Land At Mold Bypass (A494), Upper Bryn Coch, Mold, Wales, CH7

The Land is on the north side of Mold Bypass (A494), with an unnamed road along the eastern boundary passing under the A494 adjacent to the southeastern corner of the Land. It is situated on the southwestern edge of the town of Mold, in the northeast of Wales.

Mold is a historic market town providing various shops, indoor and outdoor markets, a theatre, pubs, a number of nurseries, primary and secondary schools, a leisure centre and sports clubs, places of worship, and a community hospital.

The A494 provides access to Liverpool to the northeast and central wales to the southwest. The nearest train station is Buckley, which provides access to Liverpool via the Merseyside Wirral Line at Bidston to the north, or to Wrexham General to the south providing access to Shrewsbury, Cardiff and Birmingham. A direct bus also serves Chester Station which provides direct services to London, Cardiff, Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham. A bus service also serves the surrounding towns.

The Land comprises an area of grassland bounded by mature trees and hedgerows on three sides, and a wooden post and rail fence to the north.

The extent of the Land being sold is defined by the red line boundary on these particulars and extends to approximately 4.13 acres (1.67 hectares). The boundary is for identification purposes only, and its exact position will need to be accurately defined on site as part of the sales process.

The Land is situated within the Flintshire Local Planning Authority. The area is currently guided by the Flintshire Loal Development Plan (the Plan), adopted 24th January 2023, which sets out development proposals in the area until 2030. Future Wales: The National Plan 2040 also forms part of the statutory development plan.

Mold is designated as a Tier 1 - Main Service Centre, therefore serving as a main location for housing development including provision of the following.

1. Allocations.
2. Windfall market housing.
3. Affordable housing on sites above an area/units threshold.
4. Exception schemes for Affordable housing adjoining settlement boundaries.

The Land is within a designated Green Wedge (Policy EN11), and a Mineral Safeguarding Area (Policy EN23).

Prior to the adoption of the Plan in January 2023, the Land was put forward to be considered for housing highlighting the logical 'rounding off' of the settlement on its southwestern side, with the A494 acting as a natural boundary preventing coalescence and uncontrolled expansion of the settlement.

The Strategic Development Plan for North Wales will form part of the statutory development plan once adopted and its is expected to commence in 2025. The SDP will need to consider the scale and location of further housing growth so there will be an opportunity to promote the Land through this process.

The landowners are seeking an unconditional sale or conditional contract for a purchase of the site, but will also accept proposals from a promotional partner to promote the land for a housing led allocation in the shortest possible timeframe. Parties interested in the latter proposal are invited to submit terms for either a Promotion or Option Agreement based upon the the following:-

Percentage - Discount/share of proceeds retained by promotor,
Initial Term,
Extension Term (if required),
Longstop Date,
Proposed cap on planning costs,
Minimum price per gross acre,
Premium to landowners - Initial Term,
Premium to landowners - Extension Term,
Confirmation of legal and agent fees.

Interested parties are invited to submit proposals for either an unconditional purchase, conditional contract, a promotion, option, or both using the standard profoma which is available upon request from:- Julie.