But earlier this year, the health board submitted a revised proposal<\/a> for the council to consider.\n<\/p>\n\n It is proposed that 56 full-time employees would work at the premises.\n<\/p>\n
\n A planning statement from BCUHB read: \u201cThe latest proposals represent updated design proposals from a scheme previously granted planning permission in 2020, which ultimately was not implemented.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe previous scheme was hit by implications from the COVID-19 pandemic, and in-turn significant increased development costs.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cConsequently, the original proposals were found to be unaffordable, and therefore the proposals have had to be rethought.\n<\/p>\n
\n A pre-application survey received 295 responses, with 83 per cent of respondents saying they \u201cstrongly\u201d supported the new development, 57 per cent saying they considered the site and design proposals appropriate.\n<\/p>\n
\n Meanwhile, 68 per cent of respondents \u201cstrongly\u201d believe the development will have a positive impact on Rhyl.\n<\/p>\n
\n Meanwhile, the minor injuries and ailments unit will provide a walk-in service, with the aim of reducing pressure on similar facilities at nearby Holywell and Denbigh.\n<\/p>\n
\n A 49-space car park has been proposed, as well as a designated pedestrian drop-off point in front of the new building\u2019s public entrance.\n<\/p>\n
\n It has been agreed that use can be made of the nearby Pavilion Theatre overflow car park, both during construction and following completion of the development.\n<\/p>\n
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The Royal Alex building in Rhyl. Image: Google StreetView\n<\/p>\n
\n BCUHB added: \u201cAs part of the revised proposals, a reduced extent of demolition work will be required compared to the previous scheme.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cMost notably, the Edwardian period Edith Vizard building situated on the corner of Russell Road and Grosvenor Road will be retained.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThe Glan Traeth buildings to the west of the site are also retained within the proposals.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cDemolition of the Estates building and Mortuary building which are both positioned alongside Grosvenor Road, as well as part of a plant compound, will be required to enable the development.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\n A separate listed building consent planning application, for the demolition of the Estates building, was lodged yesterday.\n<\/p>\n
\n Planning consent for the development is valid for the next five years.\n<\/p>\n
\n Stuart Keen, BCUHB’s director of environment and estates, said: \u201cWe are delighted to have been granted planning permission for the new-build element of the Royal Alexandra Hospital development in Rhyl.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cShould funding be approved by Welsh Government, we would hope to begin construction early in the new year.\n<\/p>\n
\n \u201cThis is great news for the people of Rhyl and its surrounding areas. We are one step closer to providing a valuable improvement to local health care, which will benefit the local population and help to reduce pressures on Glan Clwyd Hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) wants to open a new three-storey building at the site on Marine…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":332843,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-332842","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332842","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=332842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/332842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/332843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=332842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=332842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=332842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}