We continue our look at the LDP. See 2021/1 and 2021/2. If you’re interested (and you should be), go along to the Llanfwrog community centre today, between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. where there’s information available. Then, complete the comment form.
In addition to housing, the LDP sets aside a recommended 14 acres of land at or near Lôn Parcwr, for employment purposes.
What’s new is a swathe of land identified for employment at the back of Lôn Parcwr (to its east), no doubt much to the disquiet of those living to the north of Lôn Cae Glas/Greenfield Road, some of whom already have to put up with Tesco and its traffic. This is the only major extension to the planning bounary.
This adds to the land already designated for employment, much of which is north of the Glasdir link road and surrounds Lôn Cae Bricks and the farmers’ mart. This should come as no surprise, as land opposite Glasdir housing was always allocated for such a purpose, designed in parallel with the housing, though the employment side of things (and new school) was never implemented. The very reason for the so-called northern link road through Glasdir was to unlock this mixed development. North of Glasdir, then, is not new land.
The reason for this allocation is a shortage of serviceable employment land and a wish to support local business that retain economically active people who can contribute to a sustainable local economy.
In Rhuthun, there is a LDP presumption away from out-of-town retailing. After the post-Tesco failure of Somerfield, another supermarket is unlikely to be sustainable, in any case. Instead, the focus is to be on town centre-scale retail development. But this is all well and good, provided there are available units of sufficient size and there remains a concern that this could only be achieved by redevelopment, something outside the Slater’s & associated motor repairer sites that could be construed as vandalism.
Remember, also, that plans to enlarge Tesco cannot be ruled out.
This may be overcome by permitting smaller off-centre retail developments of up to 500m2, provided they serves local needs and do not jeopardise the town centre. 500m2 is not supermarket size but it may still threatened the town centre. Those who opposed Tesco might argue that further out of town sheds would make little difference, anyway. Others look to Tesco as already helping the longer-term sustainability of the town.
In addition to housing, the LDP sets aside a recommended 14 acres of land at or near Lôn Parcwr, for employment purposes.
What’s new is a swathe of land identified for employment at the back of Lôn Parcwr (to its east), no doubt much to the disquiet of those living to the north of Lôn Cae Glas/Greenfield Road, some of whom already have to put up with Tesco and its traffic. This is the only major extension to the planning bounary.
This adds to the land already designated for employment, much of which is north of the Glasdir link road and surrounds Lôn Cae Bricks and the farmers’ mart. This should come as no surprise, as land opposite Glasdir housing was always allocated for such a purpose, designed in parallel with the housing, though the employment side of things (and new school) was never implemented. The very reason for the so-called northern link road through Glasdir was to unlock this mixed development. North of Glasdir, then, is not new land.The reason for this allocation is a shortage of serviceable employment land and a wish to support local business that retain economically active people who can contribute to a sustainable local economy.
In Rhuthun, there is a LDP presumption away from out-of-town retailing. After the post-Tesco failure of Somerfield, another supermarket is unlikely to be sustainable, in any case. Instead, the focus is to be on town centre-scale retail development. But this is all well and good, provided there are available units of sufficient size and there remains a concern that this could only be achieved by redevelopment, something outside the Slater’s & associated motor repairer sites that could be construed as vandalism.
Remember, also, that plans to enlarge Tesco cannot be ruled out.
This may be overcome by permitting smaller off-centre retail developments of up to 500m2, provided they serves local needs and do not jeopardise the town centre. 500m2 is not supermarket size but it may still threatened the town centre. Those who opposed Tesco might argue that further out of town sheds would make little difference, anyway. Others look to Tesco as already helping the longer-term sustainability of the town.