New supermarket, wine bar and truckstop - local plans get your back up
Post categories: Buckley, Connah's Quay, Denbighshire, Flint, Holywell, Hot Topics, Mold, Rhyl, Shotton, St Asaph, Wrexham
| 11:20 UK time, Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Highlights and quick links to the local stories and blogs we're following today using our shared reader [what's this?] which include:
- A55 truck stop campaigners head for County Hall
- Lidl promises £100,000 to help Mold's business
- Mixed reaction to Denbigh wine bar proposal
- We'll buy unsold North Wales homes say housing associations
Truck stop campaign heads for Flintshire County Hall - Evening Leader
Dozens of campaigners opposed to controversial plans for two Flintshire truck stops and a business park off the A55 are set to descend on a crunch meeting today. A specially-organised coach will ferry residents, who are against the development of land off junction 31 at Caerwys, to County Hall in Mold.
UPDATE: The plans were later rejected
Mixed reaction to Denbigh wine bar proposal - Evening Leader
Plans for the transformation of a former church institute into a wine bar, have received the backing of the chairman of Denbighshire Council.
We'll buy unsold North Wales homes for £42m - Daily Post
Unsold homes and plots on private estates in North Wales will soon be bought up by housing associations to provide more affordable homes for rent.
Lidl promises £100,000 to help Mold's business - Evening Leader
Lidl has pledged £100,000 to regenerate Mold, if plans to build a new store are given the go-ahead.
UPDATE: The plans were later rejected
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The Lidl story really is a disgrace.
They are trying to buy planning permission. If it was for sale, it should be much more expensive!
Seriously though, Mold is having a hard time as it is fighting to keep what shops it has left.
There already is a fund set up to revitalize the town, but it needs people to keep visiting the town to make them work.
With all the competition from the likes of Cheshire Oaks, Broughton Retail Park and Chester City Centre all within 30 minute drive, it is only natural that people think they are going to get a better deal elsewhere. The truth is, when you get there, you would feel foolish if you didn't buy anything, even if it was cheaper in Mold!
Lidl will not be a big employer to the town or even show any loyalty to it if sales are not as high as expected. This money offer should be used as a demonstration of the contempt the company has for the hard work that goes into maintaining the character of an 800 year old market town!
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