Gwynedd Councillors have unanimously approved plans from Huws Gray for a new builder’s merchant at Parc Bryn Cegin in Bangor.
The proposal had been submitted by Huws Gray Ltd, who are the largest independent builders’ merchants in Wales and North-West England. Since its formation in 1990, Huws Gray has developed from a single branch on Anglesey to become the largest independent Builders Merchant in the UK in terms of branches.
Huws Gray currently have a builders’ merchant store in Bangor, located at Llandygai Industrial Estate. The current store at Bangor is a one stop shop for all building and DIY materials. The store provides a range of products in-stock from bricks and blocks, paint, timber, plumbing and heating, landscaping materials, windows and doors, roofing and tools. The proposal would see the existing store at Llandygai Industrial Estate being relocated to a larger site at Parc Bryn Cegin.
It still has its HQ on Ynys Môn and in the summer its agent Cadnant Planning started a consultation on adding a new site in the region. The brand wants to move into Welsh Government regeneration site Parc Bryn Cegin in Bangor, which now finally looks like securing jobs after nearly two decades lying empty.
The proposed development would create three additional full-time jobs. This would be in addition to the 17 existing jobs provided at the Huws Gray Llandygai Industrial Estate store. The opening hours of the store would be 07:30-17:00 on Monday to Friday and 08:00-12:00 on Saturdays.
Cadnant Planning said: “The proposal would represent an investment of around £3m by a local company who wish to expand their Bangor site, providing additional employment opportunities for local people, most of whom are Welsh speakers.”
Cadnant added: “Permission was granted for the development of Parc Bryn Cegin back in 2005 and it was hoped the park would create a more ‘prosperous local economy’, but it has been empty ever since, until planning permission was granted recently for a Bio-compressed natural gas vehicle fuelling station at plot C1, which would provide very limited jobs. The proposed development could provide the first new jobs on the business park and act as a catalyst for further investment.”
