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Owen Hughes

The 'game changer' homes development at former hospital and workhouse put up for sale

A homes development at a former hospital and workhouse in Flintshire has been placed on the market.

Flintshire Council 's planning committee approved proposals to turn the infirmary wing of the old Lluesty Hospital in Holywell into 14 apartments, as well as for 15 new houses to be built on the surrounding land.

The move to bring the site on Old Chester Road back into use comes more than 10 years after the hospital was closed by the NHS and then sold at auction.

Now the project has been put up for sale for £650,000 with Swetenhams.

An artist's impression of how the development at Lluesty Hospital in Holywell will look. (WW Construction Limited)

The site was originally home to a workhouse in the late 1830s before it was turned into a hospital in 1948.

The Grade II listed property closed its doors in 2008 and has remained empty ever since.

This scheme was approved by the planning committee of Flintshire council in April.

Plans to redevelop Lluesty Hospital in Holywell have been put forward. (WW Construction Limited)

Holywell West county councillor Paul Johnson told that committee: "The regeneration of the Lluesty site really transforms the perspective of Holywell.

"Instead of being greeted by two neglected buildings, you'll be greeted by a modern development within a historical mould which is precisely the impression we want to give.

"The development of this site will be a game changer for the economic future of our town."

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