales 8, Green Party (E&W) 2, Vacant 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 48 councillors, by ward

Terry Mendies (Conservative and Unionist) — Alyn Valley
Raj Metri (Labour Party) — Bodelwyddan
Delyth Jones (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan
Geraint Lloyd-Williams (Independent / Other) — Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan
Pauline Edwards (Independent / Other) — Denbigh Caledfryn Henllan
Mark Young (Independent / Other) — Denbigh Lower
Rhys Thomas (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Denbigh Lower
David Gwyn Williams (Independent / Other) — Dyserth
Alan Hughes (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Edeirnion
Gwyneth Ellis (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Edeirnion
Eryl Williams (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Efenechdyd
Merfyn Parry (Independent / Other) — Llandyrnog
Hugh Evans (Independent / Other) — Llanfair Dyffryn Clwyd Gwyddelwern
Karen Edwards (Independent / Other) — Llangollen
Paul Keddie (Independent / Other) — Llangollen
Elfed Williams (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Llanrhaeadr-yng-Nghinmeirch
Huw Williams (Independent / Other) — Moel Famau
Ben Williams (Conservative and Unionist) — Prestatyn Central
Jon Harland (Green Party (E&W)) — Prestatyn Central
Andrea Tomlin (Independent / Other) — Prestatyn East
Elen Heaton (Labour Party) — Prestatyn East
Julie Matthews (Labour Party) — Prestatyn Meliden
Anton Sampson (Conservative and Unionist) — Prestatyn North
Jason McLellan (Labour Party) — Prestatyn North
Kelly Clewett (Labour Party) — Prestatyn North
Carol Holliday (Labour Party) — Prestatyn South West
Gareth Sandilands (Labour Party) — Prestatyn South West
Ann Davies (Conservative and Unionist) — Rhuddlan
Arwel Roberts (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Rhuddlan
Barry Mellor (Labour Party) — Rhyl East
Justine Evans (Conservative and Unionist) — Rhyl East
Ellie Chard (Labour Party) — Rhyl South
Vacant (Vacant) — Rhyl South
Diane King (Labour Party) — Rhyl South West
James May (Labour Party) — Rhyl South West
Michelle Blakeley-Walker (Independent / Other) — Rhyl Trellewelyn
Will Price (Independent / Other) — Rhyl Trellewelyn
Brian Jones (Conservative and Unionist) — Rhyl Tŷ Newydd
Cheryl Williams (Labour Party) — Rhyl Tŷ Newydd
Alan James (Labour Party) — Rhyl West
Joan Butterfield (Labour Party) — Rhyl West
Bobby Feeley (Independent / Other) — Ruthin
Emrys Wynne (Plaid Cymru - The Party of Wales) — Ruthin
Huw Hilditch-Roberts (Independent / Other) — Ruthin
Martyn Hogg (Green Party (E&W)) — St Asaph East
Peter Scott (Conservative and Unionist) — St Asaph West
James Elson (Conservative and Unionist) — Trefnant
Chris Evans (Independent / Other) — Tremeirchion

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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