New Mayor For City
At the annual meeting of St. Asaph Town Council on Wednesday, May 14th, Cllr. Mrs. Elsie Powell, Bodhyfryd, Heol Esgob, St. Asaph, was formally adopted as Mayor 2008/09 and received a bouquet of flowers from the retiring Mayor, Councillor Bill Cowie. Councillor Dewi Owens, was appointed Deputy Mayor.
Miss Tina Cowie, the retiring Mayor’s daughter and consort, declined flowers and requested that a donation be made instead to St. Kentigern Hospice.
The Mayor’s consort will be her husband, Mr. Barry Powell.
Cllr. Powell has been a member of the Town Council for the past 4 years and has represented the council on numerous occasions. She has been instrumental in helping to secure grant aid for major projects and is an enthusiastic and capable member of the team.
New member, Councillor Barbara Davies, was welcomed to her first meeting, and retiring Cllr. Ken Houlston was thanked for his long and valued service to the council. Nominations to fill the two vacancies for the East Ward on the Town Council will be considered at the June meeting.
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Have Your Say
Following the outrage which greeted the initial proposal by Denbighshire County Council that 800 new houses in St. Asaph were proposed under the Local Development Plan, planners were left in no doubt that the community were not in favour of the proposals. A packed public meeting made the views of many residents clear and planners were told that the current infrastructure could not support such development, particularly as the proposed site for the new housing estate was on the periphery of the existing community and would, in effect, constitute a separate community. Other objections were also raised including the fear of extensive building increasing the risk of flooding, and the loss of agricultural land and green spaces.
Denbighshire County Council is holding a series of roadshows this month to consult on its draft Local Development Plan (LDP) The document will be available in the County’s libraries or on the Council website from June 2nd.
This will be the first formal consultation of the draft LDP and following consideration of the comments received a second consultation draft will be published next year. The LDP will not be formally approved until 2011.
The existing Unitary Development Plan (UDP) will remain the adopted plan for Denbighshire until the LDP is formally approved.
St. Asaph is one of the three Key Strategic Sites for development identified by the County along with Rhyl and Bodelwyddan with areas of lower growth sited as Prestatyn, Rhuallt, Corwen, Ruthin and Denbigh.
St. Asaph’s consultation will be held on June 9th and 10th between 2pm- 8pm in the Dean’s Library.
This is your chance to make your views known - take advantage of the opportunity and HAVE YOUR SAY
How will an estate of 800 new houses affect schools, doctors surgeries, road and parking problems? Would a satellite village on the outskirts of St. Asaph be detrimental to the existing community? These questions and many more need to be seriously considered before an entire community and its existing infrastructure is subjected to huge change.
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