New Rhosrobin Housing Development Set To Be Granted

Proposals to erect 117 houses on empty land in Wrexham look set to be given the go ahead by councillors.

This evening Wrexham Planning Committee will meet to discuss proposals to build 117 properties on land opposite St Peters Close in Rhosrobin. The application itself is recommended for approval by the committee.

The houses within the proposed new development will consist of a combination of one, two, three and four bedroom houses / apartments.

29 of the proposed dwellings will be classed as ‘affordable housing’. These will include 16 x 1 bedroom apartments, 10 x 2 bedroom dwellings and 3 x 3 bedroom dwellings.

The Planning Report goes onto state that ‘there is a sufficient mix of house types to give interest and variation in appearance whilst also providing strong built frontages within the site’.

Within the application there several concerns raised by the Community Council and local residents, particularly with regards to any additional traffic on an already busy road (Llay New Road), loss of green space and that the land falls outside the settlement limit.

Alongside the construction of the 117 houses, it is also proposed that a four way roundabout is created on Llay New Road / Rhosrobin Junction to help ease congestion to and from the new estate.

It is hoped that the addition of a roundabout on Llay New Road will help reduce speeding in the area.

Speaking about the proposed road changes in the report, Highways comment: “Whilst the proposed roundabout will inevitably reduce vehicle speed along Llay New Road, it is considered that further speed reducing features are necessary.

“A white centre line hatching road marking scheme will give a road narrowing perception along Llay New Road and should reduce the speed of vehicles travelling from the roundabout in a southerly direction towards Wrexham.”

Traffic wise the documents state that the ‘anticipated maximum traffic output from the site in the morning peak is around 90 vehicles’. This is only one to two per minute and is not considered to be ‘significant’ in highway terms.

The report concludes: “It is inevitable that there will be some degree of noise and disruption when any proposals for development are implemented. However these can be minimised by limiting the times when construction works can take place and by ensuring the site is well managed.

“These matters can be addressed through the implementation of a Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)

“Whilst representing a clear departure from the policies of the adopted UDP (Unitary Development Plan), the development of the site is justified in this instance due to the lack of a five year land supply in Wrexham, the sustainable location of the site and the fact that an acceptable form of development is proposed.”

A full copy of the report can be found here. For those who fancy watching the meeting – it will be broadcast live on the Wrexham Council website from 6:30pm