Back in June, most of Wrexham Council’s elected councillors gathered at the Guildhall and represented their constituents, as they refused to adopt – for the second time – the Local Development Plan (LDP). I fully supported Councillors exercising their democratic right in voting to reject the LDP. Having gone to judicial review, it was announced that Wrexham Council has been forced to adopt it - a plan imposed on us by the Welsh Labour Government in Cardiff, Labour Councillors and Senedd Members.
Despite raising my concerns on many occasions, we will now see development plans for around 8,000 houses being built on land at Lower Berse Farm, in Rhosrobin and in Rossett. There is no doubt that Wrexham faces significant challenges with housing. Whilst, I am not opposed to more housing, this requires improvements to existing infrastructure such as hospitals, road capacity, GP surgeries and emergency services prior.
Unfortunately, public services and infrastructure are managed by the Welsh Labour Government, which has stopped all new road building, ignored the major problems regarding access to healthcare services and has failed to resolve the phosphates issue which has brought all building to a standstill, with no long-term solution in sight. Labour has also imposed a default 20mph speed limit which has caused further chaos, congestion, and frustration on our roads.
Wrexham’s LDP, cooked-up by Labour in Cardiff, will only serve to exacerbate the existing challenges that my constituents face on a daily basis with public services and infrastructure, which the Welsh Labour Government simply refuse to acknowledge or even listen to the voice of the people of Wrexham.