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Old dairy to make way for new homes
Published: 19/01/2016
Preparations for the demolition of an old dairy building on Mold Road, Connahs
Quay and eight adjacent properties (nos. 149 to 159) on the towns High Street
are underway.
The council has held a long term ambition to regenerate Deeside and declared a
Renewal Area covering parts of Connahs Quay, Shotton and Queensferry in
2010. As part of this work and with funding from the Welsh Governments
Specific Capital Grant for Renewal Areas the Council began to acquire these
properties for demolition. The properties were chosen as they represented a key
site in Connahs Quay, many were vacant and most were in very poor condition.
Through the support of the Welsh Governments Vibrant & Viable Places funding
programme, under which the council was awarded 拢6.042m in January 2014 , the
final property was acquired in March 2015 enabling the Council to move forward
with the redevelopment of the site. Demolition work will be completed the end
of March and the site will then be treated with top soil and grass seeded.
The Councils strategic development partner for the Strategic Housing and
Regeneration Programme (SHARP), Wates Living Space, have been asked to look at
the site and develop some proposals for consideration later this year.
Cllr. Aaron Shotton, Leader of the Council and local ward member said,
Building work on the first new council homes in over 20 years is set to begin
in February just up the road from the old dairy on the site of the former
Custom House Lane School. This is the first development under the Councils
ambitious housing plans and I am very pleased that the old dairy site on Mold
Road will also be available to help meet our plans to provide new homes which
will comprise 200 council homes and 300 affordable homes over the next five
years.
This site has been derelict for many years, its demolition and redevelopment
will assist the regeneration of the Town in this location.
Cllr. Bernie Attridge, Deputy Leader and local ward member said,
This site will the provide the opportunity to develop more new, affordable
homes that will be of high quality and available to local people, helping to
stimulate further regeneration and bring a much needed uplift to this area of
the town.