WQ97838 (e) Tabled on 03/12/2025

Will the Cabinet Secretary provide details of regeneration projects in north Wales supported by Transforming Towns funding, including the amount allocated to each?

Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government | Answered on 15/12/2025

Transforming Towns, launched in January 2020, is an ongoing programme of support for regeneration projects in towns and cities across Wales.  The following allocations have been made in North Wales to date:

 

Local Authority

Project Name

Amount

Anglesey

Town Centre Loan  

Revenue Funding

Covid Recovery Funding

Empty Properties Funding (thematic)

Placemaking Plans – Amlwch & Llangefni

Placemaking Grant 2021-26

Holyhead Market Hall

Market Square Properties, Holyhead

Amlwch Marine Terminal

Total

 

£400,000

£88,000

£635,242

£3,534,000

 

£100,000

£2,482,409

£818,000

£623,473

£920,000

£9,601,124

Conwy

Town Centre Loan  

Revenue Funding

Covid Recovery Funding

Commercial Property Scheme

Placemaking Plan – Colwyn Bay

Placemaking Grant 2021-26

7 Abergele Road

Glasdir Llanrwst

61-63 Mostyn Street, Llandudno

Venue Cymru, Llandudno

Empty Spaces to Living Places

Total

£2,000,000

£85,000

£108,000

£660,597

£21,250

£2,203,498

£713,528

£250,000

£700,000

£2,462,854

£850,570

£10,055,297

 

Denbighshire

Greening Rhyl Project   

Revenue Funding

Covid Recovery Funding

Placemaking Plans – 3 towns

Placemaking Grant 2021-26

West Rhyl Housing Phase 1

Contemporary Living Rhyl

Rhyl Town Centre Gateway Scheme

Queens Building Redevelopment, Rhyl

Edward Henry Street, Rhyl

Costigans building, Rhyl

Former Post Office, Rhyl

Total

£270,000

£118,000

£108,000

£50,000

£2,262,167

£913,500

£1,326,488

£255,000

£7,059,261

£1,051,400

£331,000

£650,000

£14,394,816

 

Flintshire

Town Centre Loan   

Sustainable Travel Enhancements

Revenue Funding

Covid Recovery Funding

Access & Linkages, Holywell

Placemaking Plans

Placemaking Grant 2021-26

Rivertown Hub, Shotton

Total

£1,590,000

£242,309

£118,000

£108,000

£474,000

£167,610

£2,128,067

£750,000

£5,577,986

Gwynedd

Town Centre Loan 2

Urban Green Infrastructure Bangor

Coastal Town Tafarn yr Heliwr

Coastal Town Llofft Cyfyngedig 

Coastal Town The Magic Lantern Ltd.  

Coastal Town Talyllyn Holdings

Coastal Town Islyn Bakery Ltd Bakery

Revenue Funding

Covid Recovery Funding 

Bangor Property Renovation

Placemaking Plans – 6 towns

Placemaking Grant 2021-26

Penrallt Development

Lle Da, Caernarfon

Frân Wen / Nyth, Bangor

College Park, Bangor

Bangor 1500

Galeri town buildings, Caernarfon

Menai Bank Hotel, Caernarfon

Bangor Health & Wellbeing Hub

Bangor Empty Properties Scheme

Former Canonry School, Bangor

Total

£2,300,000

£338,764

£155,283

£299,779

£147,884

£300,000

£200,000

£88,000

£108,000

£1,027,016

£160,000

£3,472,452

£50,000

£766,442

£1,540,000

£1,070,257

£49,300

£500,000

£824,876

£992,230

£996,115

£450,992

£15,837,390

Wrexham

Town Centre Loan

Revenue Funding

Covid Recovery Funding 

Housing Renewal Phase 2 (thematic)

Important Buildings (thematic)

Property Investment Grant

Placemaking Plan - Wrexham

Placemaking Grant 2021-26

Butchers Market Development

Wrexham Memorial Hall Development

Wrexham Habro Store redevelopment

Wrexham General Markets

Wrexham High Street Improvements

Wrexham Museum

Wrexham Creative Hub

Wrexham Museum Regent Street Gateway

Total

 

£2,500,000

£88,000

£108,000

£4,203,620

£1,100,000

£1,333,511

£50,000

£1,917,167

£50,000

£10,000

£15,000

£2,564,505

£1,330,000

£1,300,000

£2,912,000

 

£3,000,000

£22,481,803