Cabinet endorses the progression of projects to improve Denbighshire

Denbighshire County Council’s cabinet has approved the progression of five projects that will bring a range of benefits across Denbighshire.

In September 2025, the UK Government announced £1.5M of capital funding for every Welsh local authority through the Pride in Place Impact Fund (PiPIF).

This fund aims to deliver visible improvements to high streets and enhance places and community assets, particularly in areas not benefiting from the separate £20M Pride in Place (PiP) Fund.

Following cabinets decision to endorse the selection process, the projects will now be submitted for PiPIF funding to the UK Government and delivered by March 2027. 

The approach focused on aligning funding with projects that already had corporate support but no identified funding, met PiPIF criteria, were affordable, and deliverable by March 2027.

Scheme of refurbishment for priority Public Toilets in Key Towns –

The project will look to refurbish the public conveniences across the county as identified within the public convenience’s strategy. This will include the installation of contactless payment and refurbishment to reflect individual condition reviews. These refurbishments will include the public conveniences in Rhyl, Prestatyn, St Asaph, Rhuddlan, Llangollen, Ruthin.

Town Centre Property Development Grant Scheme –

This grant scheme will look to address eyesore high street properties and has been successfully delivered previously through the Shared Prosperity Fund which is due to end in March. The project will take effect county wide.

Accessible Play Scheme: Additional accessible play equipment and access to rural communities –

This is a project that will seek to enhance the accessible play offer in various rural locations within the County using accessible equipment and entry/exit ways. The accessible play offer will expand to Y Wern, Llandrillo, School Field, Corwen, Nant-y-Pandy, Glyndyfrdwy, Coed Afon, Llangollen and Maes-Y-Dre, Ruthin.

Bodelwyddan Toilet Facilities –

Following the significant improvements carried out to Bodelwyddan Country Park funded by the Shared Prosperity Fund providing over 19000m2 of accessible green space and 2km of footpaths, this project is intending to provide customer toilets for the reopened country park to maximise to ensure accessibility for all.

Motorhome ‘Aire’ provision –

This pilot project will aim to upgrade one of the car parks at Barkby beach as Motorhome provision (Aire) to provide an alternative for Motorhome visitors to the area by delivering more suitable infrastructure. Similar schemes are currently being rolled out across North Wales and the UK.

Councillor Jason McLellan, Leader and Lead Member for Economic Growth & Tackling Deprivation said:

“The decision that cabinet has made highlights the commitment that Denbighshire County Council has in securing external funding to deliver projects that will bring a range of benefits across Denbighshire.

“These five projects will bring benefits to the local community and were specifically chosen as they already met the PiPIF criteria, were within budget and can be delivered by the deadline.”