Is the Glasdir housing development on Rhuthun/Ruthin’s northern flank good for the town? Town councillors think not. Of the first 178 of what are expected to be in excess of 230 houses, two town councillors show concern.
They say over 500 extra people will be a strain on amenities and schools. They may be right.
But will the development actually seek to make Rhuthun a more sustainable town? We’ve said it before but Tesco would have been unlikely to build without the prospect of at least a ten per cent increase in the town’s population. If figures suggesting that town trade has dropped by 15- 20 per cent are true, Rhuthun badly needs Glasdir.
If the homes are graded at Band D, that will mean an extra council tax income of nearly £200,000 per annum to Denbighshire council. If at Band E, £235,000. That will also help to make Denbighshire as sustainable as possible, too.
The problem comes when the majority of Glasdir’s adults – in what will probably be two car households – work elsewhere. In spite of substandard trunk road links, Rhuthun in particular is a dormitory settlement. This may literally drive people away to work and therefore shop.
They say over 500 extra people will be a strain on amenities and schools. They may be right.
But will the development actually seek to make Rhuthun a more sustainable town? We’ve said it before but Tesco would have been unlikely to build without the prospect of at least a ten per cent increase in the town’s population. If figures suggesting that town trade has dropped by 15- 20 per cent are true, Rhuthun badly needs Glasdir.
If the homes are graded at Band D, that will mean an extra council tax income of nearly £200,000 per annum to Denbighshire council. If at Band E, £235,000. That will also help to make Denbighshire as sustainable as possible, too.
The problem comes when the majority of Glasdir’s adults – in what will probably be two car households – work elsewhere. In spite of substandard trunk road links, Rhuthun in particular is a dormitory settlement. This may literally drive people away to work and therefore shop.
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