Green light for Anwyl’s Deeside development

Anwyl Homes is set to start work at The Airfields in Deeside next month (April) after receiving planning permission for 183 new homes and completing on the land purchase.The development, named Summers Bridge, will feature a mix of one-bedroom apartments and two, three and four-bedroom detached, semi-detached and mews style homes.Public open space and play areas will also be created at the location, regenerating the former RAF Sealand site.The name Summers Bridge was chosen in recognition of John Summers and Sons, the founder of Shotton Steel, who helped to bring industry and prosperity to the area from the late 19th century. The Summers family also built almost 300 homes in nearby Garden City to house workers in the 1920s.Summers Bridge, a joint development with Bellway, is part of a major regeneration scheme at Deeside Airfields, which forms part of the Northern Gateway – the largest strategic development site in Flintshire.The wider 140-acre mixed-use development, benefits from outline planning consent for new homes, retail, leisure and commercial units.Formerly RAF Sealand, the land was previously home to one of Wales’ oldest and longest serving airfields having opened in 1916. The site closed as a Royal Air Force station in 2006.