Anwyl Construction continues to strengthen its thriving development and construction business, announcing a series of appointments across the division.

New recruits include Senior Land Manager, Sam Oliver. Sam heads up the Land & Partnerships acquisition function to secure immediate land opportunities for mixed tenure and affordable family housing, PRS, extra care and retirement living developments across North West England and North Wales.

Sam’s appointment forms an important part of Anwyl’s strategic development, which complements the company’s well-established partnership with housing associations through procurement frameworks.

Tom Anwyl, Managing Director of Anwyl Construction explained:

Sam has a huge amount of experience in the planning and development sector, including a role within planning consultancy and regional government. His understanding of this arena will be hugely important as we push on with our collaborative approach with social housing providers, creating quality and affordable homes for local people.

Other appointments include; Contracts Manager, Bob Heaton; Quantity Surveyor, Jack Donald; Design Co-ordinator, Simon Maxwell; and Architectural Technologist, Kevin Shone; as well as trainee Design Assistant and trainee QS, Megan Hughes and Calvin Fitzsimmons respectively.

On site, Anwyl has also welcomed four new Site Managers and continues to invest in new entrants into the sector, with the recent appointment of two new apprentices within their in-house joinery workshop, whilst continuing to encourage and support its supply chain to create more sustainable apprenticeship/trainee positions.

Tom continued:

We’ve made some fantastic appointments across the business in several departments and are attracting some very impressive talent. It’s important that we have the resources and people in place to be able to manage a growing operation, whilst supporting internal career progression through training and promotion. Now is a very exciting time for the business as we continue to partner with more social housing providers, delivering a complete turnkey solution and creating more quality homes within the North West and North Wales.

Anwyl Construction has been revealed as the winner of the Best Inclusive Building at the all-Wales Local Authority Building Control (LABC) awards.

The Flintshire-based business scooped the award for its pioneering work at the Llys Raddington Extra Care development in Flint for social housing provider, ClwydAlyn, under the ‘Best Inclusive Building’ category.

The scheme had formerly been announced as the winner in the North Wales finals and has now taken the top spot within the whole of Wales. Anwyl will now proceed to the national LABC finals which are being held in London this November.

Tom Anwyl, Managing Director of Anwyl Construction commented:

It’s fantastic to see one of our schemes, as well as our wider approach to building and development, recognised at these important industry awards. Our specialist work within the extra care sector is integral to our business and we have honed and developed a considerable degree of knowledge, experience and understanding of this specific area of the housing industry.

‘Llys Raddington was developed in partnership with ClwydAlyn, Flintshire County Council and Welsh Government to create quality, comfortable and suitable homes for older people who’s needs my change through time, as well as those affected by dementia. We utilised a range of innovative technologies and applied a detailed design approach as part of an ‘age in place’ ethos, whilst careful consideration was given during the development of the dementia care homes. We’re incredibly proud of our work and our business and appreciate this formal recognition by LABC.

The Inclusive Building award focusses on schemes that have gone beyond minimum design standards to ensure that the highest standards of inclusive design have been achieved, avoiding segregation and barriers to access and inclusion.

The Llys Raddington project was built for ClwydAlyn in partnership with Flintshire County Council and Welsh Government. The building has regenerated a former 1960’s maisonette site which was no longer fit for purpose in Flint town centre, and now provides 73 apartments, with 15 specially adapted for people living with dementia.

The building provides a unique solution to independent living with access to 24-hour care, along with creating a sense of community for the residents through the addition of communal areas including; lounge area and social club, sun lounge room, external landscaped court yard and a bistro-style restaurant.

Craig Sparrow, Executive Director of Development at ClwydAlyn added:

Llys Raddington is an excellent example of how partnership working can create high-quality homes to a specific design brief. It has helped to transform not just the lives of those living there and the lives of their family members, but has also made a major contribution to the regeneration of the wider area.

Anwyl Construction is set to deliver another partnered development, kickstarting construction at its latest affordable housing project.

