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PLANS for a new drive-thru McDonald’s in Wrexham have been recommended to go ahead despite concerns about the impact on traffic.

Posted: Tue 1st Jun 2021 Council Officer recommends approval of new drive thru McDonalds as ‘positive contribution’ to Gateway to Wrexham Plans to build a new drive thru McDonalds in Wrexham could be approved next week despite fierce objection from local councillors and residents. In February Wrexham.com reported that fresh proposals to build a 24 hour McDonald’s drive-thru at Plas Coch. The application still proposes that the new fast food outlet is built on the eastern corner of The Ra...

Plans to demolish former Llay Coop to make way for housing approved Plans to build five new homes on the site of a former convenience store in Wrexham have been given the go ahead. An application for the former Coop on Shone’s Lane, Llay, was submitted to Wrexham Council for consideration last year. It includes demolishing the building and developing five, one and two bedroom residential apartments. The site has been vacant for several years after a fire broke out at the former Co-op store in...

PLANS to turn an empty office in Wrexham into flats have been amended after concerns were raised over a bedroom with no window.

Proposals to turn a former Subway store in the town centre into a Moroccan themed restaurant have been approved. The application for the redevelopment of the vacant unit on 7 High Street was submitted to Wrexham Council in January. Documents due before planning committee members on Monday May 12 show that the proposals have been […]

Renewed plans to convert former office space in the town centre into flats will be debated by councillors for a second time this month. The plans for 43 King Street had been put before planning committee members in April, but a decision was deferred amid criticism that one of the properties didn’t have a bedroom […]

Posted: Thu 8th Apr 2021 Council urged to ‘put foot down’ as developers seek more time to start Wrexham Air Products housing scheme Wrexham Council has been urged to “put its foot down” as the owners of a former manufacturing site seek more time to deliver a housing scheme. The Air Products site in Acrefair, near Wrexham, has stood empty for almost a decade after the plant was closed, resulting in approximately 200 people losing their jobs. Permission was granted for a mixed-use deve...

Posted: Thu 8th Apr 2021 Plans to allow 24/7 deliveries to Wrexham supermarket set for approval despite concerns from residents Plans to allow 24/7 deliveries to and from a Wrexham supermarket could be approved next week, despite concerns from nearby residents and the local community council. The proposals for Asda, which are described as temporary, would remain in place until the end of the year. The applicants say the change is “required in order to allow the retailer to continue to make d...

Plans for new homes in Johnstown set for approval next week Plans to build 10 new homes in the Johnstown area could be given the go ahead next week. An application submitted to Wrexham Council proposes that the dwelling are built on land off High Street, near the local primary school. The plans include the demolition of the existing buildings, which were last used for storage with associated offices, to make way for the development of 4 x 2 bedroom, 2 x 3 bedroom and 4 x 4 bedroom properties. H...

A LOCAL authority has been urged to “put its foot down” as the owners of a former manufacturing site seek more time to deliver a housing scheme. The Air Products site in Acrefair, near Wrexham, has stood empty for almost a decade after the plant was closed, resulting in approximately 200 people losing their jobs. Permission was granted for a mixed-use development, including housing and both commercial and leisure units, in 2012. It was followed by outline approval for 232 houses ...