Coedpoeth Clean Up
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I’m really pleased to hear that the households in Coedpoeth are going to get all of their gardens cleaned up- what I do not believe should be happening is that it is being funded from the Public Purse.
Why aren’t the professorial who where involved in the original works not paying due to professional negligence.
1. It was known before the site was developed that it was an old lead mine workings- something that is well documented on Coedpoeth history and local maps.
2. Why was this not identified on land searches at the time the developer purchased the land?
3. Why did solicitors acting for the householders not pick it up when buying the houses?
4. What role did the Planning Department have in putting conditions on the site?
5. What role did Building Control have at the various stage of build to ensure the works were undertaken to the right specification?
6. How many of the builders involved in the development have been taken ill with lead poisoning releated illness and now have potential claims against their employer?
7. How many other sites in Wrexham have been allowed to be built on with similar industrial contamination without the appropriate capping– Acrefair area- Llangollen Road, Garth brick works, Rhostyllen – Foundry site, Gatewen.. different sites but have they been built on without appropriate capping like what seems to have happened in Coedpoeth?
8. Why have the Welsh Government stepped in to pay– did they have any involvement in original land deal or granting of approvals?What safety assurance can Wrexham Council (Planning Department and Building Control) and Welsh Government give to any householder in Wrexham living on a site that used to be industrial that there are no more Coedpoeths?
Surely Welsh Government are not going to just pay this without claiming against all relevant parties for incompetence and breach of contract. I fully support the use of ‘brown field’ sites but only if the necessary safeguards are in place and it does not cost tax payers. The liability surely is with the landowner to clear it up or the developer prior to building.
It does not bode well for anyone buying a house on the Air Products or Monsanto sites if this level of incompetence can occur on such a small housing development.
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