Conwy County Borough Council give go-ahead for development of 14.8 acre site in North Wales.
A new housing development desgined to breathe new life in to a site on the edge of Abergele has been given the go-ahead by Conwy County Borough Council. On the site, which had previously been ear-marked for the North Wales Business Park, Macbryde Homes plans to construct 156 units ranging from two-bedroom mews style homes, through to three-bedroom and four-bedroom detached family homes. The housebuilder anticipates that 265 jobs will be created, 92 of which will be directly involved in the construction of the site.
Whilst the North Wales Business Park was never fully finished, the facilities that it had delivered, including a medical centre and pharmacy, along with the job opportunities created on the developed part of the site and the transport links that grew as a result, made the remaining land very suitable for residential development. The site owners consequently placed an application with Conwy County Borough Council four years ago to free the land for residential use, and it was subsequently identified as an allocated housing site in Conwy’s 2013 LDP. This allocation was taken forward by Macbryde Homes in 2016 when they submitted detailed plans for the development of the site.
Stuart Andrew, Design Manager at Macbryde Homes, commented: “A growing local population in the Abergele area has meant that there is a real need for a development of this kind and we’re delighted that the local authority has recognised the level of investment that has gone in to our proposals.
“Significant time and consideration has gone in to preparing our proposals to ensure that the development takes in to account the existing character of the landscape and local built environment, as well as its impact on existing and future traffic flows in the town.”
Properties will be constructed using a mix of limestone and render and redbrick and render, with grey roof tiles. Wide roadways with footpaths either side will be flanked by grass verges and trees.
It is anticipated that work will start on the site, to be known as Bron Y Castell, in September of this year.
