Plaid Cymru in Wrexham organised the virtual public meeting last night as a result of public concerns and interest in the LDP, which is currently being examined by the Welsh Government's Planning Inspectorate.
Councillor Carrie Harper, Plaid Cymru's candidate in the coming Senedd elections, said:
Councillor Carrie Harper, Plaid Cymru's candidate in the coming Senedd elections, said:
"This was something of an experiment because the pandemic means that we cannot hold actual town hall meetings. So we tried a Facebook Live event where we explained the situation and tried to answer questions from the public.
"Although it was a leap in the dark, we were delighted that 2,000 have watched the event in the first 20 hours - many hundreds saw it live last night and a total of 2,000 have now viewed it. It's the equivalent of almost filling the William Aston Hall twice over, so I'd consider that a success. The 30-minute debate is still available to view on Facebook if you missed it - you can click here."
Plaid Cymru has opposed Wrexham's LDP because it is based on flawed population projections of a 10% increase that would mean allocating land for almost 8,000 new homes - most of which would be on greenfield sites surrounding the town and nearby villages. More recent projections show that the borough's population is, in fact, likely to fall by 1.5%.
Cllr Harper added:
"Although it was a leap in the dark, we were delighted that 2,000 have watched the event in the first 20 hours - many hundreds saw it live last night and a total of 2,000 have now viewed it. It's the equivalent of almost filling the William Aston Hall twice over, so I'd consider that a success. The 30-minute debate is still available to view on Facebook if you missed it - you can click here."
Plaid Cymru has opposed Wrexham's LDP because it is based on flawed population projections of a 10% increase that would mean allocating land for almost 8,000 new homes - most of which would be on greenfield sites surrounding the town and nearby villages. More recent projections show that the borough's population is, in fact, likely to fall by 1.5%.
Cllr Harper added:
"The draft LDP as it stands would allocate land for two new huge housing estates on either side of the town - one on Holt Rd/Cefn Rd and the other on Ruthin Rd. They are effectively new villages and would put huge strains on already over-stretched services such as GPs, schools and roads. We want to see the borough's empty properties brought back into use - there are hundreds of empty homes that need sorting - plus an emphasis on redeveloping brownfield sites rather than destroying valuable agricultural land for commuter estates that we don't need."
The party locally has launched a petition opposing this proposed urban sprawl
The party locally has launched a petition opposing this proposed urban sprawl
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