Consultation starts on 300-home Denbigh proposal

The sea defences, set to be built by Balfour Beatty and protect 1,650 properties from flooding, are due to secure approval from Denbighshire Council next week.

Conwy Council’s cabinet is expected to rubber-stamp a grant of £35,000 to allow the start on site of the £1.8m redevelopment of Llandudno Museum.

A final decision on the zoo’s expansion, including a new home for its snow leopards, will be made next week after Conwy’s planning committee backed the proposals against officer recommendation.

The council's planning officers have backed the demolition of the zoo’s existing snow leopard enclosure but have recommended a replacement facility for refusal, arguing it would encroach on to designated green belt.

The trustees of visitor attraction Bodelwyddan Castle near Rhyl have put the 125-year lease they hold on a large part of the property up for sale, with advisor LSH suggesting possible uses as residential, educational or conferencing.

Reports in Japan have raised questions over the future of the £20bn Wylfa Newydd nuclear plant on Anglesey with claims that the project’s main backer Hitachi could be set to back out.

Plans for an activity centre and 106-bedroom hotel at the Surf Snowdonia Adventure Parc can proceed after Conwy Council’s planning committee gave a “minded to approve” verdict yesterday.

The Government has put forward the slate landscape of North West Wales, focussed in Gwynedd, as its nomination for UNESCO World Heritage Status.

Denbighshire Council has appointed Balfour Beatty and JBA Consulting to draw up plans for an £18m sea defence programme along Rhyl’s promenade between Splash Point and the Rhyl Golf Club.