Issue - meetings

As detailed in the recommendations.

Councillor Butler introduced the report and explained that Shotton was one of the largest towns in Flintshire with good local facilities and excellent transport links to the local and regional bus, rail, active travel and highway networks.  There were also many areas within the town that had significant potential for development opportunities.

            Over the past few years, the Council and local Members had received a growing number of concerns and complaints about antisocial behaviour and other environmental issues which, if left unchecked, would blight the area and undermine local efforts to keep the town clean and tidy and ensure that it remained a place where people wanted to live, visit and work.

            In order to deal with those issues and maximise the positives and potential opportunities for the town, the development of a Multi-Agency Steering Group had been established to develop and oversee the delivery of a Shotton Master Plan.  The plan would bring the right people together with the aim of regenerating and delivering the required improvements to the town centre and surrounding area to help ensure the town could fulfil its true potential.

            Councillor Roberts welcomed the report and expressed his support for the master plan for Shotton, which was a key community at the heart of Deeside with many transport advantages.  There was a need to ensure work progressed in town centres and in communities.  He referred to the considerable work that had been undertaken to regenerate Holywell town centre, the work that was underway in Buckley to regenerate that town and work ongoing on the Flint master plan.  He said work needed to be aspirational whilst being realistic.  The local Members were fully supportive of the master plan.

            There was a multi-agency approach to the master plan and it would be beneficial to have schemes ready to commence for when funding became available.

            Members welcomed the report, in particular the multi-agency work that would take place to ensure the best outcome for the town.

RESOLVED:

(a)       That the development of a Master Plan for the Shotton area be approved;

(b)       That a further report seeking approval of the Master Plan be submitted to Cabinet for approval in July 2021.