Redrow pushes on with 1,450 homes
A second application has been put forward to Wrexham County Council following an appeal on the basis of non-determination of an identical proposal submitted last year.
Redrow Homes’s plans detail the development of 1,450 homes on a 180-acre greenfield site off Ruthin Road on the England-Wales border.
The resubmission of plans follows an update of Wrexham County Council’s Local Development Plan to include the site under a mixed-use residential designation.
Wrexham’s Local Development Plan was approved in December last year but is now subject to another court case.
Alongside the earmarked 94 acres for residential development, a four-acre site for a primary school, 62 acres of recreational public space, and the conversion of barns into a local centre have also been proposed.
Redrow has committed to 15% of the residential offer being affordable.
The proposed local centre could provide the development with a local shop, a public house, a nursery, a community hall, and a doctor’s surgery.
Approval of plans is now seen as imminent due to the changes in Wrexham’s LDP, which frees up the land in question.
The original application was put forward by The Planning Consultant on Redrow Homes’ behalf in 2023. Redrow has resubmitted the application to “enable negotiations with the council to continue”, according to planning documents, while the original application continues to go through the appeal process.
The project’s team includes TEP, Shields Arboricultural Consultancy, Waterco, and Heritage Archaeology.
To view the application, use the reference P/2024/1466 in Wrexham County Council’s planning portal.
Plenty of brownfield land around that needs developing first. Ruthin Road is an arterial route that serves as a natural boundary to Wrexham. Developing this site loses the green barrier to the villages of Berham and Rhostyllen.
Eight miles from England, so not really on the border!
By Jack Mary Ann
I mean if your going to build noddy boxes might as well be in Wrexham. Keep them away from any economically active towns though.
By Allergic to Squirrels
Redrow fighting the good fight. The NIMBY Local Members continuing to challenge the LDP through the courts are an absolute disgrace. Hopefully common sense prevails and their latest challenge is dismissed.
By Anonymous
Jack Mary Ann, the local members are questioning the legality of Welsh Government instructing the Authority to adopt the LDP – i.e. telling them how to vote. The question is whether that is democratic.
By Jack Mary Ann
The comments miss the elephant in the room, which is Wrexham will continue to be an attractive location for this kind of housing at scale because the city of Chester, while pro-housing, is encased in greenbelt and/or constrained by the Duke of Westminsters land holdings, and Wirral having a combination of greenbelt and extreme NIMBYism.
By Rich X