Work building the first new council houses in Wrexham in almost 30 years well underway

Construction work is underway on the first council houses to built in Wrexham in almost thirty years.

The local authority is working alongside developers Liberty on the new properties, which are located on the site of the former Nant Silyn residential care home on Pont Wen, Caia Park.

Once complete there will be 14 new homes including eight apartments, four two bedroom houses, one older person’s one-bed bungalow and one fully adapted two-bed adapted bungalow.

Work started on the site during winter 2019 and is now due to be completed in early 2021.

It is the first time that new council homes has been built in Wrexham County Borough since 1991.

The former Nant Silyn care home

Cllr David Griffiths, lead member for housing, said: “We’re absolutely delighted that we’re bringing new social properties in Wrexham, for the first time since 1991, unfortunately they are going to take a little longer to complete than first thought, because of the pandemic, but we are very pleased that we’re able to bring new housing to this site.

“The development will transform the site of the former Nant Silyn care home, which was closed five years ago, into a new community and we’re glad that we’re working alongside Liberty on this new development.

“The Nant Silyn scheme forms the first of a number of social housing developments earmarked for Wrexham, with a further development at Plas Madoc awaiting planning approval.”

One of the new bungalows built on the site

Cllr Mark Pritchard, leader of the council, added: “This is an ambitious project for Wrexham Council and will supply lifetime homes for our tenants.

“I’m very pleased that we’re constructing new council homes and that the properties will go a long way to fulfilling the housing need of some of the most vulnerable people in our communities.”

The 29 bedroom facility at Nant Silyn had been the only council-owned care home in the county borough, however it was decommissioned in 2015 after being seen as “no longer financially viable or required”.