Denbighshire roadshows engage with tenants
Hundreds of housing tenants have taken part in a series of roadshows across Denbighshire.
The Council’s housing department hosted seven events over the summer to engage with tenants, provide free activities for children and to raise awareness of services available.
More than 500 tenants took part in the Denbighshire Housing roadshows in Denbigh, Rhyl, Prestatyn, Meliden, Dyserth, Rhuallt and Llangollen.
Councillor Tony Thomas, Lead Member for Housing, Regulation and the Environment, said: “The housing roadshows over the summer were a great chance for us to engage with tenants and provide fun activities for children. They were well attended and provided some great feedback and I’d like to thank everyone who took part.
“These events gave us the opportunity to talk to residents to get an understanding of the community and to share information about services that are available.
“Providing housing that meets the needs of Denbighshire residents is a priority for the Council.
“Denbighshire Housing will be providing 170 additional Council homes throughout the county over the next four years.”
Activities for children included face painting, arts and crafts, bridge making, sports games, robotic programing, virtual reality headsets and online safety while organisations who attended included North Wales Police, Age Connect, Menter Iaith as well as a number of Council services.
Housing Developments Update
In the last edition we told you about the progress we were making with our programme to build 170 new council homes throughout the county over the next four years.
We’ve recently submitted our proposals to Natural Resources Wales for a new culvert across the site of the old Bodnant School in Marine Road in Prestatyn and once we’ve had their consent, we’ll be starting work on its construction and this will clear the way for us to start building new homes on the site.
Over the summer, consultations have been taking place about proposals for new homes at The Dell in Prestatyn and, in conjunction with Grŵp Cynefin, on the site of the former Pennant Flats in Denbigh. These consultations have now closed and applications for planning permission for both developments are currently being processed and we should hear the outcome before Christmas.
A local contractor has just been appointed to convert the property we’ve bought in Brighton Road in Rhyl into three new apartments and work is expected to start on site this month.
This is just the start and we’ll be bringing you news about more exciting developments in future editions.