Work is set to begin at the £3.5million regeneration of the former Boars Head pub in Ewloe, Flintshire, for social housing provider, ClwydAlyn.

Anwyl Construction negotiated a full turnkey package solution with ClwydAlyn, comprising acquisition of land, securing planning permission and carrying out all construction works. Together the two organisations have been able to identify specific housing needs and plan projects around defining factors including age, care provision and location.

Tom Anwyl, Managing Director of Anwyl Construction explained:

Our partnered approach to development is working incredibly well and we are finding that social housing providers are particularly receptive to this. There is a major housing shortfall, coupled with a lack of land acquisition and funding, and this model essentially plugs that gap.

Demolition of the former pub took place several months ago, followed by enabling works in preparation for construction work to start imminently. The development includes 28 one and two bedroom apartments for over 55’s as well as three houses for families.

The former Boars Head public house had lain empty for several years and had become an eyesore for local people. The regeneration of the site has been welcomed, with much anticipation to see the development come to completion in late Autumn 2020.

Tom Anwyl continued:

At the heart of our partnered approach is a vision to provide quality social and affordable housing within our local communities. This scheme will add an alternative solution amongst the local housing landscape, offering over 55’s and families a fantastic place to live.

Craig Sparrow, Executive Director of Development for ClwydAlyn added:

We are delighted to be involved with this exciting project and have worked so closely with Anwyl Construction to secure this opportunity. Local people have fond memories of the former pub and the happy times it no doubt provided. We do though hope that the creation of such a quality development for a mix of ages will provide more happy memories long into the future.

He continued:

Bringing back into use land which is ‘brown field’ is crucial to providing the numbers of new homes Wales badly needs and we at ClwydAlyn are pleased to be part of this approach.

A partnership between Anwyl Construction and housing provider ClwydAlyn, is underway to create 30 high quality older person living apartments.

The new development is situated on the former Albion hotel and social club site in Connah’s Quay, North Wales and is set to regenerate the unsafe site which was fast-becoming a target for anti-social behaviour.

Anwyl Construction negotiated a full turnkey package solution, comprising acquisition of land, securing planning permission and carrying out all construction works, as part of a £3.1m contract. The one and two-bedroom apartments are designed in accordance with Welsh DQR Guidelines and will provide much needed accommodation for this specific demographic.

This project forms part of ClwydAlyn’s large scale development investment plans across the region providing a wide-range of affordable housing solutions, addressing the wider issues surrounding a local and national homes shortage.

Planning has now been secured and demolition of the existing building is underway. This will be followed by site clearance and enabling works in preparation to start construction work, which is programmed to complete in September 2020. Once complete, the apartments will showcase contemporary and subtle design to ensure it is in-keeping with it’s existing surroundings, and compliments the neighbouring listed building, St Marks Church.

Anwyl Construction will use its directly employed team, as well as a trusted and established local supply chain, to deliver the scheme.

Craig Sparrow, Executive Director of ClwydAlyn said:

We are delighted to be working with Anwyl on this important development which will benefit the local area for generations to come.

Tom Anwyl, Managing Director of Anwyl Construction explained:

This is a positive and exciting scheme for many reasons. Not only are we regenerating an abandoned site that has become an eyesore for the local community, but we are creating a high number of quality homes for local people.

We are also supporting and sustaining local employment, working with our own team as well as local suppliers over the course of the project. We will be working with our supply chain partners to encourage the recruitment of local people into newly created vacancies and apprenticeships to enhance employment opportunities in the local area, which in-turn will boost the local economy.

He added:

This is one of the first schemes that we have developed under our new ‘turnkey’ approach where we partner with a housing provider to identify a site, acquire the land, secure planning and deliver the build. In effect, we are able to present a complete package and solution to registered housing providers, supporting them in the often complex and challenging route to delivering new homes.

We see this approach as the future for Anwyl Construction and look forward to rolling this model out across Wales and the North West of England, collaborating with other housing providers.

The development is funded by Welsh Government Social Housing Grant, secured in partnership with Flintshire County Council and by private investment from ClwydAlyn Housing Ltd.