Demolition and housing plans for vacant nursery site rejected

Plans to demolish a former Wrexham nursery to make way for housing have been rejected.

In October 2018 Wrexham.com reported that an outline application had been lodged with Wrexham Council proposing that the former Scallywags day nursery, Pentre Maelor, is demolished and seven homes are built on the land.

The applicants described the “vacant day nursery site” as brownfield land, with the proposed development helping Wrexham Council ‘reduce its deficit’ on new houses in the county borough.

This would consist of semi-detached and mews style properties, which would “provide the area with additional family homes”.

It was also noted that the building had been subject to vandalism, with scattered content of a storage building “all over the site”.

However the plans have been rejected by the council’s Head of Environment and Planning, Lawrence Isted, due to “insufficient information” being submitted.

Mr Isted said: “Insufficient information has been submitted with the application to adequately assess whether the proposed residential development and its occupants would not be unduly harmed by virtue of noise impacts from any commercial or industrial activities arising from the Wrexham Industrial Estate.

“Insufficient information has been submitted with the application to adequately assess the impact of the development on Great Crested Newts. In the absence of this information, it has not been demonstrated whether harm would arise to the Great Crested News and what, if any mitigation is proposed.

“The proposal by virtue of its design and layout is considered would be car dominated when viewed from the street scene, appearing visually uninteresting and would not enhance or positively contribute to visual amenities of the locality.”