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Former Welsh steelworks site could be transformed as fresh development plans submitted

Developer has put in plans for hundreds of homes, retail units and a restaurant at Brymbo Steelworks site in Wrexham

RESTORING BRYMBO'S INDUSTRIAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

A former steelworks in North Wales could be transformed as ambitious plans for the site are submitted to planners.

Brymbo steelworks, near Wrexham, closed in 1990 with the loss of 1,100 jobs.

Brymbo Developments Ltd have already built more than 500 homes in the area but blamed the economic downturn of 2008 for hindering further developments.

An aerial view of the Brymbo Steelworks site, where hundreds of homes could be built. Source: Brymbo Developments Limited(Image: Copyright Unknown)

Now a planning application has been submitted to Wrexham council for 450 houses and a primary school.

The Brymbo Park scheme also includes a "small district centre" with shops - including a food store - and a restaurant.

Drawings of how Brymbo Steelworks site could look after development(Image: Brymbo Park)

 

A planning report said: "Brymbo Developments Ltd has focused on developing proposals to bring forward the remainder of the remediated land for development and a number of masterplans have been produced during this time.

"The commitment to bring forward a small district centre, school and an overall approach of ‘placemaking’ has been at the heart of the scheme from the outset with the current masterplan fully informed by establishing the needs to the community as well as the commercial market."

It adds: "The Village Heart (small district centre) will provide a range of facilities in close proximity to each other.